Name sells for $650,000 — Furniture.co.uk domain

.UK domain name is one of the biggest public sales of the year.

The domain name Furniture.co.uk has sold for $650,000.

Buyer Graham Haynes issued a release the prior week announcing his purchase of the domain name through Sedo domain name broker Dave Evanson.

Haynes’ release stated the purchase was $700,000, but I verified the story and found that it was actually $650,000.

Either way, it’s a staggering amount of money for a .uk domain name.

Haynes stated he previously purchased BedroomFurniture.co.uk for regarding $60,000 and it’s now a $7-million-a-year business.

His firm also recently purchased Purple.co.uk for £108,000.

Haynes will also get rights to the second level domain name Furniture.uk.