Is there gold in self-driving car domain names?
I’m optimistic about the future and the innovations it will bring. Last week I published a post on UpMoney about trends and technologies that are changing our world.
One of these technologies is self-driving cars, which will have a profound effect on society and many industries beyond car manufacturers.
I own a handful of driverless car-related domain names, but none of best domain names.
One of the challenges of investing in domain names related to driverless cars is that terminology is not settled. Will they be driverless cars, self-driving cars or autonomous cars? Or will they be called merely “cars”?
Google recently registered SelfDriving.car/.cars/.auto, Self-Driving.car/et al and Driverless.car/et al.
The hyphen in self-driving ads another level of complexity.
The best domain names for autonomous cars have already been registered, and most owners ar are asking a hefty amount. Here are the domains, who owns them, when they were registered and if they’re listed for sale on a major marketplace:
Domain / Owner / Reg Date / For Sale?
Self-Driving.com / Chinese registrant / 2010 / Yes
SelfDriving.com / Corey Donovan / 2004 / No [Update 11/16: the owner informed me it’s now for sale.]
Driverless.com/ Frank Schilling / 2004/ Yes
Self-DrivingCars.com / DomainNestEggs.com / 2006 / Yes
SelfDrivingCars.com / Digital Domains / 2003 / Yes
DriverlessCars.com / O. Sudarsono / 2009 / Yes (35 offers on Sedo)
AutonomousCars.com / Robokingdom / 2007 / No
Self-DrivingCar.com / DomainNestEggs.com / 2005 / Yes
SelfDrivingCar.com / HugeDomains / 2009 / Yes $950k
DriverlessCar.com / eTicket Domains / 2004 / Yes
AutonomousCar.com / Seth Hollar / 2007 / No
Konstantinos Zournas says
FYI this is me:
SelfDrivingCars.com / Digital Domains / 2003 / Yes
Andrew Allemann says
Congrats! Great domain name.
Konstantinos Zournas says
Thanks! I guess I should have hand registered a few more (like the singular) at the time but…
Vishal says
I think with that only one domain name, you surely going to get some hefty money. I personally don’t like driverlesscar/s kind of domain name but who knows what they will be called in future.
Max Menius says
Indeed, that may be the best one of all! Congrats!
Richard Funden says
too long. Why own that when you could have had selfdriving.cars
Joseph Slabaugh says
And this is me: SelfFlyingCars.com. Mine maybe a little more into the future than yours. 🙂
Andrew Allemann says
Like the Jetsons 🙂
Mark says
DriveItself.com and DrivesItself.com are not too bad either!
NameSelling.com
couponpages says
I like that one too. My partner has ItDrivesItself.Com
T says
V2x technology is also going to be huge. V2x.com
Xavier says
I got SelfDriving.co.uk a while ago. Let’s see if I finally get offers.
Thank you for sharing!
dltG says
I believe at this time the best play is the plug-in EV market. Autono’s will take time to integrate.
Nice names though!
John says
We own RoboQiche.com for the China market-we’ll see how it plays out.
John says
We also own Zizhide.com or “Autonomous” for the China market hopefully
Richard L says
Self-Driving will become redundant. Kind of like seeing a Motel’s sign that says “Color TVs”. How about something shorter and ubiquitous like: Rides.com
Tk says
I agree. Google is going to name their selfdriving cars for XAUTO or XCAR.
Lifa says
Does it really matter what Google calls it? I think what people search for is what really matters. Very similar to Smartphones & iPhones.
Gabriel says
The only way SelfDrivingCars is ever going to become redundant is if ALL vehicles on the road one day were SelfDriving . . . and that isn’t going to happen for a very very veeeeeery (many more very’s) long time.
Jeff says
Autonomous.tech Domain Here. Thought it would be ideal for software developer company that wants to target a wider market.
plbourg says
Autonomous-car.com are for sale at Godaddy !!!
Autonomouscar.net are for sale at Godaddy !!!
Selfdrivingca.rs are for sale at Sedo !!!
Dotrader says
Autonomous Cars is sort of redundant as Cars are also Autos.
Richard Funden says
When it comes to self-driving cars, no domain rules as much as KITT.CAR, closely followed by KARR.CAR
Steve says
I own a few driverless domains myself. Received a few offers from MarkMon, on behalf of a client, but I’ve rejected the offers so far. Telematics for these self-driving vehicles will be pretty big, so I’m hanging onto the domains for development.
John says
Who is MarkMon? Thank you
Todd says
I have selfdrivingauto.com, driverlessdealers.com, selfdrivingpros.com and many others in this space but I think the length of these names is a big negative and will be reflected in the sale prices. The word AUTONOMOUS is too long and misspelled too often to have high value. I believe the popular term in the future will be SDC, which is how Google currently refers to these vehicles.
John says
Not if you own Autonomous in Chinese as we do it’s not too long lol
zizhide.com (zizhi de)
Mat Ridgway says
I own Vehibot.com, Vehibot is a word fusion of vehicle and robot. Not to be confused with Autobot:)
Jaybuk says
Don’t forget about driveauto dot com . New gTLD drive.auto registered for $2800 bucks a year.
Robin Jilderda says
I picked up SelfDrivingCar.NEWS and DriverlessCar.NEWS I read about them every day. I would have registered autonomous but I rarely spell it right
Paul K says
I hope to cover all vehicles and own DriverlessVehicles dot com
Deb Manos says
I bought these:
DRIVERLESSOPULENCE.COM
For the Porsche/BMW/Lexus/Mercedes people
I also have
SELFDRIVINGBREAKTHROUGHS.COM
SELFDRIVINGDEALER.COM
SELFDRIVINGSALES.COM
SELFDRIVINGSOLUTION.COM
SELFDRIVINGVEHICLEDEALER.COM
SELFDRIVINGVEHICLESALES.COM
SELFPARKINGASSIST.COM
SELFPARKINGTECHNOLOGY.COM
VISIONARYAUTOMAKER.COM
VISIONARYAUTOMAKER.NET
VISIONARYCARMAKER.COM
VISIONARYCARS.COM
BACKUPCAMERASENSOR.COM
COLLISION-AVOIDANCESYSTEM.COM
COLLISIONADVOIDANCE.COM
EXCLUSIVEDRIVERLESS.COM
PROTOTYPEAUTOS.COM
JM says
You would think there would be a huge interest by Google for iAutos.com since it fits their branding…..why does Google only buy domains that were never registered?
Andrew Allemann says
How does iAutos fit Google’s branding? Do you mean Apple?
John says
We own iBigTable.com ( thats the name of their (Google) new cloud platform) and we never got an email but we probaly will from someone else if it becomes mainstream.
Joseph Slabaugh says
They own several that are like abc…xyz.com that they bought from owners. I assume you are talking about Apple, not Google.
Sanjay Shah says
I own Self-Driven.com domain name. Will it be relevant?
Sanjay Shah says
SelfDriven.com domain name without a dash is available on GoDaddy @ Us@120k.
John Kubota says
I think autonomousrideshare.com types of domain names will start off more successful. Companies like Uber is testing driverlessridesharing.com and selfdrivingridesharing.com
Michel says
How about the following two?
SelfParks.com
Self-Parks.com
Michel says
Did I mention?
AutoParks.com
Auto-Parks.com
GoofyGoober says
Local dealerships in NYC may want SelfDrivingCars.nyc and SelfDrivingCar.nyc
nayr says
Driverlessautomotive.com
Driverless auto sales.com
Driverless couriers.com
Driverless auto reviews.com
Autonomous auto reviews.com
Driverless auto news.com
Autonomous auto news.com
Hyper highways.com
John Kubota says
Have a several dozen driverless, autonomous and selfdriving prefix domain names at atomic247domains.com
nas victor says
DRIVERSLESS.COM IS FOR SALE
nas victor says
ALSO, DRIVERFREECAR.COM
DRIVERLESSCOACHES.COM
DRIVERLESSHGV.COM
DRIVERLESSHIRES.COM
AUTONOMOUSHIRE.COM
INSURANCEAUTONOMOUS.COM
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John says
How about SelfDrivingDomainNames.com
Over 640 domains…
PL says
Available for sales :
DriveThemselves.com
Autonomouscar.co
Autonomouscar.ca
Autonomouscar.us
Autonomouscar.biz
Driverlesscar.info
Autonomouscarforsale.com
Domain Media World says
Following Self Driving domains are available for sale.
selfdriven.club
SelfDriveCarDealer.com
SelfGoverningCar.com
self-drive-cars.com
SelfDriveCarShop.com
SelfDriveCar.shop
SelfGoverningCab.com
SelfGoverningTaxi.com
SelfGoverningVehical.com
SelfDriveCarLoan.com
sdCarLoan.com
robodrivecar.com
robodriven.xyz
robotdriven.xyz
robomatic.xyz
SelfCommanding.com
SelfDirectedCar.com
SelfGuided.xyz
SelfLeadCar.com
SelfRunCar.com
SelfSteered.com
SkyFlyCar.com
Let us know if any one interested to own.
Michel says
AutoParks.com
Auto-Parks.com
SelfParks.com
Self-Parks.com
ItParksbyitself.com
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
Zach says
I own Flying (.) Car
John Kubota says
Nice.
I think I have the worlds record on autonomous, driverless, rideshare, selfdriving and self flying domain names. I think around 700 +
All can be viewed at atomic247domains dot com
Sean Caywood says
New owners of following Names:
SelfDriving.com
Self-Driving.com
SelfDrivingCars.com
Self-DrivingCar.com
SelfDrivingCars.com
DriverlessCar.com
DriverlessCars.com
AutonomousCar.com
AutonomousCars.com
Additional Names not on this List
SelfDriveCar.com
SelfDriveCars.com
SelfDrivenCar.com
SelfDrivenCars.com
AutomatedCar.com
AutomatedCars.com
SdCar.com
SdCars.com
Domain Media World says
What are the prices at which you purchased these domains?
SelfDriving.com
Self-Driving.com
SelfDrivingCars.com
Self-DrivingCar.com
SelfDrivingCars.com
DriverlessCar.com
DriverlessCars.com
AutonomousCar.com
AutonomousCars.com
Sean Caywood says
Mostly sales were in the 6 figure plus range for most of the names. I can’t disclose prices. Thanks for asking
Domain Media World says
Types3 cars are self-driving cars ( human can drive partially), while Type5 cars will be driverless / automated / self-driven cars ( human can’t drive ).
Driverlesss, Automated, self-driven names will be more popular in near future, it seems.
Domain Media World says
For type3 autonomous cars ( having human access during emergency ) the name ‘self-driving’ is ok, however for future type5 autonomous cars ( having NO human access 100% autonomous ) the names Driverless, Automated, Self-driven etc. will be more appropriate.
Types3 cars are self-driving cars ( human can drive ), while Type5 cars will be driverless / automated / self-driven cars ( human can’t drive ).
Driverlesss, Automated, self-driven names with cars, trucks, insurance, loans etc. names will be more popular in near future, it seems.
Self Driving Lawyer (@SelfDriveLawyer) says
I’ll add my list of domains to this thread because… Well… It seems like the thing to do. Myself, I own the following domains that are currently available for purchase:
http://www.insuranceforselfdrivingcars.com
http://www.diyselfdrivingcar.com
http://www.diyautonomouscar.com
http://www.robotchargingstation.com
Earlier this year I sold http://www.selfdrivinginsurance.com for a not-too-shabby sum of money.
Lastly, I also own http://www.selfdrivinglawyer.com (along with http://www.selfdrivinglawyers.com) though the site is not for sale, unless someone wants to offer a ridiculous amount of money. My partner and I are building out the site, building up the SEO, and slowly turning the site into a directory service of attorneys who specialize in self-driving car law and litigation.
Sarafadin says
I own a couple of name/services surrounding this niche and brandable related brandable names as well. Example includes
AutonomousCollege.com
DriverlessEngineer.com
SelfdrivingEngineer.com
Driverlesslabs.com
Driverlesslab.com
DrivelessFleets.com
DrivelessFleet.com
To mention a few
Melissa Sedgwick says
I own travelwithai.com, trying to sell but getting very impatient as k really need the money. Anyone interested?