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I'm considering finally launching a blog to provide my insights into the world of domain names and
#ICANN
in long form (more than 280 characters!). If I launched such a blog, would you read it?
#uncensored
#unvarnished
#FreeSpeech
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Just turned down a $10MM opening offer for one of my company's domain names. 🚀
95%+ felt that another 8-figure domain name deal will come to light in 2022.
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Just Blogged: Shift[.]com and Fair[.]com domains change hands for $1,365,000 and $900,000 respectively in bankruptcy auctions
Hat Tip: Joshua Schoen
@jstenn13
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I am 99% confident that I’ve uncovered the true owner of the elite ai[.]com domain name. If this post gets 100 reposts within 24 hours of this post (i.e. by 4 pm on Monday, August 7, 2023) I’ll blog my research. 💯
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I just discovered another 7-figure domain name deal.
It took a lot of sleuthing to figure this one out! I'll spill the beans once this tweet is retweeted 100 times. (Likes don't count towards the 100.)
#IsItWorthARetweet
#YouAreGettingThisResearchForFree
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Just bloggged: Hippo(.)com domain name acquired for $3.3 million
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Just blogged: NFTs[.]com domain name “appraisals” vs. actual transaction price
Is today the day that domain appraisal tools *finally* died?
@DomainKing
#ByeByeMissAmericanPie
⚰️💀🪦⚱️
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Just blogged: Galaxy(.)com domain name acquired for $1.8 million by Galaxy Digital
This is yet another domain name upgrade by a
#crypto
company. Perhaps Michael Novogratz
@novogratz
would be a potential guest on
@DomainSherpa
?
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I found another previously unreported 7-figure domain name transaction. Once this tweet hits 💯 combined likes plus retweets, I'll reveal the details.
#tease
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It appears (I'm 99% sure) that the domain name changed hands for USD $8,133,000 in July 2019
[I consolidated my prior tweets into a post on
@namepros
]
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Just blogged: Sports(.)com domain name to be acquired for $6 million
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According to
@dynadot
's domain name "appraisal" tool:
I'm now in the poorhouse! 😢 Some of their numbers:
leap[.]com -- $11,493
school[.]com -- $5,958
hb[.]com -- $5,940
af[.]com -- $1,302
options[.]com -- $6,655
I better start working on my resume...
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Just blogged: TradeZero[.]com domain name acquired for $540,000 in 2021
(I think
@DomainKing
will appreciate that older transactions eventually get revealed via SEC filings...)
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Just blogged: ASAP(.)com and related domain names acquired for $3,006,000 by Waitr
@DNJournal
@NameBio
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Just blogged: Forge(.)com domain name acquired for $2.2 milion by Forge Global
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It appears that EV[.]com, an elite 2-letter dot-com domain name, has changed hands with new ownership from Canada 🇨🇦 (TEDA International Auto Group). It's being used to redirect to an upcoming electric vehicle 🚘 marketplace.
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Breaking: Another elite 2-letter dot-com domain name has changed hands, as CF[.]com has apparently been acquired by risk management firm Chatham Financial
@ChathamFin
.
While the new WHOIS information is hidden behind a privacy service, the DNS "MX Records" for email point to…
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It looks like the elite 2-letter dot-com domain LA(.)com, which was being brokered by
@MediaOptions
, may have been sold, as the registrar changed (although it's now under WHOIS privacy at GoDaddy). Maybe
@andrewrosener
can confirm....
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25 years ago, on May 5, 1998, I registered my very first domain name (my surname dot-com). 🎂
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Turned down $50K offer for Restful(.)com from a mattress company today, Kate Buckley
@katebuckley1
has shown us all that the sleep-related industry has deeper pockets than that for relevant 1-word dotcom domain names.
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I previously documented that the domain name was acquired for $385,000 in 2015, as per:
This bankruptcy auction is a reminder that elite domain names are assets. Even if a business fails, these assets can be liquidated, sometimes…
Just Blogged: Shift[.]com and Fair[.]com domains change hands for $1,365,000 and $900,000 respectively in bankruptcy auctions
Hat Tip: Joshua Schoen
@jstenn13
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Just blogged: Better(.)com domain name was acquired for $1,820,000 in 2015
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Just blogged: Vivid Seats will acquire LasVegas[.]com deal as part of their Vegas[.]com transaction
If $2.5 million per year is a feasible investment for a company to lease a domain name, for a company worth a mere $240 million, how much can much larger…
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Recursion(.)com domain name was acquired for $904,000 by Recursion Pharmaceuticals
@RecursionPharma
in December 2020, according to pp. F-6, F-15, and 118 of their SEC filing at:
Their IPO is imminent.
@DNJournal
@NameBio
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Since the prior tweets re: Bling[.]com were so popular, and to help educate folks, I've made screenshots of the correspondence with the GoDaddy broker (their email, and my 2 replies). Enjoy! 🤦♂️🤡
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Just blogged: Grove(.)com domain name acquired for $873,000 in 2019 by Grove Collaborative
@DNJournal
@NameBio
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It probably helps that my company owns the .com... 💎🙌
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@CanRevAgency
Question: How many of the 232 former CRA employees that were fired will be going to jail for 14 years for falsely claiming CERB benefits? 🤔
Or, does being a CRA employee give one a "get out of jail free" card? 🧑⚖️
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Just blogged: Chatter(.)com domain name changed hands for $2 million in 2010
@NameBio
@DNJournal
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Just blogged: Red Alert:
#ICANN
💩and Verisign Proposal Would Allow Any Government In The World To Seize Domain Names
Stop what you're doing, and read this blog post now!
#FreeSpeech
#DueProcess
#Censorship
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[1/3] Another elite 2-letter dot-com domain name has changed hands, as on[.]com heads to Switzerland🇨🇭, acquired by the athletic shoe & apparel firm On.
They're a publicly traded company ($ONON) so perhaps the transaction price will be disclosed in their financials one day...
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I think there's a lesson to be learned....there isn't just one potential buyer for elite domain names.
Many who covet a top domain name believe that they're the "natural buyer" for it, and conclude that they can bide their time until the current owner "capitulates."
Instead,…
Just blogged: New owner of elite domain name appears to be Enterprise Holdings (not Exxon Mobil)! 🚗🚘🤯
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[3/8] My dot-com holdings with the most registered TLDs are:
TheBest[.]com -- 334
math[.]com -- 323
school[.]com -- 320
leap[.]com -- 284
miracle[.]com -- 281
seeds[.]com -- 235
pal[.]com -- 220
options[.]com -- 208
EDA[.]com -- 201
HB[.]com -- 194
(cont'd)
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The folks who own the Candy(.)com domain name raised $100MM, valuing the company at $1.5B. If they ever go public, we might find out the transaction price of the domain name.
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The “great offer” from the GoDaddy broker for the Bling[.]com domain name was $20,000. 🤦♂️🤡
I'm on the
@GoDaddy
"Do Not Contact" list, so brokers shouldn't contact me. The broker wrote:
"I do believe based on my experience this is a great offer for this domain and would recommend a “yes” so we can get you paid."
What was their 'great offer' for Bling[.]com? 🤔
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[1/2] Live Current Media sold a domain name on March 22, 2021 for USD $1,150,000. See page F-13 of their SEC filing at:
From what I can tell, it appears to be the Boxing(.)com domain name. 🥊
@DNJournal
@NameBio
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According to the GoDaddy "Domain Appraisal" tool, chatter(.)com is worth $24,771 at the time of this tweet.
Estibot put a $28,000 valuation on it.
They're each "only" off by approximately $1,970,000. 🤣
Just blogged: Chatter(.)com domain name changed hands for $2 million in 2010
@NameBio
@DNJournal
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It appears that the Bowman(.)com domain name was acquired for $281,000 (from Telepathy), although the WHOIS still shows it in escrow. See page F-20 of their SEC filing at:
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The company that owns the Marijuana(.)com and Cannabis(.)com domain names is going public. They don't break down the precise value of each domain in their financials, but page F-13
shows that it was no more than a $7,255,381 historical book value.
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It looks like another elite 2-letter .com domain name has changed hands, as HD[.]com is now owned by HD Hyundai of South Korea.
That's a solid upgrade from the prior HD-Hyundai[.]com domain name.
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From page F-44 of a recent SEC filing:
they have a domain name which cost $385,000. Presumably that's their shift(.)com domain name.
Using
@DomainTools
WHOIS history, they appear to have acquired it via
@markmonitor
's stealth DNStination in Dec 2015.
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David Geffen paid $30 million for a one-acre empty lot in Beverly Hills (same price as the Voice(.com) domain name deal).
I wonder if the land owner had to fend off inquiries asking to give away the property for free, because it wasn't being used? 🤔
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The USD $1.6 million transaction for the Chill[.]com domain name is complete:
as the buyer paid the remaining $800K balance. It would become the 6th reported 7-figure domain name deal for 2022:
@DNJournal
@NameBio
@GeoffHalliwell1
@RoastPR
Hi Geoff - The domain purchase price was $1,600,000 of which $800,000 has already been paid. The title to the domain is held by a custodian and will be released to Chill on full settlement.
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My domain name portfolio peaked at 558 domains in August 2016.
Five years later, it's at 468 domains, as marginal domains are pruned, lowering holding costs in the face of abusive monopoly fee increases by Verisign.
I'm more likely to hit 300 domains in the future than 500!
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Just blogged: Enjoy(.)com was acquired in 2015 for $1.5 million
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➡️➡️ Today's Domain Name Challenge ⬅️⬅️
Post a domain name (or more than one!) that you own, and match it with a suitable emoji.
I'll start:
School(.)com -- 🏫
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Just blogged: New owner of elite domain name appears to be Enterprise Holdings (not Exxon Mobil)! 🚗🚘🤯
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Interesting article re: how voice(.)com was negotiated. They didn't get on the phone until there was a $22 million offer!
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It appears that the elite 2-letter dot-com domain name EM[.]com has changed hands, as it's now at MarkMonitor under the WHOIS of DNStination (their stealth acquisition unit).
Did Exxon Mobil finally make
@andrewrosener
the proverbial "offer he couldn't refuse"? 🤔
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I'm considering finally launching a blog to provide my insights into the world of domain names and
#ICANN
in long form (more than 280 characters!). If I launched such a blog, would you read it?
#uncensored
#unvarnished
#FreeSpeech
Definitely
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Not A Chance
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Best part of podcast is from 3:23 to 4:38, where Matt Barie mentions domain transactions of $5 million+, $10 million, and 1 over $20 million in the past 12 months. That gives a glimpse of the higher end of the market not captured by public reports on
@DNJournal
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If verified by
@DNJournal
, the approximate $1.3MM domain name transaction (see:
via
@markupgrade
) would become the 6th public 7-figure deal of 2019.
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Blunt(.)com & Extract(.)com domains acquired for $125,000 & $300,000 respectively by FarmHouse, according to page 53 of the SEC filing at:
Both domains were paid for in stock of an OTC company, rather than cash, so might not be charted by
@DNJournal
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Another elite 2-letter dot-com domain name has changed hands, as DC Comics
@DCComics
acquired DC[.]com from Deloitte!
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ICYMI: Delta(.)com domain name was acquired in July 2000 for $2,125,000. Here’s how to discover more big deals!
[I give a step-by-step tutorial on how to use EDGAR to find more deals!]
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Blockbuster $30 million sale of the domain name by Microstrategy announced today! $MSTR This will top the
@DNJournal
list of all publicly reported domain name transactions.
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Cyberwarfare(.)com domain was acquired by cybersecurity company Intrusion in the first half of 2021. See pages 7 & 21 of the SEC filing at:
for the evidence.
@NameBio
@DNJournal
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An interesting thread on Reddit:
"Huge Company wants to buy our domain name already offered 1M"
If legit, it's a nice 'problem' to have, but it looks like the owners are likely to fumble the ball on this one....glad I'm not involved! 🤣
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@briankrebs
@GlobalPayInc
Today was their "Take Daughters and Sons To Work Day" so perhaps a youngster broke something.....🤔
We are excited to host "Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day" – inspiring young dreamers to dream big.
#ServiceForce
#agentsforpositivechange
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Just blogged: domain name changed hands for $1,950,000 in Feb 2021 [corrected version]
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[1/2] I don't appreciate folks who've not been citing my work in their own articles, repeatedly. If 'research is so easy', they can do it themselves.
So, NO MORE SEC FILINGS RESEARCH FROM ME, until December 31, 2022 (or until they get their act together and apologize).
(cont'd)
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[1/4] ⚠️Alert ⚠️: There's a *very* convincing phishing scam that's live, targeting domain name owners. It's coming from a domain name lawyer's email address (I won't name him, given he's innocent), and simply says that he sent an encrypted message, asking to click to continue.
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Pop(.)com domain name was acquired for “roughly” $1.5 million according to a comment on Hacker News by
@jsherwani
— perhaps he can disclose the precise number so that
@NameBio
and
@DNJournal
can chart the transaction.
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This reinforces the importance of owning the best domain name for one’s business.
Google is testing domain-only URLs in Chrome to help foil scams and phishing
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Be prepared to be amazed.....🤯
Me: Tell me about domain names in the style of William Shakespeare.
#poetry
#chatGPT
I think
@katebuckley1
the poet has some competition!
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If the $2 million transaction price for the Angel(.)com 👼domain name had not already been disclosed, we would have found out about it this past week, as it appears on page 2 of the SEC filing at:
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Elite domain names are better assets, in my opinion, than these niche NFT artworks (which anyone can screenshot, etc). Domain names have much greater utility and a larger addressable market.
.
@beeple
's 'The First 5000 Days', the 1st purely digital NFT based artwork offered by a major auction house has sold for $69,346,250, positioning him among the top three most valuable living artists. Major Thanks to
@beeple
+
@makersplaceco
. More details to be released shortly
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Had someone with 💎🙌 owned the domain name, e.g.
@DomainKing
,
@michael_saylor
or even myself, I'm sure the price would need to be *much* higher to ever get a deal done for such an elite domain name.
#WeakHands
#DiamondHands
Just blogged: Sports(.)com domain name to be acquired for $6 million
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Blade(.)com transaction price of $503,000 appears in their latest financials, see pages F-50 and F-58:
🗡️🚁
The seller left a lot of money on the table, in my opinion.
Another major sale for today as the company sold . This valuable domain name was acquired by
@flybladenow
, in advance of its NASDAQ listing. Here's what I learned:
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Elite 2-letter dot-com domain names iy(.)com, uf(.)com & vd(.)com had WHOIS changes recently, showing ownership from China 🇨🇳 (where else?) [previously I had them marked for the Cayman Islands]
By my count, registrants from China now own 215 of the 676 2-letter dot-coms [31.8%].
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Another elite 2-letter dot-com domain name has changed hands, as KB(.)com heads to China 🇨🇳 (where else?). By my count, registrants from China now own 210 of the 676 2-letter dot-coms (31.1%). USA 🇺🇸 ownership declines to 305 (45.1%).
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I've pointed this out before, but it's worth reiterating, that domain names are assets, that companies can use as collateral.....
From page 101 of:
"On September 25, 2020 (the 10.75% Senior Secured Notes Closing Date), American issued $1.0 billion in…
In September 2020, American Airlines issued $1 Billion worth of IP Notes (debt secured by their intellectual property), secured by their trademarks and AA(.)com domain name. See page 115 of the SEC filing at:
Reminds us that top domain names are assets.
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Final Results: 80% would accept the 7-figure offer for Leap(.)com.
For me, the correct answer is to REJECT it, although I can respect that everyone has different circumstances and might need to make a different decision.
The demand for 1-word dot-coms is very healthy now! 🚀
What should be done with the 7-figure offer sitting in my inbox for ?
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This quote works even better for domain names. 👍
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Another company upgrades to a 1-word dot-com, as Prosperworks becomes Copper, see:
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Another elite 2-letter .com domain name has changed hands, as im[.]com is now in DNStination's control. They're the "stealth" acquisition unit of
@markmonitor
as many are aware, often acting on behalf of large companies.
Who bought it?🤔 Reply with your thoughts. ⤵️
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To visualize domain name scarcity, look at a box of paper which has 5,000 sheets (10 reams, 500 sheets per ream). There are roughly 350 million domains across all TLDs. If you print all 350 million domains across all 10,000 pages of paper (double-sided, each sheet has 2 pages),…
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Here's an experiment. Today I was offered USD $500 for the one-word domain -- reply to or "like" this tweet if you would pay more than that (and explain why).
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I would encourage those who make $1,000 offers on one-word dot-com domain names to try the following:
Knock on your next door neighbour's door and offer them $1,000 for their home. What's the worst that can happen? 🤔
The only difference is that my company's one-word dot-com…
It's amusing when buyers make a $1000 offer on a one-word dot-com domain, and expect that I will negotiate.... 🤦♂️
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I processed $4,000 worth of domain name renewals this morning. For those who believe great domains will ever expire, better luck in 2023-2028. 😀
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Prometheum(.)com domain name changed hands in October 2018 for USD $71,842 according to a recent SEC filing. It was acquired by a blockchain company.
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Roth(.)com domain name changed hands in June 2007 for $120,000, see pp. F1-14, F1-17, F1-31 and F1-32 of the SEC filing at:
There was a lawsuit re: an oral agreement, but it was settled with the sale.
@DNJournal
@NameBio
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A smaller company with an elite domain name will punch above its weight. A larger company with an elite domain name might be unstoppable.
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$35 million domain name auction for internet(.)com, according to a press release:
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A memorable domain name is really a capital investment. There's often tension between labour and capital.
Those who make a living just selling their time (i.e. the "working class" = labour) often see capital investments as something that can undermine and reduce the need for…
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[1/2] Here's another oldie -- was acquired for $2,125,00 in July 2010. The former owner, Delta Financial, put it in its SEC filings:
"In July 2000, the Company also sold a domain name for $2.125 million."
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Nice story about Mike Berkens
@thedomains
last night, on the 7th anniversary of his portfolio sale to GoDaddy. 🍾
"7 years later Mike Berkens remains pleased that he and Judi sold their portfolio"
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@TwitterSupport
You may want to shift towards an automated *website* verification system, relying on the domain name system, as Google does. This would lower your costs considerably. See: e.g. you can verify I own , and check that in my profile.
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The company that owns the Sleep(.)com & Mattress(.)com domain names is going public:
Costs for those domains was not revealed, but they did mention (p. F-48) their use of a 2.0% royalty rate assumption in the "relief from royalty method" of valuation.
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Breaking:
@Google
may be launching a logistics, robotics, and transportation venture called "Abound". See WHOIS for , , , , , etc. My company owns the .com. 💰💰💰
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Just blogged: Medidata(.)com domain name changed hands for $600,000. The buyer was Medidata Solutions Inc. $MDSO
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@datacubecom
@Sedo
I bet it is getting confused by “gas” near “jew”, and didn’t realize that those are fragments of longer innocuous words.
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"In July 2001, the Company sold its domain name to a European entity for $1 million."
via an old SEC filing from the seller:
This was public long ago, e.g.
so can be charted by
@NameBio
&
@DNJournal
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I'm on the
@GoDaddy
"Do Not Contact" list, so brokers shouldn't contact me. The broker wrote:
"I do believe based on my experience this is a great offer for this domain and would recommend a “yes” so we can get you paid."
What was their 'great offer' for Bling[.]com? 🤔
USD $5,000
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USD $20,000
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USD $250,000
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USD $2 million
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@clubhouseio
@BrianNull
The WHOIS for the domain name went into WHOIS privacy (from being public previously) in June, it appears Clubhouse may be shortening its brand to simply "Club". See the WHOIS history via
@DomainTools
at:
(needs membership)
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Another elite 2-letter domain name has changed hands, as KU(.)com heads to China 🇨🇳 (where else?). The domain name had previously been owned by Reflex Publishing, who owns one of the top domain name portfolios.
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