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news Breaking: 77.com Sold for "Over $5,000,000"

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Two-number .COM domain names are some of the rarest names in existence. There are only 100 possible two-number .COM's, and even rarer are those with repeating digits: 00, 11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77, 88, 99.

Today I can reveal that 77.com has been sold. A source familiar with the sale told me that the price was "over $5,000,000" but that they couldn't reveal any further details of the transaction. They did, however, confirm that the domain transfer had been initiated and the funds had been received.

The domain name has been available for sale for quite some time, and until yesterday, 77.com displayed a "for sale" page with a contact form to start a discussion with the seller.

At this stage, it is not known whether the new owner is a domain name investor or an end user. As of writing, the WHOIS information hasn't switched over to the new owner. The price tag gives no clues either, as it is quite possible for both end users and wealthy investors to pay such a premium for a very rare name.

This is one of just a few two-number .COM sales in the past year. I announced the sale of 73.com earlier this year, and in February, TheDomains.com reported that 50.com had been sold by MediaOptions.com.

Yesterday, we brought you the news that 20.com's owner @jason calacanis had decided to sell his domain name in a private auction with the goal of reaching a $5 million sales price. Jason's auction will be held on January 5th 2016 and will consist of two rounds of bidding.

The transfer of 77.com is expected to be completed this week, so we shall update this article with any updates we get.

Updates on Jan 2, 2016:
  • The new owners have been revealed as @DomainEmpire.com Ltd of London.
  • They say that 77.com has been acquired with the funds from several different investors.
  • They've also said that 77.com is going to be a "quick flip" - so expect to see the domain sell again very soon.
 
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James-any idea when 77.com last changed hands or for how much? Thank you and Happy Holidays!
 
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@London555 unfortunately I don't have that data.
 
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incredible. congrats for seller.
 
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Great news thanks for sharing :)
 
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Great News and great sales.I am sure buyer's ROI is mind-boggling.Wondering how much it has sold for before now.

Thanks for sharing James.
 
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Sensational - thanks for sharing James. Congrats to seller and buyer.
 
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Interesting... The question is surely "how much" over $5 million. Just "over"? Or way, way over? In a vacuum $5 million sound good, but when you look at NNN and NNNN comps...

Put 777.com vs some of the other recent NNN sales, one could come to the conclusion 777.com itself is worth > $1 million. 989.com for $800k back in October, but
https://www.namepros.com/blog/a-bri...ame-festival-auction-results-included.904473/

Out to 4N, based on the sales of things like 8181.com @ 225k and a little back 9595.com @ $180k, 7777.com would be ~ $400k to $500k itself.
 
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Another remarkable NN dot com sale for 2015. Thanks for sharing James.
 
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I was brokering this domain along with many other brokers.

Got a buyer for 4.65M$
They reserved the domain for my buyer but later another buyer contacted them directly by bypassing the broker and they closed the deal with him.

Very unfair to the broker.
 
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With the Chinese buying everything up, market prices are just plain crazy for numeric and other short letter/numeric combinations. A year ago, $5 million for this name would have been a fantastic sale. However, I think with the market like it is, the sale is okay.
 
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whats 877.com worth if 77.com sold for $5m ?
 
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It is a great and OK price for such grrat domain. $5M . Congrats to both seller and buyer.

Thanks for sharing James :)
 
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Another Christmas gift!!
 
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Last year turning dwn $1m on my ll.com via DNS seemed like a mistake... the way the market has changed I'm glad I did. it's a buzz waiting for the right figure that will top everything I have ever sold.

And this domain is still number 5 in my own top 10 list

Peace
 
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Last year turning dwn $1m on my ll.com via DNS seemed like a mistake... the way the market has changed I'm glad I did. it's a buzz waiting for the right figure that will top everything I have ever sold.

And this domain is still number 5 in my own top 10 list

Peace
Depends on the domain. We also know how markets swing. Hopefully you catch it just right!
 
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Update: The new owners have been revealed as @DomainEmpire.com Ltd of London.

They say that 77.com has been acquired with the funds from several different investors. They've also said that 77.com is going to be a "quick flip" - so expect to see the domain sell again very soon.
 
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There is a lot more info about that when you visit 77.com directly.. it's Luigi with some guys who also focus on a buy out of all 7N domains, check the numerical domain thread.. hope it works out for them to persuade that italian investor enough by selling 77.com for a nice profit.. just not sure they can do so that quickly...
 
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