opinion From $132 to $100M: Was YellowPages.com The Smartest Domain Name Grab Ever?

Interesting story.

Thanks for sharing.

Great story

A little bit thin on the ground. But got the basic facts. The original cost is real. But the $100M valuation includes all the assets etc of a business worth $100M. The article carefully points out this increase included several ownership changes, mostly by huge telecom companies I wonder how much the original owners made from their registration? It's probably still a good ROA, but less than the headline implied

we can only dream now, or fork over a lot more for the same. lol..

The purchase price included the entire business. 100 million. Wikipedia has it at 120 million, but according to the owner, it was 100 million, maybe 120 was a second purchase, and then it was gobbled up for 68 billion I believed but that was part of a larger purchase of a consolidated group of assets.

Superb story

It's not the domain, it's the business that is worth the money. YellowPages.com would be worth naff all without the business imho

Thanks for sharing.