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  1. Mkt Sales Leads

    discuss The End User Funding and Acquisitions Thread

    A chance to learn about what the end user is buying (including whether its for branding or brand protection purposes), starting with these: https://x.com/lumis_com https://x.com/sawsells https://x.com/dommunity Feel free to share more juicy sauces/sorry sources
  2. Mkt Sales Leads

    discuss The End User Funding and Acquisitions Thread

    A chance to learn about what the end user is buying (including whether its for branding or brand protection purposes), starting with these: https://x.com/lumis_com https://x.com/sawsells https://x.com/dommunity Feel free to share more juicy sauces/sorry sources
  3. News

    advice Buying a Domain Name from a Big Company can be Challenging

    There are many large companies that own domain names that aren’t being used. This can be due to corporate acquisitions and mergers, killed products and services, or a variety of other reasons. As a domain investor, I love buying domain names from large companies, but it can be incredibly...
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    advice Buying a Domain Name from a Big Company can be Challenging

    There are many large companies that own domain names that aren’t being used. This can be due to corporate acquisitions and mergers, killed products and services, or a variety of other reasons. As a domain investor, I love buying domain names from large companies, but it can be incredibly...
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    news Was Friend crazy for spending $1.8M on Friend.com?

    When AI companion startup Friend revealed it had spent $1.8 million on buying the www.friend.com domain name last week, it set off a debate around what exactly branding is worth, and how startups should be spending cash. Founders of other companies like Loom and Public came forward to share...
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    news Was Friend crazy for spending $1.8M on Friend.com?

    When AI companion startup Friend revealed it had spent $1.8 million on buying the www.friend.com domain name last week, it set off a debate around what exactly branding is worth, and how startups should be spending cash. Founders of other companies like Loom and Public came forward to share...
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    news Why some companies spend $1 Million on a domain name

    One of the greatest benefits of acquiring an ultra-premium domain in the seven-figure and up category is the instant credibility and trust that comes with the acquisition. Not only are premium domain names better drivers of new customer leads and inquiries, but they tend to be easier to market...
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    news Why some companies spend $1 Million on a domain name

    One of the greatest benefits of acquiring an ultra-premium domain in the seven-figure and up category is the instant credibility and trust that comes with the acquisition. Not only are premium domain names better drivers of new customer leads and inquiries, but they tend to be easier to market...
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    discuss What are your best domain acquisition

    My own domain name is Cashwares.com
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    discuss What are your best domain acquisition

    My own domain name is Cashwares.com
  11. News

    .com The Cold Plunge Acquires Plunge.com for $250,000

    In April of this year, David Clements, CEO of Brannans, congratulated the founders of a company called Cold Plunge on its acquisition of Plunge.com. The company had been using TheColdPlunge.com for its website, and acquiring Plunge.com was a great domain name upgrade...Read More
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    .com The Cold Plunge Acquires Plunge.com for $250,000

    In April of this year, David Clements, CEO of Brannans, congratulated the founders of a company called Cold Plunge on its acquisition of Plunge.com. The company had been using TheColdPlunge.com for its website, and acquiring Plunge.com was a great domain name upgrade...Read More
  13. News

    discuss How I acquired Chess.com

    People sometimes ask me: How did you get the Chess.com domain name? (And they WANT to ask: How much did it cost?)The Chess.com domain name was registered in 1994. I don’t know by whom or for what purpose, but not long after it was rolled into Aficionado, Inc. - the creators of the original Chess...
  14. News

    discuss How I acquired Chess.com

    People sometimes ask me: How did you get the Chess.com domain name? (And they WANT to ask: How much did it cost?)The Chess.com domain name was registered in 1994. I don’t know by whom or for what purpose, but not long after it was rolled into Aficionado, Inc. - the creators of the original Chess...
  15. Bob Hawkes

    poll Are you spending less or more on acquisitions?

    I am trying to get a handle on whether various factors have influenced the acquisition practices of domain investors. If you have been in domain investing for more than a year, please vote. Note that I am asking about the total amount of your acquisition spend, not the price per name, or the...
  16. Bob Hawkes

    poll Are you spending less or more on acquisitions?

    I am trying to get a handle on whether various factors have influenced the acquisition practices of domain investors. If you have been in domain investing for more than a year, please vote. Note that I am asking about the total amount of your acquisition spend, not the price per name, or the...
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    .cn Freddy.com.cn: Freddy acquired Chinese domain via Escrow.com Concierge

    Freddy, operating from the domain Freddy.com, is a fashion line synonymous with sport and passion for movement.The company has an international presence with numerous outlets across the globe. It appears to have acquired the domain name Freddy.com.cn from its former Chinese registrant, using the...
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    .cn Freddy.com.cn: Freddy acquired Chinese domain via Escrow.com Concierge

    Freddy, operating from the domain Freddy.com, is a fashion line synonymous with sport and passion for movement.The company has an international presence with numerous outlets across the globe. It appears to have acquired the domain name Freddy.com.cn from its former Chinese registrant, using the...
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    .com Two letter .com domain im.com under new ownership

    Premium two-letter .com domain name, im.com, has changed hands, per the domain’s most recent WHOIS. This ultra-high quality LL .com domain is now under the control of DNStinations, the acquisition unit of MarkMonitor that often performs stealth acquisitions...Read More
  20. News

    .com Two letter .com domain im.com under new ownership

    Premium two-letter .com domain name, im.com, has changed hands, per the domain’s most recent WHOIS. This ultra-high quality LL .com domain is now under the control of DNStinations, the acquisition unit of MarkMonitor that often performs stealth acquisitions...Read More
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    .com PRIDE365™ CERTIFIED SECURES DOMAIN PRIDE.ORG AND RECEIVES HONOUR AT THE INAUGURAL INTERPRIDE GLOBAL GALA

    LONDON, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pride365, a trailblazing organisation with a mission to make the world a more inclusive place, have announced the acquisition of the domain www.pride.org. With immediate effect, all portal activity, news and pertinent information will be housed and accessed...
  22. News

    .com PRIDE365™ CERTIFIED SECURES DOMAIN PRIDE.ORG AND RECEIVES HONOUR AT THE INAUGURAL INTERPRIDE GLOBAL GALA

    LONDON, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pride365, a trailblazing organisation with a mission to make the world a more inclusive place, have announced the acquisition of the domain www.pride.org. With immediate effect, all portal activity, news and pertinent information will be housed and accessed...
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    other StartADAM Acquires a.link Domain for Launch of aOS Chat-based Operating System

    LOS ANGELES, May 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StartADAM, a technology company that presents itself as the SaaS “Missing Link”, has announced its capital raise of $1.9M USD for the launch of its aOS chat operating system. It has also acquired the a.link domain, representing its consolidated...
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    other StartADAM Acquires a.link Domain for Launch of aOS Chat-based Operating System

    LOS ANGELES, May 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StartADAM, a technology company that presents itself as the SaaS “Missing Link”, has announced its capital raise of $1.9M USD for the launch of its aOS chat operating system. It has also acquired the a.link domain, representing its consolidated...
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    .com Telepathic acquisition: Karla.com in the hands of a domain investor

    Telepathy, Inc. scored yet another (presumably) big sale right at the beginning of May, as the domain name Karla.com changed hands. This 1997 beauty was in the possession of Telepathy.com, the ultra-premium portfolio holding company founded by investor Nat Cohen. The domain appears to have been...
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    .com Telepathic acquisition: Karla.com in the hands of a domain investor

    Telepathy, Inc. scored yet another (presumably) big sale right at the beginning of May, as the domain name Karla.com changed hands. This 1997 beauty was in the possession of Telepathy.com, the ultra-premium portfolio holding company founded by investor Nat Cohen. The domain appears to have been...
  27. News

    .com Telepathy.com has acquired the domain name NYS.com

    WHOIS records indicate that Telepathy, Inc., has acquired the premium domain name NYS.com. The three letter (LLL) .com was registered in 1998 and at one point it was offered for sale via Escrow.com with a $500,000 dollar price tag. It was also brokered by the Lumis.com brokers in recent years...
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    .com Telepathy.com has acquired the domain name NYS.com

    WHOIS records indicate that Telepathy, Inc., has acquired the premium domain name NYS.com. The three letter (LLL) .com was registered in 1998 and at one point it was offered for sale via Escrow.com with a $500,000 dollar price tag. It was also brokered by the Lumis.com brokers in recent years...
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    .io Stryde company upgrades to Stryde.io after quick negotiations

    The domain Stryde.io was reportedly sold for the sum of $8,900 dollars via Afternic, after swift negotiations. Stryde performed a domain upgrade from StrydeFurther.com, a domain it uses still. According to the domain’s seller, prolific domainer Tony Names, Stryde.io was listed with a BIN of...
  30. News

    .io Stryde company upgrades to Stryde.io after quick negotiations

    The domain Stryde.io was reportedly sold for the sum of $8,900 dollars via Afternic, after swift negotiations. Stryde performed a domain upgrade from StrydeFurther.com, a domain it uses still. According to the domain’s seller, prolific domainer Tony Names, Stryde.io was listed with a BIN of...
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    .com Rep. Tom Tiffany buys domain names as he considers Senate bid against Tammy Baldwin

    WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany this week signaled he's considering a 2024 Senate run against incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, buying two website domain names in preparation for a potential bid.Tiffany told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday that his team bought the domains...
  32. News

    .com Rep. Tom Tiffany buys domain names as he considers Senate bid against Tammy Baldwin

    WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany this week signaled he's considering a 2024 Senate run against incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, buying two website domain names in preparation for a potential bid.Tiffany told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday that his team bought the domains...
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    .com MoneyHarmony.com domain Acquired by Fairfield Funding, a Structured Settlement Company

    Atlanta, GA, April 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fairfield Funding is delighted to announce that it is expanding its financial services by acquiring MoneyHarmony.com. Fairfield Funding is a company that provides the best structured settlement and annuity purchasing services. It now bought the...
  34. News

    .com MoneyHarmony.com domain Acquired by Fairfield Funding, a Structured Settlement Company

    Atlanta, GA, April 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fairfield Funding is delighted to announce that it is expanding its financial services by acquiring MoneyHarmony.com. Fairfield Funding is a company that provides the best structured settlement and annuity purchasing services. It now bought the...
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    .com Nuclear Now: Oliver Stone went with a “film” domain suffix

    Legendary director, Oliver Stone, has produced “Nuclear Now“—a film about the use of nuclear power as a source of energy that will save the planet from imminent climate change.In doing so, “Nuclear Now” uses the domain name NuclearNowFilm.com as the film’s web site. The domain was registered in...
  36. News

    .com Nuclear Now: Oliver Stone went with a “film” domain suffix

    Legendary director, Oliver Stone, has produced “Nuclear Now“—a film about the use of nuclear power as a source of energy that will save the planet from imminent climate change.In doing so, “Nuclear Now” uses the domain name NuclearNowFilm.com as the film’s web site. The domain was registered in...
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    .com The Domain King acquired CyberMeet.com

    We came across one domain name that the Domain King won at an auction at the end of February, that of CyberMeet.com. The closing cost at DropCatch was $2,049 dollars. Source: NameBio...Read More
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    .com The Domain King acquired CyberMeet.com

    We came across one domain name that the Domain King won at an auction at the end of February, that of CyberMeet.com. The closing cost at DropCatch was $2,049 dollars. Source: NameBio...Read More
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    .com WatchAi.com - The Domain King’s fresh AI grab from the drop auctions

    WatchAi.com – Rick acquired this domain for just $1,600 dollars last week. The domain WatchAi.com was previously registered in 2016 by a Chinese registrant who dropped it, but it also existed as far back as in 2006 according to historic WHOIS data provided by DomainTools...Read More
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    .com WatchAi.com - The Domain King’s fresh AI grab from the drop auctions

    WatchAi.com – Rick acquired this domain for just $1,600 dollars last week. The domain WatchAi.com was previously registered in 2016 by a Chinese registrant who dropped it, but it also existed as far back as in 2006 according to historic WHOIS data provided by DomainTools...Read More
  41. News

    discuss Base.org domain acquired; Coinbase rolls out new ETH service

    Crypto exchange Coinbase rolled out Base, an Ethereum L2 offering a “secure, low-cost, developer-friendly way for anyone, anywhere, to build decentralized apps.” Announced today, Base.org aims at making onchain the next online and onboard more than 1 billion crypto users users into the...
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    discuss Base.org domain acquired; Coinbase rolls out new ETH service

    Crypto exchange Coinbase rolled out Base, an Ethereum L2 offering a “secure, low-cost, developer-friendly way for anyone, anywhere, to build decentralized apps.” Announced today, Base.org aims at making onchain the next online and onboard more than 1 billion crypto users users into the...
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    advice I Just Bought a Domain After Receiving this Cold Email

    I’m not ashamed to admit it. I just purchased a domain name pitched to me in a poorly written email. I get bombarded with domain sales emails daily. You would think that I’d have them filtered to spam, but there is just something irresistible about them and I have to look at each and every one...
  44. News

    advice I Just Bought a Domain After Receiving this Cold Email

    I’m not ashamed to admit it. I just purchased a domain name pitched to me in a poorly written email. I get bombarded with domain sales emails daily. You would think that I’d have them filtered to spam, but there is just something irresistible about them and I have to look at each and every one...
  45. AbdulBasit.com

    showcase Some of the acquisitions in 2023

    Hello everyone, Many people called and messaged me to check my wellbeing since I’m in Turkey and there were multiple earthquakes several days ago. I’m safe along with my family. So thank you for your concern and taking your valuable time and getting in touch with me. On the other hand, it’s...
  46. AbdulBasit.com

    showcase Some of the acquisitions in 2023

    Hello everyone, Many people called and messaged me to check my wellbeing since I’m in Turkey and there were multiple earthquakes several days ago. I’m safe along with my family. So thank you for your concern and taking your valuable time and getting in touch with me. On the other hand, it’s...
  47. News

    new gTLD Four .Amazon Domain Names Registered by Amazon

    Amazon has registered four new .Amazon domain names, according to a Registrant Monitor alert email I received from DomainTools this morning. The four domain names Amazon registered are...Read More
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    new gTLD Four .Amazon Domain Names Registered by Amazon

    Amazon has registered four new .Amazon domain names, according to a Registrant Monitor alert email I received from DomainTools this morning. The four domain names Amazon registered are...Read More
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    other Choice One Bank switches from .com to .bank for added security

    ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc., and ChoiceOne Bank have announced advancements in digital banking security. ChoiceOne will transition their website domain to “choiceone.bank” from “choiceone.com” on Jan. 23. This change will provide another layer of enhanced security and verification...
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    other Choice One Bank switches from .com to .bank for added security

    ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc., and ChoiceOne Bank have announced advancements in digital banking security. ChoiceOne will transition their website domain to “choiceone.bank” from “choiceone.com” on Jan. 23. This change will provide another layer of enhanced security and verification...

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