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100% of the top 20 by valuation have their .com What proportion had it at their founding or shortly after? Surely a well funded and successful company had the
by johnhess 11y ago
100% of the top 20 by valuation have their .com
What proportion had it at their founding or shortly after? Surely a well funded and successful company had the means and motivation to purchase their .com
- nanijoe 11y agoCheaper still, would be to get a new name that has an available .com
- iiiggglll 11y agoA great example: how long did it take Square to get their hands on square.com? Even now it's just a redirect to squareup.com.
- jnpatel 11y agoAnother example: Dropbox originally had getdropbox.com, and didn't obtain dropbox.com until more than 2 years after founding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropbox_(service)#2007-2011 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropbox_(service)#2007-2011
- erichurkman 11y agoAnd another: Box launched as box.net, and spent about $1 million to buy box.com. [0] For earlier companies, you can buy a lot of engineers, product, and marketing for $1 million. [0] http://www.cnet.com/news/how-box-net-became-box-com-for-just-shy-of-a-million-bucks/ http://www.cnet.com/news/how-box-net-became-box-com-for-just...
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- tmsh 11y agoExactly, that's the real test. The information is available: http://brianjackson.io/view-dns-history-free/ http://brianjackson.io/view-dns-history-free/