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This domain sounded familiar and I see where it recently sold for $115,000 to an "non-profit startup". The seller shared his story in the comments at http://ww
by terrellm 15y ago
This domain sounded familiar and I see where it recently sold for $115,000 to an "non-profit startup".
The seller shared his story in the comments at http://www.thedomains.com/2011/06/30/domain-investor-brian-wick-sells-minus-com-for-115000/ http://www.thedomains.com/2011/06/30/domain-investor-brian-w... (scroll down to July 25). It's interesting to see that while the buyers claimed to be a "math educational non-profit startup", the seller was skeptical of the story.
- mindotus 15y agoIt was a huge amount for us and we went through a broker for the process :) Still love our old http://min.us http://min.us
- terrellm 15y agoCongrats on the purchase. A good .com domain definitely enhances credibility outside of the startup world over a domain hack.
- mindotus 15y agoThanks, the .com definitely helps lessen the confusion, as the name Min.us was getting misspelled especially when our users try to share/tell their friends about it.
- wyclif 15y agoI wonder if anybody in the startup world is thinking of solving the domain problem. Eventually founders are going to get sick of dot com domain hacks but without ICANN cooperation I just don't see how this can change. There are only a limited number of quality domains that are variations of English words.
- mindotus 15y agoAgreed. We'll see how things go over the next few years :)
- tednaleid 15y agoAre you a non-profit startup? If you're not, did you (or your broker) claim that you were during the negotiations to get a better deal? It is a great domain, and that feels like a good deal for a five letter, very common word .com. (though I'm sure it feels like a lot of money for a startup).