Exactly. Almost nobody types domains these days and mixed Search/URL bars execute search often anyway, w/o direct navigation. So the customers must have been re

Exactly. Almost nobody types domains these days and mixed Search/URL bars execute search often anyway, w/o direct navigation. So the customers must have been referrals, who were particularly looking for this product and would have found it via another route anyway. 35k is a ridiculous amount to spend on this .io domain. The seller knew it too.