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How much might have they spent on Domain?

• joeblau 12y ago
  $40 million
• onewaystreet 12y ago
  It must have been a real good offer because the former owner, publicly traded CallidusCloud, just launched a major product using the domain last month: http://calliduscloud.com/about-us/press-releases/pr-feed/calliduscloud-launches-genius-com-content-store-and-mobile-learning-platform/ http://calliduscloud.com/about-us/press-releases/pr-feed/cal...
  • Isofarro 12y ago
    Which it acquired itself in February 2014: http://customerexperiencematrix.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/genius-and-loopfuse-are-acquired.html http://customerexperiencematrix.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/geniu... Interesting timing. I would not be surprised if the May launch of genius.com was just something hacked together over a weekend and launched just to push the domain price up. There isn't much talk about genius.com around the May launch (apart from a bit of press-release marketing). And the focus in acquisition in February leads with LeadRocket, tacking on the brand Genius as an afterthought. The domain details of genius.com was only switched to CallidusCloud's details in June: http://www.thedomains.com/2014/07/11/rapgenius-com-upgrades-rebrand-to-genius-com/ http://www.thedomains.com/2014/07/11/rapgenius-com-upgrades-... -- 4 months after acquiring the domain. Interesting set of coincidences. I wonder when Callidus software knew of RapGenius' interest in the genius.com domain. And their original intentions for it when they acquired it in February.