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27 Comments August 3, 2022
It’s the second largest public domain sale of all time.
NFTs.com has sold for a staggering $15 million, making it the second largest domain sale ever publicly reported.
Domainer.com and GoDaddy brokered the deal for an undisclosed buyer. Escrow.com provided escrow services and confirmed the deal in a press release.
The landing page for the domain says it’s “Powered by DigitalArtists.com Marketplace.” This landing page recently changed, suggesting the NFT marketplace might be the buyer or associated with it. DigitalArtists.com was acquired for $300,000 last year.
NFTs.com was under Whois privacy starting in March 2021. Before that, the record showed an unknown owner in Monaco. Get on the Web, a domain investor, owned it before that.
For comparison, Media Options sold NFT.com for $2 million last year. That domain is now used for an NFT hub that is selling its own NFTs (non-fungible tokens).
The sale means that the two biggest public domain sales of all time are related to blockchain. A blockchain company paid $30 million plus commission to acquire voice.com in 2019.
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August 3, 2022 at 10:51 am
NFT.com > NFTs.com
I think NFT as a shorter version is worth more. But this just goes to show how difficult it is to price domains, especially considering each sellers need for $$$.
$15M, #2 public sale of all-time.
Fantastic news!
August 3, 2022 at 11:01 am
yeah, plural kinda just barely passes the radio test…sounds like nftees.com..
i think the singular just went way too cheap
August 3, 2022 at 12:55 pm
Sale came day after ex-CEO Michael Saylor was removed from CEO position at Microstrategy over BTC loses. He said no to $1 million, $10 million, $20 million, and finally YES to $30 million on Voice.com.
Pricing is 2nd hardest part of domaining after finding valuable assets at low wholesale prices.
Seller of NFT.com needed $$$, hard to say no to $2M on table UNLESS you are already a millionaire.
August 3, 2022 at 8:58 pm
The sale happened earlier – probably just took them a while to announce it. Takes a while to get all parties on board for a press release like this.
August 3, 2022 at 9:36 pm
Saylor has drug problems and is a con man. The 2nd hardest part of domaining is not telling how much your domain cost to your mistress. Wife is the hardest
August 3, 2022 at 1:24 pm
I agree JR but we couldn’t get NFT so we got NFTS before we sold it.
August 3, 2022 at 2:22 pm
You got $15M and hold the #2 position for public sales.
You won bigtime, and the industry is better for it.
Congrats.
August 3, 2022 at 8:04 pm
agree – pricing domains is more art than science
let’s see if this sale will jumpstart some more nft/web3 sales
August 3, 2022 at 10:55 am
Congrats on the killer sale Ian and Matt!
August 3, 2022 at 1:25 pm
Thanks glad to have them as partners. A+ people
August 3, 2022 at 11:38 am
Like I said before, NFT.com was sold cheap.
August 3, 2022 at 12:56 pm
You were proven right 13 million times over it appears.
August 3, 2022 at 1:27 pm
I agree Mark, but better to sell early than late. NFT market has really suffered since the crypto crash.
August 3, 2022 at 1:23 pm
Thanks me and my partners are really happy for the sale but my share after taxes is going to my 2 ex no good worthless wives and my 8 wonderful children
August 3, 2022 at 2:24 pm
Sounds like a great podcast discussion.
Andrew??
August 3, 2022 at 8:07 pm
lol, kenny…yay, 8 wonderful children
August 3, 2022 at 2:00 pm
Was this a cash or a crypto transaction?
August 3, 2022 at 7:57 pm
Combination of crypto coins such as Safemoon, Cumrocket, BTC and some cash.
August 3, 2022 at 8:43 pm
Its safe to say then that this transaction sounds as legitimate as the shitcoins involved here.
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/safemoon/
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/cumrocket/
August 3, 2022 at 8:53 pm
Um, yeah. So two public companies are going to lie about a transaction?
August 3, 2022 at 9:28 pm
I love you Andrew but you been fooled. Public companies lying look up voyager last month. Happens all the time
August 3, 2022 at 9:23 pm
Tax evasion wash trading money laundering The Whole thing is a scam
August 4, 2022 at 2:21 am
I agree it looks just as suspicious as voice.com. And why did a newcomer instead of Rosener close this deal?
August 4, 2022 at 6:40 am
In the last 12 hrs no one has bothered to set the record straight on this issue. Not Domainer.com, not escrow.com, not the buyer.
August 3, 2022 at 9:47 pm
DigitalArtists.com seems to be connected to Alina Shchetinina, Senior Legal Counsel at iGaming. Posted on her instagram https://www.instagram.com/alya_valerievna/
August 3, 2022 at 9:57 pm
I would bang her
August 4, 2022 at 7:15 am
bro u’d bang anyone m8
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