There has been quite a bit of activity in the domain name resale market related to Bitcoin domain names. Because of that, I have been tracking some of the better Bitcoin domain names, and I learned that BTC.com changed hands recently.

The Whois registrant information is now set to privacy at Fabulous (domain name registrar), and a message on the landing page says “Something amazing is coming soon.  If you would like to be notified when it launches, please submit your email below.” Previously, the domain name was registered to a Japanese entity that did not shield its registrant information, and there was an active website on the domain name.

I reached out to the registrant via the privacy email address to ask about the domain  name, and I actually know the registrant personally. He asked that I keep his name  and company information  private, and he mentioned that more information about BTC.com will be  made public in the near future.

“BTC” is widely recognized as

Some of you in the domain investment community know Sol Orwell. I’ve known him for several years and have had the opportunity to get together with him a couple of times. Among other things, Orwell is the founder of Examine.com, “an online independent research guide about supplements and nutrition.” I think you’ll enjoy this interview he did with Andrew Warner of Mixergy.

In the interview, Orwell discusses a number of things, including the acquisition cost for the Examine.com domain name, revenue numbers, website objectives, and background information. The video interview is about an hour-long, and it’s well worth a watch when you have time. You can watch the video I embedded below, but if you have any questions for Orwell or Warner, you should visit Mixergy and post your questions there.

If you haven’t heard about Mixergy before, I think you’ll appreciate that you now know about it. Andrew Warner is the founder of Mixergy, and there are many, many interviews with successful entrepreneurs and business people. Warner is able to get these people to open up and share insight about their business, and I have never been disappointed after spending time watching one of his interviews.

When it first launched in 2011, I wrote about Examine.com, and it’s nice to see that the website took off and has been doing so well.

Earlier this year, I wrote about the Bitcoins.com domain name and its interesting history as told by the former owner. Bitcoins.com is now owned by Mt. Gox, the troubled bitcoin exchange, and according to an article in the Wall Street Journal this morning, the domain name is reportedly going up for sale.

According to the WJS article published this morning by WSJ writer Takashi Mochizuki:

“The holding company of collapsed virtual currency exchange Mt. Gox is looking to sell the trademarked word bitcoin, a company executive said.

The company hopes to raise at least ¥100 million, or about $1 million, for a package including the bitcoin trademarks in Japan and the European Union as well as the bitcoins.com domain name, the executive said.”

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