I heard the Anime.com domain name had been recently acquired, but I knew nothing about it. Anime is a a style of Japanese animation, and it is popular throughout the world. Obviously, Anime.com would be a fantastic brand for creators and people who enjoy watching this genre of animation.

I came across a video interview conducted by Leon Abboud featuring Alex Xu, the founder of the company that acquired Anime.com. The interview is a bit longer than 40 minutes, and it touches on the acquisition of the Anime.com domain name. Not surprisingly, the domain name had a $10 million price tag, and it was listed for sale via GoDaddy.

When I was 18, I went on a Royal Caribbean cruise with my family. It was the first time I was able to gamble in a casino. One night during dinner, I left the table to play video poker in the casino. I returned about 30 minutes later hunched over from carrying buckets full of quarters.

The video poker game had a double up feature. When I won a hand, the game gave me the option to double my winnings by choosing a card that was higher than the dealer’s. I could continue to choose to double down until I cashed out or lost. I won a big hand and successfully doubled a bunch of times until I cashed out with buckets full of quarters. Even though the win wasn’t technically a jackpot, the casino gave me a “jackpot” t-shirt because it was a substantial win.

Falcons.com is an exceptional one word .com domain name that has long been owned by Future Media Architects (FMA). Like other domain names owned by FMA, Falcons.com has been for sale via Saw.com. In a post on X this afternoon, the brokerage announced that Falcons.com was sold for $400,000:

We’re proud to have helped Falcons secure their brand name with the acquisition of Falcons(dot)com for $400,000. Owning their exact .com domain is a powerful step in strengthening their presence as the premier destination for luxury collectibles. This move enhances their…

— sawsells (@sawsells) September 25, 2024

In July of last year, Meta (formerly known as Facebook) launched a social networking service to compete with Twitter, now known as X. The service was branded Threads, and the company used the Threads.net domain name for its platform. Threads.com was owned by another business, which was highlighted in Fast Company following Meta’s Threads launch.

In June of this year, the app running on Threads.com was sold to Shopify. Some people speculated that this acquisition could make the Threads.com domain name available for Meta to acquire for its Threads platform. It looks like this just happened.