Dharmesh Shah Comments About You.ai Acquisition

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Earlier this week, Sedo announced the $700,000 sale of You.ai. As I mentioned, it is the largest publicly reported .ai domain name sale of all time. When I published my article, the buyer of the domain name was unknown. That is no longer the case.

If you visit You.ai, it shows the logo found on Dharmesh.ai. I reached out to Dharmesh Shah, Founder of HubSpot and creator of quite a few other projects, and he confirmed that he acquired the domain name. I asked if he could comment about the acquisition, and he shared this with me:

SEC Filing: Door.com Acquired for 7 Figures

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In August of this year, DomainGang reported that Door.com was likely acquired by Latch, Inc., the company operating on Latch.com. Theo noticed this as a result of a trademark filing in the USPTO. In fact, the domain name was acquired, and Latch was rebranded as Door.com, according to an article in The Verge.

In the DomainGang article, Theo wrote that “[T]he domain was brokered this year by brokerage powerhouse, Lumis. No information was released about the amount involved in this transaction.”

You.ai Sold for $700,000 via Sedo (Updated)

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Sedo published its weekly domain name sales report today, and the largest sale was You.ai, which transacted for $700,000 USD. The domain name was sold via Sedo’s platform rather than through a SedoMLS partner.

This sale sets the public record for .AI domain name sales, according to NameBio. Prior to the $700,000 sale of You.ai, the largest .AI domain name sale was Stack.ai, which sold for $258,888 earlier this year via Afternic. The next highest sale was the sale of NPC.ai for $250,000. That domain name was also sold this year via Sedo.

LUV.com Acquired by Owner of Matrimony.com

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In July, Rick Schwartz announced that he reached a deal to sell the LUV.com domain name for seven figures. The announcement was made on Rick’s private Twitter/X account, and he shared the value of the deal. Using DomainTools’ Domain Monitor tool, I was able to see the domain name status changed as it was unlocked and pending transfer.

This week, Rick announced the deal closed and the domain name and funds changed hands. If you visit LUV.com right now, you can see it forwards to Matrimony.com.

Squadhelp is Reinvesting and So Am I

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Squadhelp CEO Darpan Munjal shared a series of tweets about the growth of the platform. Darpan shared that revenue last month was higher than any other month and 60% higher than the prior month. Like other growing companies, Squadhelp continues to reinvest proceeds into the platform and marketing of the platform:

SquadHelp Ultra Premium Marketplace Goes Live

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The Ultra Premium Marketplace featuring top domain names listed for sale at Squadhelp is now live. Featured domain names on the marketplace include Jay.com, Onyx.com, Ladder.com, Excel.com, and others. Some of the domain names listed for sale on the Marketplace have buy it now prices and others invite offers. The Marketplace is being operated in partnership with Hilco Digital.

Based on a quick glance at listing pages, it appears they are displayed in similar fashion to other listings on Squadhelp. The major difference that can immediately be seen is the black background on UPM-listed domain names.