In a news release yesterday, Facebook announced the launch of Messenger Rooms, a product designed to “make it easy to spend quality time with friends, loved ones and people who share your interests.” In advance of the announcement and product launch, Facebook appears to have acquired the Rooms.com domain name. The news was first shared by James Iles in a tweet this morning:

Facebook just announced their new product, Messenger Rooms. In advance of the announcement, the company acquired the Rooms•com domain from World Travel Holdings through the law firm Hogan Lovells. Facebook also owns Messenger•com. https://t.co/aHVjoBqCZb

— James Iles (@jamesiles) April 25, 2020

People have occasionally asked me if I can help them assess the value of a .net domain name. Although I follow the general domain name aftermarket closely, and I track sales across a variety of extensions, I don’t really have a good pulse on the value of .net domain names. Because of that, I can’t really offer any insight when it comes to the value of .net domain names, even when compared to .com domain name values.

Joshua Schoen shared an interesting comparison of a .com domain name auction sale against a .net domain name auction sale, and I think it is worth highlighting. The discussion that followed on Twitter was also interesting: