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Dharmesh Shah Acquires DomainValue.com for Appraisal Agent

Over the past several years, Hubspot Co-Founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah has emerged as a prominent figure in the domain name space. Dharmesh has acquired high-value domain names like Chat.com, Prompt.com, and Agent.com for millions of dollars. He later famously sold Chat.com to OpenAI for more than $15 million, including equity in the privately-held company.

In addition to these acquisitions, Dharmesh recently built an AI-driven domain name valuation agent on his Agent.ai platform. It can probably be billed as a work in progress, but it provides users with both a quantitative valuation along with a qualitative aspect as well. It doesn’t hurt that values tend to be on the sunny side of the garden.

To make it easier for users to navigate to the domain valuation agent, Dharmesh shared that he acquired the DomainValue.com domain name:

Slash.com Reportedly Acquired for $1 Million

According to a post on X, the Slash.com domain name was acquired for $1 million. I understand the domain name was acquired with the help of Rob Schutz from Snagged.com:

I was told the domain name was acquired in an all-cash deal. The full payment was already made by the buyer.

Last Call: 2025 Domain Industry PMC Jersey

Our customized domain industry Pan-Mass Challenge jersey raises a substantial amount of money for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute each year. The company that produces the jersey just sent me an update of our design with the logos of our current jersey sponsors, and I think it looks great.

We can feature 18 domain industry logos on the back of our jersey. We have room for two additional logo All logo spots are now reserved. I’d also move my Embrace.com logo if we can get two additional sponsors. John and I would also offer a white horizontal logo on each rib cage for a $1,000 donation to our PMC fundraiser.

Details Behind $1 Million+ Deal for Diversification.com

Paul Rubillo shared some details about a deal he struck for the Diversification.com domain name. When the deal concludes, it will be valued at more than $1 million. Paul shared that the buyer paid some cash and will be paying for the domain name via future payments and revenue share. In addition, Paul also retained some equity in the new business and could capitalize on future sale proceeds.

When sharing the news with me, Paul mentioned that it was a “Rick Schwartz-inspired deal.”

Paul commented on the sale of this domain name via LinkedIn:

GoDaddy Auctions Expands AI Images and Descriptions

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I recently noticed that GoDaddy Auctions began incorporating artificial intelligence-generated images and descriptions to its auction listings. This AI-generated content appears in the Details section below the fold, so visitors would need to scroll below the bid field to view this section for each auction. This field appears above comparable sales and other data related to the domain name in auction.

Here’s an example of the AI generated image and description for Trickster.com, a domain name that is currently in auction at GoDaddy:

Atom to Launch Price Tracking Feature

I don’t use Google Shopping for much beyond the native price tracking tool. If there’s a product I want to buy but think it’s too expensive, I can have Google track the price and be notified if the price changes. Similarly, some websites – like Amazon – have a tool that identifies when a price is lower than it has been previously offered. I think this is helpful when I am shopping for something specific but am not in a hurry to buy it.

Atom.com CEO Darpan Munjal announced that something in that vein is coming soon to Atom, and I think it’s a fantastic idea.

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