This weekend, in preparation for a scavenger hunt hike with our kids, I got a bit sidetracked and began looking up associated domain names. One domain name I came across stood out to me because of the landing page that was shown:
This was surprising to me because I know the longtime domain registrant, and I can see the domain name utilizes Bodis nameservers. Not only are there no PPC links like other domain names, the “for sale” inquiry banner and link are also missing from the landing page.
Liner is a AI-driven search engine for students and researchers. The company operates on the off-brand GetLiner.com domain name. Last week on X, the company announced a $29 million Series B funding round:
π We’re thrilled to share ‘s $29M Series B funding round, led by InterVest and Atinum Investment, with support from Samsung Ventures, LB Investment, and existing investors Capstone Partners and SL Investment.@liner_app is an AI search engine for students and researchers. Itβ¦ https://t.co/SVgtbkXZu5
β Liner (@liner_app) October 10, 2024
This morning, Ariyas noted the post about the funding round and wondered if Ammar Kubba had sold the brand matching Liner.com domain name. As of today, Liner.com forwards to a Notion website featuring the Liner logo.
Slice is a company that helps independent pizzerias with technology, marketing, and operations solutions. In fact, I have used Slice when ordering from our local pizza shop. Since 2016, the company has operated on the (less than ideal) SliceLife.Partners domain name. Slice.com was the ideal domain name that the company has coveted, but it was owned and used by a major corporation.
Within the last week or so, Slice acquired Slice.com. The domain name transferred from MarkMonitor to GoDaddy under Whois privacy. Slice.com now forwards to SliceLife.Partners.
Ilir Sela, Founder and CEO of Slice, wrote about the acquisition on LinkedIn yesterday afternoon. He also posted about it briefly on X:
It took us 8 years to acquire the domain, and weβll now focus it on creating value for family run pizza shops around the world ππ https://t.co/jrsQWjHl98
β Ilir (@IlirSela) October 9, 2024
Last night, I reached out to Ilir to see if he could share the acquisition price of Slice.com, but I did not hear back from him. In the meantime, I added Slice to the Embrace.com list of companies that upgraded its domain name.
I hand registered 29 domain names at GoDaddy two days ago. I registered them in two swaths – 20 names and 9 names. Afternic is now the default nameservers I have set for my newly registered domain namesat GoDaddy, figuring my infrequent hand registered domain names will be priced under $2k from the get go.
Soon after registering these domain names, I added them to my Afternic account, where they are priced at $999 – $1,999/each. Shortly thereafter, I noticed a new heading in my Afternic account: “Pending Sync.”
In 2021, the Candy.com domain name was sold for an undisclosed sum in a deal brokered by Andrew Miller of Hilco Digital and Amanda Waltz, then of Saw.com. At that time, the domain name was acquired by a company that specializes in the sale of digital collectibles. It had previously been sold to a candy company by Rick Schwartz, and that company used it to catapult its business, as noted in DNJournal.
Last week, the company operating on Candy.com announced it would be migrating its business to the Candy.io domain name:
I have always appreciated how Atom.com CEO Darpan Munjal has been willing to share data freely. It’s helpful to see what types of domain names are selling across his platform and to understand how people are finding domain names to buy.
Darpan has also been willing to engage with domain investors on X. Yesterday morning, Darpan opened up an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on X. He invited people to pose questions to him, and he has been answering them. Darpan said he will continue answering questions through the weekend, so if there’s anything you would like to know about his platform or domain name sales / marketing in general, now would be a good time to ask:
