Wolf.com Acquired for $550,000

Wolf.com has been acquired by Namecheap for $550,000, according to Namecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall. I was told this half million deal was brokered by Andy Booth. The domain name recently moved into the Escrow.com holding account, and I anticipate it will transfer to Namecheap very soon.

As with other recent domain name purchases made by Namecheap, I was told that Wolf.com was acquired as a corporate asset for a future project. Namecheap also recently acquired IZ.com for $625,000, Poke.com for $150,000, and Cluster.com for $150,000. The company owns quite a few descriptive domain names, including Spaceship.com, Visual.com, and Validation.com (among others).

As documented in the Escrow.com Q1 Domain Investment Index, the domain name aftermarket is quite hot right now. The $550,000 acquisition of Wolf.com, which I believe is closer to its wholesale price than potential retail value, will at least temporarily rank in the DNJournal top 10 public domain name sales for the year to date. The acquisition has also been added to the Embrace.com list of public one word .com domain name sales.

While Richard has indicated that Namecheap has plans to use the Wolf.com domain name, I would not be shocked to see Wolf.com re-sold for seven figures.

Elliot Silver
Elliot Silver
About The Author: Elliot Silver is an Internet entrepreneur and publisher of DomainInvesting.com. Elliot is also the founder and President of Top Notch Domains, LLC, a company that has closed eight figures in deals. Please read the DomainInvesting.com Terms of Use page for additional information about the publisher, website comment policy, disclosures, and conflicts of interest. Reach out to Elliot: Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn

4 COMMENTS

  1. If you check cluster.com, you will see that the domain is for sale (powered by Namecheap). I really think that Namecheap is slowly building their own domain portfolio like Microstrategy and GoDaddy

    • Agree, there is zero “future projects” with these names. Seems like a new trend to claim everything is being bought because of development plans.

      • Ok, Snoopy, let them maintain flexibility, all options open. private company, does more to disclose, cost paid, than any other Reg. dont care if goal; acquire assets on cheap.

        prefer develop? Ofc! NC does more than any private Registrar; acquisitions & cost. I’m forever thankful to them for eschewing the “six figure” nonsense, gave exact paid for priceless dns, dont care what NC does. Notice, not easy to “buy silence” NDA.
        Respect, even if NC is on a buying spree.

        Samer

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Recent Posts

Challenge of Buying a Domain Name from a Big Company

0
There are many large companies that own domain names that aren't being used. This can be due to corporate acquisitions and mergers, killed products...

Hopeful New US Admin Will be Good for Domain Investments

7
As you know, the United States held its Presidential election yesterday, and Donald Trump won the election. In addition to this win, the Republican...

Boost Part 2: The Roller Coaster of Domain Investing

1
A month ago, I shared the results of my first month with Afternic "Boost" enabled on my account. Technically, the Boost features were previously...

SEC Filing: Roofs.com Sold for $303,000

1
In an April of 2024 SEC filing, Cuentas reported the $303,000 acquisition and $301,000 sale of the https://t.co/IbEH9vgoJx domain name. Both transactions occurred in...

ICA Extends Nomination Deadline for 2 Industry Awards

1
The ICA is seeking nominations for two domain industry awards, and the nomination deadline has been extended to this coming Sunday (11/3). All members...