DomainInvesting.com
domaininvesting.com · Group blog · on HN since 2013
DomainInvesting.com reports on domain name sales, acquisitions, disputes, and registrar practices, mostly for people who trade domains.
What HN saysHN links it for details on big domain deals, like OpenAI getting chatgpt.com, and for GoDaddy's response to claims about frontrunning domain searches.
25HN people shared it
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Most-shared posts
- 1Godaddy still not frontrunning domain searches4 people · first shared 2020
- 2Openai secures chatgpt com3 people · first shared 2024
- 3Gox.com Domain Name Acquired by Mt. Gox Parent Company2 people · 108 points · first shared 2014 · 9 comments on HN
- 4SpaceX Acquires Hyperloop.com2 people · 7 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 5Elon Musk reacquires x.com domain from PayPal2 people · 5 points · first shared 2017 · 2 comments on HN
- 6WW.com Sold in Private1 people · 58 points · first shared 2014 · 57 comments on HN
- 7Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.com Now Owned by Google1 people · 7 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 8NetNeutrality.com Website Launched by Namecheap1 people · 5 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 9Domain Guardians Announces $1M BTC.com Sale1 people · 5 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 10Namecheap Teams Up with EFF and Fight for the Future on RespectOurPrivacy.com1 people · 4 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 11YT.com Acquired by Google1 people · 4 points · first shared 2015 · 1 comments on HN
- 12Google Domains Already #1 in Google for “Domains”1 people · 4 points · first shared 2015 · 1 comments on HN
- 13Escrow.com to be Acquired by Freelancer.com1 people · 3 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 14Tokens.com Reportedly Sold for $500,0001 people · 3 points · first shared 2018 · 1 comments on HN
- 15Domain Registrar Spear Phishing Attack Happening1 people · 3 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
gmays · 2020-09-17
GoDaddy responded to this thread in the article here: https://domaininvesting.com/godaddy-still-not-frontrunning-domain-sear…
> “GoDaddy never has and never will register domain names based on customer searches. This is an unethical and predatory practice that runs counter to our mission of helping people bring their ideas to life online with the best possible domain name.”
zackfield · 2026-08-19
Alifatisk · 2024-05-04
It's a valid assumption because chat.openai.com points to chatgpt.com
Also, others commented this link: https://domaininvesting.com/openai-secures-chatgpt-com
achow · 2024-05-04
More details..
https://domaininvesting.com/openai-secures-chatgpt-com/
bcye · 2024-05-04
It's not clear wether it has been bought:
> I don’t know if there was any financial settlement involved in this dispute. Generally speaking, the only incentives I can think of for a respondent to settle a UDRP dispute early is if a payment is made or in order to prevent an adverse UDRP decision. In addition, even if a UDRP panel ruled in favor of the respondent, it could have been a Pyrrhic victory if the complainant opted to escalate this to the courts, where legal fees can add up quickly
https://domaininvesting.com/openai-secures-chatgpt-com/
mutant_glofish · 2023-07-27
Musk has owned the X.com domain since at least 2017. [1] And even that was buying it back from PayPal. X.com was an online bank co-founded by Musk in 1999 which was later on merged into PayPal. [2]
[1]: https://domaininvesting.com/elon-musk-acquires-x-com-domain/
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.com
bmelton · 2023-02-17
This happens a lot. Godaddy comes up in the news, someone accuses them of front-running, someone else investigates the accusation and finds that the allegation in question was definitely not the result of front-running.
https://domaininvesting.com/godaddy-still-not-frontrunning-domain-sear…
I have no information on whether they are or aren't front-running, but every time I've seen a specific allegation, it's been disproven. That doesn't make it factual either way, but I like Godaddy for enough other reasons to not use them, so I don't particularly care if they are or aren't, but I've yet to see a specific allegation be found credible.
gist · 2023-02-17
There is nothing credible to indicate that it actually sold for $11m that was apparently the asking price. It could have sold for more it could have sold for vastly less.
https://domaininvesting.com/ai-com-forwarding-chatgpt/
bdcravens · 2022-02-23
This was commented on last month:
https://domaininvesting.com/make-com-appears-to-have-sold/
duud · 2021-10-21
Meta domains have been blowing up. meta.so just sold for $149,000
https://domaininvesting.com/meta-so-sold-for-149000/
RcouF1uZ4gsC · 2020-09-25
This is one of the links in the tweets
> https://domaininvesting.com/mrs-jello-wins-spase-com-udrp-with-rdnh-fi…
According to this, spase.com was registered in 2005. Spase, Inc was incorporated in 2019. This company is accusing the owners of the domain, who had it for 14 years, of domain squatting and trying to take it away from them.
My sympathies lie more with the long-term owners of the domain, and not a recently formed company that is trying to take over a domain name they don't own.
jgowdy · 2020-09-18
This is a lie and total slander of GoDaddy.
https://domaininvesting.com/godaddy-still-not-frontrunning-d...
The whois information is masked, because that's what we do to protect customer privacy.
https://domaininvesting.com/godaddy-whois-records-no-more-co...
It's registered to someone in New York, not to GoDaddy.
Registrant Organization:
Registrant State/Province: New York
Registrant Country: US
aaron695 · 2020-09-18
How the fuck is this bullshit fake news still here.
It's just not true and is also pretty close to liable.
It's understandable OP mightn't understand domain front running and how Go Daddy will NOT be doing that.
But Go Daddy has addressed front running before and also this specific incident [π]
Is everyone here mentally ill?
No one able to even talk about how this might have come from a side channel so we all actually learn something rather than whatever this is?
[edit] And wow, the account claiming this, was created to post this. No other comments. Not even on this thread. We don't even know if they are 12 and also searched for the domain on another site but forgot. This is what we are basing this liable on?
[π] https://domaininvesting.com/godaddy-still-not-frontrunning-domain-sear…
https://twitter.com/GoDaddy/status/1306731693710204928
code_paster · 2020-09-17
Plausible, but not likely. https://domaininvesting.com/no-domain-frontrunning-godaddy/
asdf21 · 2020-05-04
Smart branding... they are really going after zoom huh..
Edit: Site has the hug of death, here is another article
https://domaininvesting.com/rooms-com-likely-acquired-by-facebook/
delsarto · 2014-02-25
I was trying to get a copy of my transaction history at the time, after someone mentioned it might be handy in a class action suit
First the server started responding "this page does not exist" then just blank response
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http://data.mtgox.com/api/2/BTCUSD/money/ticker
is still online right now
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http://www.reddit.com/user/SarahCoinBit
It was a pleasure serving this community..marion and myself just got laid off.
(very likely fake...)
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http://siliconangle.com/blog/2014/02/24/coinbase-blockchain-...
Sources close to the issue, in touch with SiliconAngle, have confirmed that more than 700,000 bitcoins are indeed missing from MtGox’s coffers as has been rumored during the history running up to this shutdown.
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for anyone catching up, gox.com seems to be sold to mtgox.com in the last few days
http://www.domaininvesting.com/andy-booth-sells-gox-com/
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http://www.scribd.com/doc/209050732/MtGox-Situation-Crisis-Strategy-Dr…
likely fake "MtGox Situation Crisis Strategy Draft" suggesting coins went missing over a long period
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http://goxbalance.com/
not scientific but interesting
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http://support.mtgox.com/
has gone down - just a zendesk "no account" page
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http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/1yuuok/daily_discussio…
good reddit overview comment
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(11:27:31 PM EST )something changed in the output of http://data.mtgox.com/api/2/BTCUSD/money/ticker; a unicode character
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