Adam Strong Acquires Strong.com from Wells Fargo

I was reading the profile of Adam Strong on Donna Mahony’s blog, and I saw that Adam mentioned he acquired the Strong.com domain name. Obviously this domain name is perfect for him because it is his last name, but as a one word .com, it’s a valuable domain name asset as well.

Although Adam doesn’t want to share the sale price, he let me know that he was able to acquire the domain name via Domain Guardians. The company, made up of Mike Robertson and Jen Sale, represented Adam’s company as a buyer’s broker. When I asked why he didn’t approach the seller on his own, Adam told me, “I do a lot of buyer brokering myself and I know it’s good to take the emotion out of talks by using a third party. I figured the owner might also react differently to an approach from an organization rather than someone with the same last name.”

Prior to the acquisition, Strong.com was owned by Wells Fargo, and the company came to own this domain name after it acquired a company called Strong Financial Corporation in 2005. Some research at Archive.org shows that the company did not really appear to utilize the asset on its own, and I assume Adam’s company made a very “strong” offer in order to convince Wells Fargo to sell the domain name.

Adam mentioned that at least 2 other people had attempted to track down and acquire the name on his behalf, and apparently they were unable to reach the right decision makers. “Mike and Jen are amazingly efficient and I’m glad to call them partners,” he told me.

At the present time, Strong.com does not resolve. I am unsure of how Adam will be using the Strong.com domain name, but he was able to get an exceptional asset, and I assume he has plans for it. Incidentally, Adam also owns the Strong.net domain name as well.

When you have time, check out Donna’s Blog to read Adam’s full profile. I’ve known Adam for many years, but I didn’t know everything that Donna published.

Elliot Silver
Elliot Silver
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6 COMMENTS

  1. I am extremely impressed that Domain Guardians could pull this off and Adam here has got a 7-figure domain on his hands in Strong.com. The fact he will never want to sell it will mean over the next decade, inevitably he will receive some outrageously high offers. Based on Adam’s story as re-told by Donna, I think he can comfortably be considered this year’s domainer of the year. ‘Grats buddy!

  2. I am totally impressed! Adam – great job! I can’t imagine buying a domain from a company this big. And the domain being such a perfect fit. This has to go down in his own personal record book. And what a success for Domain Guardians as well. I’m tempted to ask them to try for a domain I have been going after for almost 8 years now….

  3. It is a privilege to work with Adam! He has been a great mentor and invaluable support to us since we launched Domain Guardians 3 years ago. I cannot praise him enough!

    He definitely has our vote Andy!

    Please don’t hesitate to drop us a line KD 🙂

    Thanks also to Elliot for your continued support!

  4. @KD – definitely drop us an email, we’d love to help you out. Aside from Adam’s Strong.com, we’ve helped a number of corporate clients, start ups and entrepreneurs acquire their dream domains, including Curious.com and Rev.com.

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