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Scaffolding Company Gets Industry Matching .com for Under $50k

Sedo’s Senior Broker Dave Evanson reported the sale of Scaffolding.com yesterday. The domain name sold for $46,666, and it was the largest domain name of the week publicly reported at Sedo.

Notably, the domain name is already being used by the buyer.

Cognition AI Acquires Its .AI After Raising $21M

Yesterday, I saw a headline that an AI company called Cognition AI had raised $21 million in funding:

Gold.com Acquired by JM Bullion

According to a press release that was published this morning, the Gold.com domain name was acquired by JM Bullion, a subsidiary of publicly traded A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. Gold.com was brokered by Andrew Miller of ATM Holdings, Inc., in conjunction with Hilco Digital Assets. Gold.com had been registered under Whois privacy, so I am unsure about who sold the domain name. Following the acquisition, JM Bullion now owns Gold.com and Silver.com.

In the press release, the CEO of JM Bullion shared the company’s rationale for acquiring this valuable domain name asset:

Replying to Inquiries with a Text Message

For most of my highest value domain names, I send prospective buyers to an Embrace.com inquiry form. These domain names are generally unpriced, allowing me to assess market and business conditions at the time of the inquiry. On the form I use, I require a name and email address, but I also request a phone number.

I try to reply to purchase inquiries in a timely fashion. I think it makes sense to negotiate a deal when the buyer is most interested. I use a stock email reply that is individually crafted for each domain name. This makes it easy to reply to inquiries no matter where I am or what I am doing.

Change I Made to Reduce Tirekicking

Last year, I had a bit of a curt exchange with someone who wanted to buy one of my one word .com domain names. His offer was very low, and I think I told him he would need a time machine to buy this domain name for his 3 figure offer. He didn’t love that reply and told me I should provide more information about my expectations on the landing page if I don’t want to waste time.

As much as I think prospective buyers should do their research before buying a great domain name in the same way real estate buyers should know the market, this guy was probably more right than wrong. My landing page did not include any information about the value of the domain name nor did it link to a good resource to educate visitors about its value. You can visit Uppercut.com to see a landing page I use that has not been modified.

WaPo: Porn․ai, Deepfake․com and Deepfakes․com Sold for ~$550k

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On Sunday, the Washington Post published an article about how the adult entertainment business is being transformed by artificial intelligence. Notably, the article mentioned three domain names that were acquired by a company operating in the business for approximately $550,000:

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