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13 Comments August 3, 2022
It’s the second largest public domain sale of all time.
Image of digital artwork with NFT letters standing for non-fungible token Image of digital artwork with NFT letters standing for non-fungible token
NFTs.com has sold for a staggering $15 million, making it the second largest domain sale ever publicly reported.
Domainer.com and GoDaddy brokered the deal for an undisclosed buyer. Escrow.com provided escrow services and confirmed the deal in a press release.
The landing page for the domain says it’s “Powered by DigitalArtists.com Marketplace.” This landing page recently changed, suggesting the NFT marketplace might be the buyer or associated with it. DigitalArtists.com was acquired for $300,000 last year.
NFTs.com was under Whois privacy starting in March 2021. Before that, the record showed an unknown owner in Monaco. Get on the Web, a domain investor, owned it before that.
For comparison, Media Options sold NFT.com for $2 million last year. That domain is now used for an NFT hub that is selling its own NFTs (non-fungible tokens).
The sale means that the two biggest public domain sales of all time are related to blockchain. A blockchain company paid $30 million plus commission to acquire voice.com in 2019.
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J.R. says
August 3, 2022 at 10:51 am
NFT.com > NFTs.com
I think NFT as a shorter version is worth more. But this just goes to show how difficult it is to price domains, especially considering each sellers need for $$$.
$15M, #2 public sale of all-time.
Fantastic news!
steven says
August 3, 2022 at 11:01 am
yeah, plural kinda just barely passes the radio test…sounds like nftees.com..
i think the singular just went way too cheap
Kenny Sieger says
August 3, 2022 at 1:24 pm
I agree JR but we couldn’t get NFT so we got NFTS before we sold it.
steve says
August 3, 2022 at 8:04 pm
agree – pricing domains is more art than science
let’s see if this sale will jumpstart some more nft/web3 sales
steven says
August 3, 2022 at 10:55 am
Congrats on the killer sale Ian and Matt!
Kenny Sieger says
August 3, 2022 at 1:25 pm
Thanks glad to have them as partners. A+ people
Mark Thorpe says
August 3, 2022 at 11:38 am
Like I said before, NFT.com was sold cheap.
J.R. says
August 3, 2022 at 12:56 pm
You were proven right 13 million times over it appears.
Kenny Sieger says
August 3, 2022 at 1:23 pm
Thanks me and my partners are really happy for the sale but my share after taxes is going to my 2 ex no good worthless wives and my 8 wonderful children
J.R. says
August 3, 2022 at 2:24 pm
Sounds like a great podcast discussion.
Andrew??
Steve says
August 3, 2022 at 8:07 pm
lol, kenny…yay, 8 wonderful children
Jim says
August 3, 2022 at 2:00 pm
Was this a cash or a crypto transaction?
Kenny Sieger says
August 3, 2022 at 7:57 pm
Combination of crypto coins such as Safemoon, Cumrocket, BTC and some cash.
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