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AI.com (Opens in a new tab) now redirects to OpenAI's ChatGPT. The domain was registered in 2021 but did not resolve to a website until this week.
Mashable chatted with Jeffrey Gabriel of Saw.com(Opens in a new tab), a notable domain broker who claimed credit for expediting the sale, to learn more. In 2010, Gabriel was the broker(Opens in a new tab) involved in the record-breaking sale of the (Opens in a new tab)Sex.com(Opens in a new tab) domain for $13 million.
Because of the conditions of the transaction, Gabriel said he couldn't confirm who bought AI.com(Opens in a new tab), but the dialogue left little room for interpretation. Other interpretations, such as someone doing OpenAI a large, multimillion-dollar favor, call into question credibility.
Mashable reached out to OpenAI for confirmation that it was the purchase of the domain, but the company has yet to respond.
In terms of the final selling price, Gabriel stated that in today's market, a domain "like" AI.com(Opens in a new tab) would fetch more than $10 million. Gabriel also stated that AI.com(Opens in a new tab) had a public asking price of $11 million previous to the acquisition.
Since he began brokering the name, AI.com(Opens in a new tab) has gotten regular offers, according to Gabriel.
"Every week, someone offered a hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, a million dollars," he claims.
According to Gabriel, Amazon was one potential buyer, though he believes their interest was in using the domain for its planned Amazon Internet product rather than an artificial intelligence-based one. But, the e-commerce behemoth finally declined to purchase the domain. However, when approached about the topic, businesses like Nvidia and Intel, which are heavily involved in AI, showed no interest, according to Gabriel.
"When you sell names like this and go to industry leaders, it's interesting," Gabriel added. "They frequently do not want them or are hesitant to pay higher prices for them. And it's usually the smaller, less established company that doesn't yet have a household name or brand that needs to make a splash or do something remarkable in order to develop that sense of industry leadership."
"Now I'm not sure if [the buyer] actually needed it," he added. "Yet, it will firmly establish that product as the market leader. It did that in a matter of weeks or months, correct? This level of buzz and usage would take some businesses 10 to 20 years to achieve."
Because of their brevity and scarcity, two-letter.com domain names are regarded as the industry's holy grail. There are only 676 conceivable combinations, and they've all been long registered, thus the only way to get one is to pay a premium on the aftermarkets. According to NameBio(Opens in a new tab) and DNJournal(Opens in a new tab), two websites that track public domain transactions, even the most random two-letter.com combination has not sold for less than $100,000 in the last decade. IT.com (Opens in a new tab), last year's highest two-letter domain sale, was purchased for $3.8 million.
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AI.com (Opens in a new tab) now redirects to OpenAI's ChatGPT. The domain was registered in 2021 but did not resolve to a website until this week.
Mashable chatted with Jeffrey Gabriel of Saw.com(Opens in a new tab), a notable domain broker who claimed credit for expediting the sale, to learn more. In 2010, Gabriel was the broker(Opens in a new tab) involved in the record-breaking sale of the (Opens in a new tab)Sex.com(Opens in a new tab) domain for $13 million.
Because of the conditions of the transaction, Gabriel said he couldn't confirm who bought AI.com(Opens in a new tab), but the dialogue left little room for interpretation. Other interpretations, such as someone doing OpenAI a large, multimillion-dollar favor, call into question credibility.
Mashable reached out to OpenAI for confirmation that it was the purchase of the domain, but the company has yet to respond.
In terms of the final selling price, Gabriel stated that in today's market, a domain "like" AI.com(Opens in a new tab) would fetch more than $10 million. Gabriel also stated that AI.com(Opens in a new tab) had a public asking price of $11 million previous to the acquisition.
Since he began brokering the name, AI.com(Opens in a new tab) has gotten regular offers, according to Gabriel.
"Every week, someone offered a hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, a million dollars," he claims.
According to Gabriel, Amazon was one potential buyer, though he believes their interest was in using the domain for its planned Amazon Internet product rather than an artificial intelligence-based one. But, the e-commerce behemoth finally declined to purchase the domain. However, when approached about the topic, businesses like Nvidia and Intel, which are heavily involved in AI, showed no interest, according to Gabriel.
"When you sell names like this and go to industry leaders, it's interesting," Gabriel added. "They frequently do not want them or are hesitant to pay higher prices for them. And it's usually the smaller, less established company that doesn't yet have a household name or brand that needs to make a splash or do something remarkable in order to develop that sense of industry leadership."
"Now I'm not sure if [the buyer] actually needed it," he added. "Yet, it will firmly establish that product as the market leader. It did that in a matter of weeks or months, correct? This level of buzz and usage would take some businesses 10 to 20 years to achieve."
Because of their brevity and scarcity, two-letter.com domain names are regarded as the industry's holy grail. There are only 676 conceivable combinations, and they've all been long registered, thus the only way to get one is to pay a premium on the aftermarkets. According to NameBio(Opens in a new tab) and DNJournal(Opens in a new tab), two websites that track public domain transactions, even the most random two-letter.com combination has not sold for less than $100,000 in the last decade. IT.com (Opens in a new tab), last year's highest two-letter domain sale, was purchased for $3.8 million.
https://spiritsevent.com
https://gpsku.co.id/
https://caramanjur.com/
https://rainyquote.com
https://www.teknovidia.com/
https://hpmanual.net/
https://www.inschord.com/
https://edukasinewss.com/
