Traditional + Digital. Equity Analyst & Investor since the 90s. Web & Intellectual Property. Branding. Due diligence. Followers allowed at my discretion.
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As @GeorgeKirikos said, "If $2.5 million per year is a feasible investment for a company to lease a domain name, for a company worth a mere $240 million, how much can much larger enterprises justify investing ... " freespeech.com/2023/12/06/vi… sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/… Page 13, note 7
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IMHO the seller, Mauricio Botero, is the same guy who purchased it in 2006 from Symantec for $635k USD, as per @DNJournal: dnjournal.com/archive/domain…
Wealthymen.com was one of his brands.
His NS ns0.reflected.net, ns1.reflected.net until the 2022 deal.
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BTW, he purchased Tokens.com via @Escrow_com 😊
Congrats @matt_barrie 👍
teapawt.net/Escrow_com/status/2119…
Escrow.com facilitated the sale of the Tokens.com domain for $5 million.
Signed 15 October, cash received 23 October, per the SEC filing.
Selling a domain? Do it the safe way.
#Escrow
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Exactly. Noticed that ... Not a coincidence 😄hehe ... and he's skilled in domain investing/acquisition as well.
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Thanks George! 👍
IMHO, this guy is almost certainly the seller of On.com ... 😊
Look at "top brands" in the screenshot below ... 😄
linkedin.com/in/mauriciobote…
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Yup, indeed. BTW, my Due Diligence is always MANUAL, de visu.🧐👀.
I never rely on third party elaborated data, or AI, which makes people dumber, addicted/dependent, slaves, if used wrongly or too much.
Always local currency, FX conversion only if strictly needed.
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I've digged by hand, much better😄: IMHO, ON Holding AG likely paid approx 15M CHF for On.com.
Can @on_running confirm? Inferring from organic adds, i.e. around 1.1/1.2M CHF per year.
Seller was likely a Mauricio Botero, from Miami Beach. Likely in 4Q 2022.
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Congrats for the purchase of Economics.com!.
Wasn't it for sale via NameCorp a while ago? Maybe a seller from Luxembourg? ... 😉
Now you have to put it to a good use. 😄
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BTW, apparently this is the buyer/investor who shelled out $5M USD for Tokens.com: linkedin.com/in/abraham-gome…
htx.com/news/cea-industries-…
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A developer grew frustrated after asking OpenAI's Codex to reboot a server. Instead, the AI agent destroyed everything, costing him over $10,000.
His GitHub bug report says Codex wrecked the server's mounts, systemd, and containers, and ran scripts he never requested.
Codex later admitted: "I had no authority to make those changes. You authorized a reboot."
@jason re: Inside.com auction. Your disgraceful dishonesty is off the charts. No hidden reserve existence was ever mentioned.🤡
Not surprised, a pal of @chamath🤢🤮
Birds of a feather flock together ...
NEVER do biz with them.
No morals/ethics.
cc @GeorgeKirikos
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UPDATE: Sedo's Daytona.com active listing (as of Oct 21, 2026) was not legitimate. Fake seller, likely from US. How did it get listed? 🤔
Removed after a complaint to Sedo security dept.
$1.5M @afternic @GoDaddy listing still alive ... 🤦🤡👀 cc @ivanburazin
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CloudPharmacy.com has no connection with the legitimate, regulated pharma business on CloudPharmacy.co.uk.
It has always been just a generic placeholder, never any business on it.
A mysterious, hiding buyer ... 🤣👀🧐
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🤦OpenPay .com has never been owned by the bankrupt Australian BNPL company, which was using OpenPay.com.au.
The auctioned domain previous owner was DXC Technology, a "spin-merger" from HP with CSC: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DXC_Te…
Be informed, not entertained. 🤣
@domainname
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