We just bought the domain https://t.co/M5E1Ar0XBm for $750,000 😳
When I first started Stan, I was so broke that the best domain I could afford was https://t.co/sX4hOBjxcy 🫠
Eventually we got https://t.co/v9FJMYToaH and that was a huge win.
https://t.co/M5E1Ar0XBm tried to charge us hundreds of thousands of dollar. But we were a tiny company barely making $500k.
I still remember thinking, "lol I will never pay that for a domain".
So there's something really special about this moment.
The most special part though is that Alyssa Williams, our first ever business hire, got the deal done.
Alyssa's been with us in the trenches since day one, back before we had anything.
It's a beautiful full circle moment for all of us.
It might sound silly, but I'm realizing buying https://t.co/M5E1Ar0XBm is a beautiful symbol of grinding for years, and then seeing the fruits of your labor manifest into the real world.
So this is your reminder that you can start with a shitty domain like https://t.co/sX4hOBjxcy, no money, and tons of people doubting you.
And one day - you can have an incredible team, incredible mission, and a 4 letter .com domain ;)
Onwards and upwards Stan team!
Sold https://t.co/NEbZy0NotG for $180,000
Hold time 15 years.
Bought at GD auction for $350 + $10.69 renewal
I’m showing the auction list what was available in 2011 and how much were the .co’s back then.
Have we achieved peak AI hype when a two-word, 19-letter, 7-syllable .com domain name sells for six figures with no negotiation whatsoever?
Thank you to @GoDaddy's @Afternic team for building a brand and platform that end users trust enough to spend that much on https://t.co/CJ4Djyo83h without blinking. Or, maybe it was an Agentic AI agent that cannot blink at all? 🤷♂️
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