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Digiventures Media Group retweeted
A master stroke in marketing strategy and domain investment was executed by @elonmusk yesterday.
Yesterday, @OpenAI announced its new personal agentic assistant platform, called Dots.
Clearly Dots is meant to compete with Grok Bot and Muse.
It seems, however, that OpenAI had not anticipated that Elon Musk had quietly acquired the domain Dot.com, as that domain also started redirecting to Grok Bot yesterday.
A meaningful amount of traffic intended for Dots is going to be headed to Grok Bot as a result, and the utility of the Dots brand name is diminished forever, all through a proactive and clever acquisition of a domain. This isn't speculation - there were many surprised comments when users typed in Dot.com to unexpectedly arrive at Grok Bot.
The power of the right domain is demonstrated yet again. Best as I can tell, Dot.com was represented for sale by @GritBrokerage until at least late July when their landing page for the domain went dark, and was replaced with a redirect yesterday. The domain update history also suggests that Musk acquired the name in late July, likely for a low 8 figure price, well ahead of the Dots announcement.
OpenAI was sleeping on this one. The domain Dots.com still seems to be in use by a defunct retail brand...I suspect not for long.
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Delete.com is up to $422k in the @GoDaddy auctions in the waning moments - where will it end? #domains
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Digiventures Media Group retweeted
Check another domain investing bucket list item off the list: Buy domain name from @MichaelCyger ☑️
I know Mike is hoping that next time it's for 5 figures or more... ;)
In the meantime it's a nice add for the @digiventures portfolio. #Domains
Celebrating a great 2025 by sharing two of our sales - AICandy/com and TimeTracker/net - on @DNJournal's Top 20 Sales lists for .com & non-.com domains. Appreciate the assistance of a @GoDaddy broker on AICandy; other deal was direct with buyer. #domains
We've built an investment portfolio of 2000 domains since 2021 primarily through @GoDaddy auctions & closeouts. During that process, 19 of the domains we won at auction (9) & closeout (10) were clawed back/refunded, which is just under 1% (.0095). Not sure how that compares to other investor experiences, other than the frustration it undoubtedly causes as it did once again this past week. #Domains
Sundays are for pancakes and domains, but this Sunday is definitely more about the domains. Tonight we will join the 5 year anniversary celebration of @TheDomainSocial on Zoom & Twitter so be sure to subscribe to get the details: TheDomainSocial.com #Domains
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IRSAudit dot com is up for bidding in the @GoDaddy auctions today, with price over $900 currently; since Federal Law prohibits using agency names or acronyms in conjunction with any business solicitation, the new owner may be limited in their options..and that's not the agency to flirt with. #Domains
That feeling when the "too good to be true" domain you've been tracking in the @GoDaddy auctions for days is removed on the final day before the auction is closed, and then you reflect on how amassing the capital to 100% secure that domain has influenced your bidding strategies all week... #Domains
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Digiventures Media Group retweeted
Day 1 at @TheNMSummit was information packed along with the chance to geek out over newsletters and celebrate at the VIP dinner with fellow newsletter operators Sam Havelock of @SOFXnetwork, Matt McCue of @findaily and our gracious host @JMatthewMcGarry! Looking forward to Day 2! #newsletter
Completed the sale of AIAnsweringService.com while also attending the @ICADomains conference in Vegas last week, which is beautiful synergy. Hat tip to the @GoDaddy broker who brought us the buyer. #Domains
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It's always such a joy updating the payment method on hundreds of domains on @GoDaddy by clicking checkboxes one at a time, rather than there being a simple bulk update payment switch method, to then be met with these Access Denied messages periodically and having to go back and re-check all those checkboxes again... #Domains
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Signed up for @NamesCon 2025 today! Present day me is jealous of future me getting to enjoy that Miami sunshine in 10 months, not to mention all of the domain geekery! Thankfully the sun and fun of the @ICADomains annual meeting in Vegas is only weeks away! #Domains
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Farewell 2024, a great year for our digital asset portfolio! The acquisition of @NewsletterBus brought a new audience to serve along with great opportunities & relationships. Our domain investments yielded one sale less than 2023, but 3x the revenue; quality not quantity was a theme for acquisitions as well. Happy 2025 to all!
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livelihood.com about to break into 5-figure auction bidding at godaddy.com/domain-auctions/… #domain #domainnames
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What does it say for the .ai domain extension when the world's preeminent generative AI company, already operating on a .com, doubles down on a premier one-word .com?
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Farewell and thank you @Undeveloped! Completed our manual migration to @afternic from DAN this weekend and while time-consuming it seemed the most predictable course ahead of the 10/16 forced migration. DAN will be missed! #domains
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