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Over
the years I have seen higher prices
than those on our list cited for
some domains but those have never
been publicly confirmed by a
participant in the transaction. I
also see a lot of sales of online businesses,
with assets well in excess of
the value of the domain name alone,
that some have mistakenly been cited
as being a domain sale. In an effort
to "compare apples to
apples" and not oranges, I have
limited our sales reporting over the
past 15 years to completed
cash sales of domain names only
where the sales price has specifically
been stated.
It
is not always easy to determine when
a sale meets that standard so on
rare occasions like this (where we
are not going to get access to the
documents surrounding a sale) I have
to make a "judgment call."
Musk stated a specific price, he had
the means to pay for the name (and
many more like it if wanted to) and
he had an obvious pressing need for
it. He did not note any other assets
gained with the domain (nor are any
apparent) and he would have nothing
to gain by making it up. That all
adds up to high credibility.
Should more detailed information
surface contradicting the price
stated I will, of course, correct
the record.
The
above is in keeping with the verification
procedure I have
followed from day one - a procedure
that is summarized on the page
linked to above that has been
accessible at the bottom of our weekly
Top 20 Chart for over a
decade. The Tesla.com sale presents
a good opportunity to review that
information if you are interested.
The domain community has also played
a invaluable role in helping
make our sales reports as accurate
as possible by contributing
information and letting me know when
they spot any errors that need to be
corrected. This also presents a good
opportunity to thank all of you
for that!
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