We didn't pay any cash.

It's a long story, but there's probably a good blog post in this.

Also interested in this - you have an amazing domain name.

Considering someone wanted 4 mil for [my fairy common first name].com a few months back when I was trying to get it, since I noticed that it has been parked for a while after the other guy who ran a neglected personal blog on it for years would never answer my emails, I would estimate quite a lot.