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Re:How and why we acquired our .com domain by thrtythreeforty on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @02:51PM (#35891710)
Sounds like the broker got paid for his advice on not poking the bear. That could easily have saved $4k.
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Re:How and why we acquired our .com domain by lostlogin on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @05:49PM (#35893986)
But the asking price was $8k - it would have to be an excellent approach if it generated a sale price of more than $12k (and thereby justifying the broker’s fee in this instance).

However I am aware of how squatters behave, so this could actually happen.

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Re:How and why we acquired our .com domain by iudqnolq on Thursday May 11, 2023 @03:20AM (#35898864)
The risk was that the seller would realize the buyer was a company with VC money and an investment in the name. The broker thought that the seller might ask for an order of magnitude more if they knew that.
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