Ask HN: Domain Cost of X.com

Posted by sarvpriy on Monday July 31, 2023 @02:53AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Just curious to know how much elon paid for x.com?

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Re:Ask HN: Domain Cost of X.com by 3cats-in-a-coat on Monday July 31, 2023 @03:37AM (#36939741)

He paid probably a not too large sum to obtain it in the early 90s. Then it became ownership of PayPal due to the merger. And he bought it back for undisclosed amount in 2007 from PayPal (now eBay). He may have paid a million or a few, who knows.

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Re:Ask HN: Domain Cost of X.com by schoen on Monday July 31, 2023 @02:54AM (#36939540)

I think he registered it in 1992 and so possibly paid nothing, or maybe $35?

(There are stories going into further detail which I haven't read.)

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Re:Ask HN: Domain Cost of X.com by custom-pros on Monday July 31, 2023 @04:59AM (#36940196)

I believe that this domain is worth more than ten million US dollars.

X.com made me feel uncomfortable after I entered.

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