Domain name redemption

A short domain name is statistically rarer than a long one. Thus, a short name of two, three, four or five letters often costs more than a ten-letter address.

Solidnames has studied almost 500 domain name takeovers in new Internet extensions (“nTLDs”) over the last ten years.

Using Escrow to buy a domain name is the preferred solution for securing the purchase and sale of domain names.

Voice.com is the most expensive domain name sold in the world. 30 million is the world record for a domain name buyout. Several dozen domain name sales in history have exceeded $3 million.

In the summer of 2017, Solidnames bought back its .COM domain name after more than a year of negotiations. We take a look behind the scenes of this domain name buyback, its twists and turns, and its happy ending despite some badly timed steps.