Apple buys iPhone.com domain name for $1 Million Plus

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Apple buys iPhone.com domain name for $1 Million Plus

07-04-2007, 10:05 AM,

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Apple buys iPhone.com domain name for $1 Million Plus

Quote:I can confirm Apple has bought IPhone.com from Michael Kovatch. Michael would not disclose the sale prices but he said it was well worth it to sell. I know this was at least a million dollar sale. Michael said this last week was a very busy one inside of Apple. He was holding out because he truly wanted to use the domain. Michael had his business partner (and lawyer) handled the negotiation. He considered not selling at the very end, he had registered the domain back in 1995 and was building a company on the domain. The Traffic on the domain had begun to skyrocket in the last 6 months and it showed good signs of potential. Michael settled for a huge check instead of trying to realizing the potential of the domain...

full article: http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/07/ipho...-by-apple/

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