One of a kind
March 8th, 2010
Although many huge domain sales are reported by leading industry news source DNJournal, others are never made public.
I have always wanted to know exactly how much the Danish hosting company one.com paid for their domain. The company started in 2002 in modest surroundings under the name B-one at b-one.net. But in a short time, they got a lot of customers. And one day, they announced they had bought the amazing domain one.com and changed the company name to this as well.
One.com was originally owned by a company called One OSS, LLC, in Michigan. In 2005, it changed hands to a local law firm, Braun Kendrick Finkbeiner – maybe following a liquidation? Then in August 2006, the Danish hosting company suddenly took control of it.
I obviously do not think this domain sold for a small amount, but I would like to know exactly how much. Unfortunately, annual reports for one.com are only available from the period after the domain was bought. Before that, the legal entity behind B-one was TJNF ApS, but this company’s annual report covering the period the transfer of the domain took place gives no hint whatsoever as to the sales price.
So I guess it will remain one of those great sales that go unreported. Who knows – maybe the buyer got a super deal. In any case, he is now living in sunny Dubai and raking in millions from his successful business…
