Recently, the global domain name trading market has caused another wave. Senior domain name broker Larry Fischer is seeking to sell a valuable domain name ai.com for an anonymous customer, with a quote of up to $100 million. If this price is finally sold, it will far exceed the highest known domain name transaction record and become a new milestone in the history of domain name transactions.
Fischer, 62, has nearly 30 years of experience in the field of domain name trading and is known as a legend in the field of domain name trading. His success stories include selling Messenger.com to Facebook, Skincare.com to L’Oreal, Teams.com to Microsoft, and Chat.com to HubSpot co-founder Damesh Shah, who immediately reselled the domain to OpenAI. These transactions not only demonstrate Fischer's professional ability, but also prove the great commercial value of high-quality domain names.
The current owner of the ai.com domain was reportedly chosen to remain anonymous, but revealed that the domain was purchased only because it matched its own abbreviation, rather than foreseeing the explosive development of artificial intelligence technology. Nowadays, with the rapid rise of artificial intelligence technology, the value of ai.com has also risen, becoming the target that technology giants and investors are pursuing.
Fischer said tech giants including OpenAI, Microsoft, Google and Meta, as well as cryptocurrency wealthiests, could all become potential buyers of this precious domain name. These companies are not only leading the field of artificial intelligence, but also growing demand for high-quality domain names, and ai.com will undoubtedly become an important part of their brand strategy.
The highest known domain name transaction record is Voice.com, which MicroStrategy sold in 2019 for $30 million. If ai.com trades at close to the quotation, it will set a new record for domain name transactions, and the transaction amount will be more than three times the highest record in history. This transaction will not only refresh the history of domain name transactions, but will also further highlight the importance of high-quality domain names in the digital economy era.