Apple pays seven-digit price for domain name iPhone.com

Zazula · 07-17-2007, 10:06 AM

After the iPhoria:

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Apple reportedly bought the web domain name iPhone.com for an undisclosed, seven-digit price. Some 450 iPhone-related domain names were registered after the January announcement, and hundreds more have been registered per day since the Friday launch. One analyst predicts there will be about 8,000 iPhone-related domains registered by the end of the year.

The report that launched this piece of news is at IPhone.com has been acquired by Apple.

~~Nik00117~~ · 07-18-2007, 03:48 AM

I should start registering sites that start with I, and claim them as mine.

Then when apple releases a new product i'm like well, everyones going assume this is the site for your product so how much is it worth to ya?

**Terrister** · 07-18-2007, 08:27 AM

Apple should have thought about this before the 1st press release about the Iphone. They should know better.

~~Nik00117~~ · 07-18-2007, 10:01 AM

They could of gotten it so much cheaper.

Although if a major company like apple approached me wanting this domain address and only offered 2-3k i'd ask why they want it in the first place. I'd be expecting big bucks from a company like apple.

Zazula · 07-18-2007, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Nik00117

Although if a major company like apple approached me wanting this domain address and only offered 2-3k i'd ask why they want it in the first place. I'd be expecting big bucks from a company like apple.

Unlikely you'd be approached by Apple in that case. Major corporations can (and do) set up ad hoc firms in order not to cause awareness of their intentions/moves:

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To avoid a burst of land speculation, Disney used various dummy corporations and cooperative individuals to acquire 27,400 acres (110 km²) of land. The first five-acre (20,000 m²) lot was bought on October 23, 1964, by the Ayefour Corporation (a pun on Interstate 4). Another dummy corperation name which land was bought under was RETLAW which spelled backwards is WALTER. Others were also used with a second or secret meanings which add to the lore of the Florida Project.

In May 1965, major land transactions were recorded a few miles southwest of Orlando in Osceola County. Two large tracts totaling $1.5 million were sold, and smaller tracts of flatlands and cattle pastures were purchased by exotic-sounding companies such as the Latin-American Development and Management Corporation and the Reedy Creek Ranch Corporation. In addition to three huge parcels of land were many smaller parcels, referred to as "outs."

07-18-2007, 03:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
~~Nik00117~~ Troubled Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 1,572 OS: XP Pro, Vista Ulimate My System	Re: Apple pays seven-digit price for domain name iPhone.com I should start registering sites that start with I, and claim them as mine. Then when apple releases a new product i'm like well, everyones going assume this is the site for your product so how much is it worth to ya?

07-18-2007, 08:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
Terrister Moderator Hardware Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Georgia, USA Posts: 7,098 OS: Xp	Re: Apple pays seven-digit price for domain name iPhone.com Apple should have thought about this before the 1st press release about the Iphone. They should know better. __________________

07-18-2007, 10:01 AM	#4 (permalink)
~~Nik00117~~ Troubled Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Germany Posts: 1,572 OS: XP Pro, Vista Ulimate My System	Re: Apple pays seven-digit price for domain name iPhone.com They could of gotten it so much cheaper. Although if a major company like apple approached me wanting this domain address and only offered 2-3k i'd ask why they want it in the first place. I'd be expecting big bucks from a company like apple.