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Contact: mkennedy@xv.com
Background Information:
Two letter dotcom domains are extremely rare! There are exactly 676 of them
and most are owned and in use by large corporations. There is over 100 Million .com domains
and the English Dictionary is well under one million words. The .com
extension is trusted worldwide and easy to remember short names are
respected and help to make branding, marketing and sales efforts much
more effective.
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HG.com was purchased for 3.8 Million in 2016
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WE.com was purchased for 8 Million in late 2015
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KK.com was purchased for 2.4 million in 2014
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IG.com was purchased for 4.7 Milion in late 2013 / early 2014
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MI.com was purchased for 3.6 million in 2014
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DO.com was purchased for $2M-$6M* (from Microsoft in 2011).
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FB.com was purchased for $8.5 Million in 2010.
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AD.com was purcased at an Auction price of 1.4 Million in 2009.
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TV.com was acquired by CBS when it purchased CNET in 2008.
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YP.com was purchased for $3.9 Million in 2008.
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LV.com was purchased for $1.5 Million in 2007.
Company / Domain | Market Cap / Notes | Stock Symbol |
American Airlines AA.com |
$2.8 Billion | AMR |
Allen Bradley AB.com |
$9.2 Billion | ROK |
Accenture AC.com |
$36 Billion | ACN |
American Eagle AE.com |
$3 Billion | AOE |
American Greetings AG.com |
$800 Million | AM |
Aurora Advanced Healthcare AH.com |
$4 Billion | Private |
Artificial Intelligence AI.com |
Private | Private |
Ask Jeeves AJ.com |
$2.78 Billion | IACI |
Centralnic's Argentina AR.com |
Private | Private |
Altavista AV.com |
$20 Billion | YHOO |
British Airways BA.com |
£3 Billion | Bay.L |
Becton Dickinson BD.com |
$18 Billion | BDX |
Bell Helicopter BH.com |
$6 Billion | TXT |
Burger King BK.com |
$3.2 Billion | BKC |
Barnes & Noble BN.com |
$800 Million | BKS |
British Petroleum BP.com |
$164 Billion | BP |
Centralnic's Brazil BR.com |
Private | Private |
British Telecom BT.com |
£13 Billion | BT-A.L |
Black & Veatch BV.com |
$2.7 Billion in Revenue | Private/ESOP |
Blackstone BX.com |
$17 Billion | BX |
Computer Associates CA.com |
$11.8 Billion | CA |
Comedy Central
CC.com |
Private | Private |
Canadian International CI.com |
$6.3 Billion | CIX.TO |
Commission Junction CJ.com |
$1.22 Billion | VCLK |
Calvin Klein CK.com |
$4 Billion | PVH |
Centralnic's China CN.com |
Private | Private |
Chicago Pneumatic CP.com |
100 years old, 6 Countries |
Private |
Cable & Wireless CW.com |
£1.8 Billion | CW.L |
Deutsche Bank DB.com |
$34 Billion | DB |
Centralnic's Germany DE.com |
Private | Private |
Dollar General DG.com |
$14 Billion | DG |
Dow Jones DJ.com |
$37.8 Billion | NWS |
Dorling Kindersley DK.com |
$12.4 Billion | PSO |
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP DL.com |
1,100 lawyers, 26 offices |
Private |
Salesforce DO.com |
$13 Billion | CRM |
Dairy Queen DQ.com |
Berkshire Hathaway | Private |
Dubai Telephone DU.com |
$10 Billion | DPW |
Electronic Arts Inc. EA.com |
$7 Billion | EA |
Encyclopedia Britannica EB.com |
Company purchased for $136 Million | Private |
Centralnic's European Union EU.com |
Private | Private |
Entertainment Weekly EW.com |
$20 Billion | Timer Warner |
Ernst & Young EY.com |
N/A | Private |
FA Brand FA.com |
6 Billion EUR | Henkel AG |
Financial Times FT.com |
$15 Billion |
PSO |
Facebook FB.com |
$33 Billion | FB |
Friends Provident FP.com |
£1.8 Billion | Taken Private |
General Atomics GA.com |
Defense Contractor | Private |
Centralnic's Great Britian GB.com |
Private | Private |
General Dynamics GD.com |
$25 Billion | GD |
General Electric GE.com |
$173 Billion | GE |
General Motors GM.com |
$85 Billion | GS |
GO Network GO.com |
Private | Owed by Disney |
Georgia Pacfic GP.com |
$13.2 billion | Formerly GP |
Goldman Sachs GS.com |
$85 Billion | GS |
Grant Thornton GT.com |
N/A | Private |
The Guardian GU.com |
£255 Million in Revenue | Private |
GQ Magazine GQ.com |
Condé Nast | Private |
Centralnic's Greece GR.com |
Private | Private |
Heritage Auctions HA.com |
$800 Million Sold in the last year. | Private |
Harper Collins Publishers HC.com |
Private | Owed by News Corp |
Hennes & Mauritz HM.com |
$24 Billion | SE:HMB |
Cnetralnic's Hungary HU.com |
Private | Private |
Hewlett Packard HP.com |
$95 Billion | HPQ |
Intelligent Finance IF.com |
$25 Billion | LYG |
India's IN.com IN.com |
$463 Million | IN:30445840 |
Johnson & Johnson JJ.com |
$175 Billion | JNJ |
J&R Electronics, Inc. JR.com |
New York Stores and Online Presence | Private |
Johns Manville JM.com |
Berkshire Hathaway | Private |
Cirque du Soleil KA.com |
$1 Billion in Revenue | Private |
Krueger International KI.com |
$600 Million in Sales | Private/ESOP |
Coke Cola KO.com |
$146 Billion | KO |
Kaiser Permanente KP.com |
$46 Billion in Revenue | Private |
Centralnic's Korea KR.com |
Private | Private |
Korea Telecom KT.com |
$27 Billion | Private |
Los Angeles LA.com |
MediaNews Group | Private |
Luxury Collection LC.com |
$10 Billion | HOT |
Lucky Chemical Group LG.com |
$120 Billion | 066570:Korea |
Luftansa LH.com |
€7.2 Billion | LHAG.DE |
Legatum Institute LI.com |
$65 Billion | Private |
La Quinta LQ.com |
$2.3 Billion | Private |
Liverpool Victoria LV.com |
1.1 Million owners | Private |
Latham Watkins LW.com |
30 Offices | Private |
Morris Adjmi Architects MA.com |
New York firm | Private |
Mercury Computer Systems MC.com |
$391 Million | MRCY |
Apple's Mobile Me ME.com |
$370 Billion | AAPL |
Merrill Lynch ML.com |
Bankrupt | Private |
Mettler Toledo MT.com |
$4.6 Billion | MTD |
Morgan Stanley MS.com |
$35 Billion | MS |
North American Corporation NA.com |
Founded in 1909 | Private |
National Instruments NI.com |
$2.7 Billion | NATI |
NK Seeds NK.com |
$27 Billion | SYT |
Centralnic's Norway NO.com |
Private | Private |
Nortel NT.com |
Bankrupt | NRTLQ |
Northeast Utilities NU.com |
$5.5 Billion | NU |
Office Direct OD.com |
Bankrupt | N/A |
Nasdaq OMX OM.com |
$4.2 Billion | NDAQ |
Nokia acquires OZ OZ.com |
$38 Billion | NOK |
Pitney Bowes PB.com |
$4.8 Billion | PBI |
Intel PC.com |
$120 Billion | INTC |
Procter & Gamble PG.com |
$182 Billion | PG |
Performance Technologies PT.com |
$18 Million | PTIX |
Price Waterhouse Coopers PW.com |
$3.9 Billion | IBM |
Centeralnic's Quebec QC.com |
Private | Private |
Quad Graphics QG.com |
$1.3 Billion | QUAD |
Tencent QQ.com |
Largest website in China | HK:700 |
Rheumatoid Arthritis RA.com |
$86 Billion | ABT |
Reckitt Benckiser RB.com |
$25 Billion | RB.L |
Readers Digest RD.com |
$1.6 Billion | RDA |
RealEstate.com RE.com |
$64 Million | LEDR |
Restoration Hardware RH.com |
Revenue of $1 Billion | RH |
Royal Jordanian RJ.com |
$134 Million | RJAL:JR |
Centeralnic's Russia RU.com |
Private | Private |
Russia Today RT.com |
Private | State owned |
Centralnic's Saudi Arabia SU.com |
Private | Private |
Standard Chartered SC.com |
$44 Billion | LON:STAN |
Centralnic's Sweden SE.com |
Private | Private |
Sunkyoung SK.com |
$5 Billion | 003600:KS |
Sports Illustrated SI.com |
$35 Billion | TWX |
Springer & Jacoby SJ.com |
Bankrupt | N/A |
SM Investments Corp. SM.com |
$7.2 Billion | SM:PM |
ST Micro Electronics ST.com |
$7.7 Billion | STM |
Schopf & Weiss LLP SW.com |
Lawyers | Private |
TA Associates, Inc. TA.com |
Private | |
Toronto-Dominion Bank TD.com |
$63 Billion | ONT:TD |
Texas Instruments TI.com |
$36 Billion | TXN |
CBS's TV.com TV.com |
$17 Billion | CBS |
Centralnic's United Kingdom UK.com |
Private | Private |
Union Pacific Railroad UP.com |
$49 Billion | UNP |
Underwriters Laboratories UL.com |
5,000+ Employees | Private |
United Rentals UR.com |
$1.1 Billion | URI |
Centralnic's United States US.com |
Private | Private |
Centralnic's Uruguay UY.com |
Private | Private |
ViSalus VI.com |
$231 Million in sales | |
Vanity Fair VF.com |
Condé Nast | Private |
VK European Social Network VK.com |
110 MIllion users | Private |
Volkswagen VW.com |
€46 Billion | VOWG.DE |
Warner Brothers WB.com |
$35 Billion | TWX |
Weber & Hampel WH.com |
120 Years | Private |
Wieden & Kennedy WK.com |
7 Worldwide Offices | Private |
Waste Management WM.com |
$16 Billion | WM |
World News WN.com |
N/A | Private |
WordPress WP.com |
$300 Million Valuation | Private |
Weyerhaeuser WY.com |
$9.3 Billion | WY |
XL Airways XL.com |
France, Germany | Private |
Yellow Book YB.com |
$2 Billion | Private |
Yellow Pages YP.com |
AT&T Brand | ATT |
Young & Rubicam YR.com |
$14.8 Billion | WPPGY |
Centralnic's South Africa ZA.com |
Private | Private |
ZF Friedrichshafen ZF.com |
59,771 Employees | Private |