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Re: OT: How to value a domain (not for sale)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven J. Sobol)
Thu May 11 16:23:50 2000
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 16:20:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@NorthShoreTechnologies.net>
To: Peter Galbavy <peter.galbavy@knowledge.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On Thu, 11 May 2000, Peter Galbavy wrote:
> As part of a business planning exercise, I need to put a rough value on the
> intagible asset "knowledge.com". It is NOT currently for sale, please don't
> ask.
I would treat it as intellectual property, myself... the benefits of a
well-chosen domain name are similar to the benefits of a well-chosen
trademark for brand-building purposes, etc.
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