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    Kris Marszalek

    CEO — Ai.com / Crypto.com

    Domain Assets was founded by industry veteran John Mauriello, who has brokered over $300M in domain transactions since 2005, including many of the highest all-cash domain sales of all time. Trusted by brands, founders, technologists, private equity, venture capitalists, global brands, buyers, and sellers worldwide. We assist you in finding, negotiating, and acquiring the perfect domains and other digital assets for your needs and within your budget allowing you to focus on your business.

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    Our proven 3-step stealth acquisition process helps you secure the perfect domain — confidentially and at the best price.

    Step 1 - Investigation
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    Step 3 - Completion

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    Executives, founders, and global brands on working with our domain buy service — confidential acquisitions, accurate valuations, and better negotiated pricing.

    "You played a critical role, it would not have happened without you. Thanks for everything and do keep in touch."

    Kris Marszalek

    CEO Ai.com and Crypto.com

    Crypto & Fintech · Domain buy service — record acquisition

    "You did in a matter of days what some people at our company had been trying for years to accomplish. You have a customer for life over here."

    Tom Siko

    VP of Sales & Marketing — ILC.com

    Manufacturing & Industrial · Stealth acquisition of a taken domain

    "We are thrilled with our Data.com purchase."

    Marc Benioff

    CEO, Salesforce.com

    Enterprise SaaS · Premium .com brand acquisition

    "The Slots.com purchase is one of the best deals I ever made."

    Calvin Ayre

    Founder, BodogBrand.com

    Gaming & Entertainment · Category-defining domain purchase

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    Domain Acquisition Questions, Answered

    Direct answers to the questions buyers ask most, drawn from more than $300 million in brokered domain transactions since 2006.

    How do I buy a domain that is already taken?

    Confirm the registration, set a walk-away price, identify the real owner behind WHOIS privacy, approach anonymously through a broker, negotiate against comparable sales, and close through licensed escrow. Most premium .com names are not listed for sale, so contact and negotiation decide the outcome.

    Read the full guide

    How can I find the owner of a domain?

    A public WHOIS lookup now shows the registrar and expiry date but rarely a person. Ownership is established from historical registration records, DNS and hosting footprints, archived site content, corporate and trademark filings, and reverse-IP data.

    How to find a domain owner

    How do I anonymously buy a domain?

    Never make first contact yourself. A buyer's broker approaches the owner on behalf of an undisclosed principal, keeps your use case and timeline out of the conversation, and structures escrow and transfer so your identity stays off the record.

    Anonymous acquisition explained

    Should I use a domain broker?

    Use one when the name is unlisted, the owner is unreachable, or your identity would move the price — the anonymity and comparable-sales access usually exceed the fee. Skip it when the name is already listed at a buy-now price you are happy to pay.

    What a domain broker does

    What is the best domain acquisition service?

    Judge services on verifiable transaction history at your price level, a written success-based fee, genuine buyer anonymity, owner research behind WHOIS privacy, access to private comparable sales, licensed escrow, and independence from any single registrar.

    How to choose a service

    How much should I offer for a domain?

    Set the ceiling before the offer, using comparable sales, the paid-search cost of the same traffic, and the brand value of the exact-match name. Open well below that ceiling — commonly a quarter to two-fifths of it on an unlisted name — with planned room to move.

    Setting your offer

    How do I negotiate the purchase of a domain name?

    Prepare a ceiling and comps, let the owner price first, treat “not for sale” as an opening position, anchor every number with evidence, concede in shrinking increments, trade terms instead of dollars, and close in writing through escrow.

    The negotiation playbook

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    Record Transactions

    A selection of notable premium domain transactions we've been involved with over the years.

    Ai.com
    Apartments.com
    ASH.com
    Avalan.com
    Bluezonehealth.com
    Brianna.com
    Cristina.com
    Data.com
    Dating.com
    Empire.com
    EVE.com
    eLOVE.com
    eNOBLE.com
    GG.com
    Hackathon.com
    Healthplans.com
    HH.com
    HomeCare.com
    HomeFitness.com
    Hot.com
    ILC.com
    Interlink.com
    IQ.com
    Kens.com
    KK.com
    Land.com
    ME.com
    Mortuary.com
    MSSB.com
    Nova.com
    nTrust.com
    NutraStore.com
    ONZ.com
    Platinum.com
    PMG.com
    Rainbow.com
    Rangers.com
    Scores.com
    Seniors.com
    Service.com
    ShortSale.com
    Slots.com
    Social.com
    SocialCapital.com
    Sox.com
    Symbiome.com
    WestHills.com
    XBT.com
    Xi.com
    Zero.com
    ZIP.com
    Zone.com

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