The online file sharing service Box.net has made a domain name upgrade!
Box.net has acquired the domain name Box.com from Digi Media!
The domain names whois records changed to privacy on 2/24/2011 and as of yesterday (9/28/2011) the whois record displayed Box.net as the owners of the domain name!
I wasn’t able to dig up a sales price for the Box.com sale, but I’m sure it was a minimum of six figures, if not higher! Box.com now redirects to Box.net.
I’m sure "a fair amount" of people who intended to visit Box.net would type the more common TLD .com and ended up at a location they weren’t expecting. So clearly this was a very smart move by Box.net to purchase the .com! Will Box.net become Box.com? Hard to say at this point but now they can if they want to.
Gnanes
Box.net recently got $50 million in funding. Purchase price would have been 7 figures.
Brian Null
Jamie, you continue to have some of the most interesting and unique scoops out there…
i’m certain big congratz are in order for Digi Media on this sale and congratz to Box.net for the upgrade
BullS
There are many companies doing what box net is doing and whoever have the best domain names win the game.
Plain and simple.
Jamie Zoch
@Brian,
Thank you! I try my best doing it as a one man show.
Jason Thompson
It’s about time that they acquired the box.com! Great investment, regardless of how much they purchased the domain name for. Something tells me this was a 7 figure acquisition.
Lasse Ladefoged
Alright, so here it is, from the horse’s own mouth: http://blog.box.com/2011/12/weve-changed-for-the-better-and-our-website-has-too/
tl;dr box.net is changing name to just box