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Tom.com purchased for $2.5 million

Fact - Tom.com domain name was purchased for $2.5 million in 1999.
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Tom Meyer sold his domain name Tom.com to a HongKong based company in 1999 for $2.5 Million.

Being an attractive three letter domain name was one of the reasons for the high value. However, Meyer would never have thought that his “personal” domain name would fetch such a big price.

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