On the evening of February 3, the owner of the 360.com domain name was displayed as "Qihoo Co.Ltd". It is reported that Qihoo 360's purchase price for the domain name is US$17 million (about more than 100 million yuan). This means that the purchase of 360 will set a new record for the price of a domestic domain name, and at the same time, the data shows that this price has broken the price of $13 million recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Taking stock of the value ranking of domestic domain names, it can be found that 360.com really lives up to the reputation of "international top-level domain". In March 2013, JD.com acquired JD.com domain name for $5 million (about 30 million yuan) to replace its old domain 360buy.com.
In April 2014, Xiaomi launched a new domain name mi.com the domain name was purchased for $3.6 million.
It is understood that 360.com originally belonged to Vodafone, the world's largest mobile communications company, but Vodafone hid the domain name for 10 years. 360 had not yet been listed on the New York Stock Exchange when it last bid for the domain name, and Vodafone offered an ultra-high transfer condition of $2 million + 5% of the shares, which made the company entangled for a long time. According to people familiar with the matter, in recent years, in addition to 360's coveting of the domain name, Alibaba, JD.com, Baidu, Tencent, etc. have all priced the domain name a lot. This time it was finally won by Qihoo. |
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