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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

honestly i think half the chess.com evaluation is in their domain. i mean how much did they pay to secure that?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

an eye watering sum presumably lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

that's a low bar for me honestly, anything above 50 dollars is eye watering in this economy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

https://www.chess.com/blog/erik/how-i-got-the-chess-com-domain-name

TL;DR - I got the Chess.com domain name out of bankruptcy for $55,000 in 2005

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

yep my eyes are watering alright. but it must be worth a lot more nowadays i image it would be easily x10 or more.