MKA
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Before I begin I want to clarify that I do not own either of these domains, nor am I affiliated with the owner or businesses of the sites hosted on them.
In November 2022 acquire.com sold for $240,000, and in April earlier that same year acquisition.com sold for $350,000.
This came as a bit of a surprise to me, and it's one of those sales that have bothered me ever since. While I recognize that both domains are incredibly valuable (and I believe acquire.com was a steal), my intuition says that acquire.com should be worth at least five times as much. It's shorter, it's easier recognized when typed out, etc. But for some reason it sold for almost 50% more.
Since acquisition.com was bought before acquire.com I can't even make the early-bird excuse. After all, the owner of acquisition.com should've been able to get acquire.com instead.
I'd very much like to hear people's opinion on this.
I'll also make some referential comparisons, to get the ball rolling:
Acquire > Acquisition
In November 2022 acquire.com sold for $240,000, and in April earlier that same year acquisition.com sold for $350,000.
This came as a bit of a surprise to me, and it's one of those sales that have bothered me ever since. While I recognize that both domains are incredibly valuable (and I believe acquire.com was a steal), my intuition says that acquire.com should be worth at least five times as much. It's shorter, it's easier recognized when typed out, etc. But for some reason it sold for almost 50% more.
Since acquisition.com was bought before acquire.com I can't even make the early-bird excuse. After all, the owner of acquisition.com should've been able to get acquire.com instead.
I'd very much like to hear people's opinion on this.
I'll also make some referential comparisons, to get the ball rolling:
Acquire > Acquisition
- Registered in more extensions (176 : 151)
- Easier to spell and recognize
- Fewer characters (7 vs 11)
- Fewer syllables (3 vs 4)
- Root word > derivational affix