{"id":1708,"date":"2011-06-23T16:10:08","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T20:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=1708"},"modified":"2011-06-23T16:36:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-23T20:36:00","slug":"social-com-how-i-saved-the-owners-2-6-million-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/social-com-how-i-saved-the-owners-2-6-million-property\/","title":{"rendered":"Social.com – How I saved the owner’s $2.6 million property"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s good to hear when people become successful overnight; that’s the type of satisfaction that can be shared.<\/p>\n

Financial success through domaining is yet another way to display one’s entrepreneurial achievements and the recent sale of Social.com for $2.6 million is one such case.<\/p>\n

Five years ago, Social.com<\/strong> was stolen from its owner and was offered for sale on Sedo. As I’ve done on numerous other occasions, the notification of its legitimate owner and of the selling platforms were both shared on DNForum.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although the original thread is gone, you can read some interesting reactions<\/strong><\/a> or lack thereof about my report of the domain’s listing at Sedo, back then.<\/p>\n

While things have changed a lot in how Sedo communicates nowadays, it’s an interesting window into the past.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to the seller of Social.com and I’m glad they weren’t tricked out of their property back in 2006. It’s important to note how much DNForum has contributed to preserving the state of alert over stolen domains as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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