Business.com Could Fetch $300 to $400 Million
Posted on June 23, 2007
The Wall Street Journal reports that Jake Winebaum and Sky Dayton who bought business.com for $7.5 million in 1999 may be able to sell the website for $300 to $400 million. The attractive domain name now also contains a business search engine.
The company that grew out of business.com -- a search engine used by businesses to find products and services -- is now on the auction block, and could fetch anywhere between $300 million and $400 million, according to people familiar with the matter.Closely held business.com is expected to attract a host of interest from the likes of media companies such as Dow Jones & Co. and New York Times Co., these people said. Requests for comment from Business.com and the New York Times were not returned yesterday evening. Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, declined to comment.
The valuation is a sign of just how lucrative high-trafficked websites and online media businesses have become. This is more about Business.com's traffic and b-to-b marketplace than it is about the business.com domain name.
