Liberty.com reportedly sold last year for over a million dollars

The previous owner of Liberty.com confirmed that he sold the domain last year for a “seven figures” sum.  The sale is covered by an NDA so he couldn’t disclose the actual price.

The new owner is Liberty Global, the $35 billion market cap international cable company.  Liberty.com changed hands in April 2013.

In 2011, Liberty.com was listed for sale by the former owner for $10,000,000.  At that time, the sales page stated that the owner had already turned down two offers for Liberty.com of a million dollars each.  While the sales price can’t be independently verified, it seems reasonable for such a premium domain.  Liberty Global is a publicly traded company, so perhaps the sales price will be revealed in its company filings.

Liberty.com was the subject of a UDRP dispute in 2000.  The Complainant was a London retail store.  Fortunately the domain owner prevailed.

“Liberty” related domains seem to attract UDRP disputes from companies who take the liberty of filing baseless complaints attempting to liberate the domains from their current owners.  My own Libertad.com domain – “Libertad” means “Liberty” in Spanish – was hit with a UDRP Complaint in 2011.  Thanks to the response prepared by Ari Goldberger and Jason Schaeffer of Esqwire.com, the complaint was unsuccessful.