meta.uk

[webber]

meta.uk looks to have just changed hands and most likely is now owned by Facebook via Hogan Lovells

meta.uk TAG changed 06-Dec-2021 GOOSEBERRY LOVELLSLLP

 

[Ben Thomas]

Be interesting to see a sale price.

https://www.ft.com/content/af93369a-56fe-4d79-ad68-42e40404291f

As a slight aside, have you seen this article in the Financial Times? Meta has been ordered to sell Giphy, this quote is my favourite.

Lawyers said the social media group could struggle to sell Giphy, because there is no clear buyer for it. One lawyer said a photo-sharing or messaging platform was the obvious buyer, but conceded that “Facebook owns most of those”.

 

[CreativeMix]

@michaeltoth

 

[michaeltoth]

I can confirm I no longer own this name. That's all I can confirm.

 

[Darren]

Congratulations Michael, well done.

 

[michaeltoth]

cheers.

 

[webber]

That's all I can confirm.

Can you confirm whether you will be taking a long luxury holiday next year?
Buying a new car? A flat or a house? Or anything for scale?

 

[CreativeMix]

I can confirm I no longer own this name. That's all I can confirm.

It can’t have been much because .uk domains are worthless, everyone knows that

 

[Ben Thomas]

It can’t have been much because .uk domains are worthless, everyone knows that

/satire

 

[webber]

Someone bought metaverse.uk for just £10
Hindsight...

 

[CreativeMix]

Someone bought metaverse.uk for just £10
Hindsight...

I don’t see any value in the name, it’s what I’d call a domainer name, a bit like owning socialmedia.uk

Michael sold his name because one of the richest companies in the World rebranded themselves as Meta and wanted to protect their IP

 

[philiporchard]

Congratulations Michael, well done.

Trust Michael to pull this one out of the bag! First dominos... and now this

 

[Azam.net]

Congratulations Michael! That's quite a sale