Google.com domain was once sold at $12 to Indian Techie in 2015

Google.com is one of the most valuable domain on the Internet since last couple of decades.

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Ex- Google employee, Sanmay Ved, discovered Google.com on the list of domains available for sale on Sep 29, 2015.

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He initiated the transaction and paid $12 thinking that transaction would throw error.

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To his utter surprise, the transaction completed smoothly.

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The ownership of the domain changed to him instantly, unfortunately that lasted for a couple of minutes only.

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After that Google cancelled the transaction, since the transaction was done at the Google Domains only.

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