chat.com

Registered

Domain score

96/100

end-user value

$3.4M – $22M

Model estimate, not an asking priceWide range

Confidence

Medium

Weighted towards a reported past sale of this domain

Status

Registered

Registered 1996 · 29 years old

Estimated value

Confidence

Status

Sources

Registration: RDAP · rdap.verisign.com
Availability: Registry RDAP
Domain-specific market data: Curated reported sales
Valuation evidence: same-domain reported sale + q2 2025 market benchmark + 5 reported comparables
Score model: investor-score-v1.0
Valuation model: market-consensus-v1.0

Sources

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Sale history

Curated reported sales

Last reported sale

$15.5M$15,500,000in 2023

A past transaction, not a current price or an offer — and a different kind of number from the estimate above. Figure publicly reported, not independently verified.

Comparable reported sales

voice.com: $30M2019
fund.com: $10M2008
beer.com: $7M2004
toys.com: $5.1M2009
wine.com: $3M1999

Names with a comparable extension, structure or category. Publicly reported figures, not independently verified, and not adjusted for the years since.

Why this domain?

chat.com is a single-word .com domain of 4 characters — very short by domain standards. The term "chat" is an everyday word with direct relevance to media, which tends to increase both brandability and commercial usefulness. It sits on .com, the default commercial extension worldwide, and has been held for 29 years — established names of this kind rarely come back to market.

4 characters
Dictionary word
.com
Easy to pronounce
Media
29 years old
Top-tier score

Why this domain?

4 characters
Dictionary word
.com
Easy to pronounce
Media
Top-tier score

Domain score breakdown

96/100

Brandability18% of score
100/100
It is a single real word, which makes it easy to say out loud and to own as a brand.
Length14% of score
97/100
At 4 characters this is short enough to type, say and remember without effort.
TLD quality20% of score
100/100
.com is the default commercial extension worldwide. It remains the strongest signal of legitimacy for a commercial name.
Memorability13% of score
100/100
Short, familiar and unambiguous — the kind of name someone can repeat after hearing it once.
Commercial intent15% of score
80/100
Contains vocabulary associated with media, where domain demand is consistently high.
Keyword quality12% of score
92/100
"chat" is a standalone dictionary word, the most sought-after category of domain name.
Buyer reach8% of score
100/100
The term has an immediately legible meaning, which expands the set of businesses that could plausibly use it. No search-volume claim is inferred.

Heuristic model investor-score-v1.0. These are rule-based signals derived from the name itself, not externally verified metrics.

Domain data

Domain: chat.com
TLD: .com
Length: 4 characters
Words: chat
Registered: Sep 20, 1996
Domain age: 29 years
Expires: Sep 19, 2027(next year)
Last changed: Nov 13, 2024
Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc.
Domain status: Client delete prohibitedClient transfer prohibitedClient update prohibitedServer delete prohibitedServer transfer prohibitedServer update prohibited
DNSSEC: Signed
Nameservers: dahlia.ns.cloudflare.comkip.ns.cloudflare.com
Web archive: Archived 2001–2026
Availability: Registeredvia Registry RDAP

How this estimate was made

wholesale range

$1.4M – $3.7M

investor-to-investor exit

end-user range

$3.4M – $22M

Wide range

suggested list

$26M

patient buy-now ask

liquidity

95/100 · active

modelled resale depth

evidence: same-domain reported sale + q2 2025 market benchmark + 5 reported comparables

model market-consensus-v1.0

5 reported comparables
The model uses a conservative geometric median of 5 reported sales with similar structure, extension or commercial category. Comparables inform the estimate; they do not set it.
single English-word .com market benchmark
Escrow.com Domain Investment Index reported a $259K mean for single English-word .com transactions in q2 2025. The aggregate is a calibration point, not a direct comparable.
Anchored on a 2023 sale
This domain is publicly reported to have sold for $15.5M in 2023. A past sale of the same name is the strongest comparable available, so the estimate is weighted towards it — less heavily the older the sale is.
.com extension
.com is the default commercial extension worldwide.
4 characters
Short names are a genuinely scarce asset and carry most of the premium in this estimate.
Single dictionary word
One-word names are the scarcest category and the most consistently traded.
Everyday term
A word with mass recognition. Names people already use in conversation have a far wider pool of potential buyers than obscure ones of the same length.
Exact category match
The name is itself the term for media — the category of domain that has produced the largest recorded sales.
29 years registered
Long-held domains signal an established name and are rarely released.
Exceptional tier
Names like this are ultimately priced by one buyer's strategic need, which the model cannot observe. The range is deliberately wide and the real number can land outside it.

market-informed estimate, not an appraisal or offer. wholesale assumes an investor exit; end-user value assumes a patient sale to a business with a specific need. traffic, revenue, trademark risk and private unreported sales remain outside the model unless a provider supplies them.

How this estimate was made

wholesale range

end-user range

suggested list

liquidity

chat.com

Sources

Sources

Sale history

Why this domain?

Why this domain?

Domain score breakdown

Brandability18% of score

Length14% of score

TLD quality20% of score

Memorability13% of score

Commercial intent15% of score

Keyword quality12% of score

Buyer reach8% of score

Domain data

How this estimate was made

How this estimate was made

Sources

Sale history

Why this domain?

How this estimate was made