Thread: Microsoft acquires Office.com domain

Microsoft has already announced plans to launch an online version of Office that will compete with Google Docs, Zoho Office, and other online office applications. And now we have a pretty good idea of where it will be hosted. Microsoft acquired the Office.com internet domain this week.

Up until recently, the domain belonged to ContactOffice. It looks like ContactOffice began transferring its service to a new web site in June, so the acquisition has probably been in the works for a little while, but the transfer officially went through on August 4th.

Single-word domain names like Office.com don't come cheap. But the move was probably a smart one on Microsoft's part. The company's current homepage for MS Office is office.microsoft.com, which isn't quite as easy to remember.

Ya Office 2010 is going to be on online right?
Do you maybe know how much they paid for the domain?

To be honest, I'm not too sure how much they paid either, however, I don't think we'll be able to find that detail out, as I'm sure Microsoft (As a professional company) would want it's privacy and keep that information to them selves. However, in my opinion, I'd say they probably paid quite a high price for it, as it is a premium top level domain.

And is Office 2010 going to be online? Even if it is, I'm sure it won't be free. ;)

I hope they paid their *ss off..!

I accept with information: The company's current homepage for MS Office is office.microsoft.com, which isn't quite as easy to remember.