Ex-Google employee, Sanmay Ved, was successfully able to purchase ‘google.com’ domain name for a price of just USD 12, but it lasted only for a minute.
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Sanmay noticed that google.com domain name was available to buy and immediately added it to his shopping cart.
In his LinkedIn post, Sanmay wrote, “I was hoping I would get an error at sometime saying transaction did not go through, but I was able to complete purchase, and my credit card was actually charged!”
(Image: LinkedIn/Sanmay Ved)
“Additionally, I started receiving notifications, for when ownership changed (along with new owner details etc.) in the Google Search Console for websites (I will not name them) that are powered by Google Sites (which makes sense given that websites powered by Google Sites rest on the master domain Google.com). Quite clearly, ownership had been granted to me. Order was successful,” he further stated.
However, the ownership lasted only for a minute, Google immediately emailed him, stating it had cancelled the order.
(Image: LinkedIn/Sanmay Ved)
Google also refunded him the amount (USD 12).
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