$685,000 for .blog is a steal. Companies have paid millions for single domains. It was a <i>very</i> safe bet.<p>Sounds ripe for abuse if you ask me.<p>On top of that, think about how many people inside Automattic knew about their bid. The board at least. Any one of those people could have told a friend that WP was going to bid for it. Would you not have instantly put in a small bid of $200,000 if you&#x27;d known about this and had the cash?