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Buys Lending.Club domain name — Lending Club

Buys Lending.Club domain name — Lending Club

Big firm in marketplace/peer-to-peer lending business buys .club domain name.

lending--clubMarketplace lending firm Lending Club, which has a market cap of nearly $3.0 billion, bought the domain name Lending.club for $25,000 from the registry last month. The domain name now forwards to Lending.club.

The domain name was one of two the .Club registry sold for over $20,000 last month; Startup.club found a taker at $22,500.

.Club was using startup.club for a program promoting partnerships with startups that want to use .club domain names. This program will now move to a page on .Club’s website.

The registry sold over $80,000 of premium domain names last month. Following Startup.club, the highest sale was Hosting.club. Hosting.club sold in the WHD auction for $4,503.

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