SocialMedia.com

What SocialMedia.com does

SocialMedia.com was a San Francisco-based digital advertising company founded in 2007 that built a people-powered advertising platform leveraging users' social relationships to distribute ads. The company raised approximately $10 million across three funding rounds between September 2007 and January 2009, with investors including CRV, Ridge Ventures, and Uncork Capital. Co-founder Dave Gentzel served as VP of Products. The operating business subsequently wound down; no subsequent funding rounds, product launches, customer wins, or operational milestones are documented in the input.

The socialmedia.com domain, originally registered in 1999, is currently held and listed for sale by Markmonitor, a corporate domain management and brand-protection company. The domain is offered at an asking price of $1,500,000 USD as a premium, brandable .com asset suitable for any brand, product, or service. The current web presence at socialmedia.com is a static sales landing page with an inquiry form; there are no products, services, customers, employees, or revenue-generating activities associated with the entity today. The asset is being monetized as a one-time domain sale rather than operated as a going concern.

Name

SocialMedia.com

Legal name

Markmonitor

Website

https://socialmedia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

SocialMedia.com was a San Francisco digital advertising company (founded 2007) that ran a people-powered ad platform leveraging social relationships. The company is no longer operating; its domain, registered in 1999, is currently listed for sale by Markmonitor at $1,500,000 USD.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Advertising

NAICS

Other Services Related to Advertising (541890), Media Buying Agencies (541830)

SIC

Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

Paid Social Advertising (BPAFACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Paid Social Media Buying (BPAFABAD), Paid Social Advertising Management (MPAAACAC)

Keywords

• Social media advertising
• People-powered marketing
• Word-of-mouth advertising
• Digital advertising platform
• Social advertising network

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Operations

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

SocialMedia.com operated a digital advertising platform that delivered people-powered advertisements by leveraging users' social relationships. The platform enabled brands to amplify marketing messages through personal networks and word-of-mouth promotion at scale, in contrast to traditional display advertising. The socialmedia.com domain, originally created in 1999, is currently listed for sale by Markmonitor at an asking price of $1,500,000 USD as a premium .com branding asset.

Product overview

SocialMedia.com is a premium domain name listed for sale through Markmonitor. The offering consists of a single asset: the domain name socialmedia.com itself. The domain was originally created in 1999 and is positioned as a rare opportunity for any brand to acquire a powerful, identifying domain name with significant branding potential. The current asking price is $1,500,000 USD. There are no additional modules, add-on services, or related products—the company exists solely as a domain listing page managed by Markmonitor, a domain management and brand protection company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• People-Powered Advertising Platform Digital advertising platform that distributes brand advertisements through users' personal social networks, leveraging word-of-mouth and social relationships to amplify marketing messages for brand advertisers.
• socialmedia.com Premium Domain The premium generic .com domain name socialmedia.com, originally created in 1999, currently listed for sale by Markmonitor at an asking price of $1,500,000 USD as a rare branding vehicle for brands, products, or services in any market segment.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Afternic (GoDaddy): Afternic is GoDaddy's premium domain marketplace and a primary venue for $1M+ generic .com sales. It is directly comparable as a competing distribution channel for the socialmedia.com asset.
• Dan.com: Dan.com is a premium domain marketplace specializing in installment-based transactions for high-value generic domains. It is directly comparable as another sales channel for premium .com inventory.
• Undeveloped: Undeveloped is a curated premium-domain marketplace serving startup and brand buyers. It is directly comparable as a competing venue for transacting high-value brandable .com domains.
• Sedo: Sedo is one of the largest global domain marketplaces, brokering premium .com sales to enterprise buyers. It is directly comparable as the channel through which a premium generic .com like socialmedia.com typically transacts.
• BrandBucket: BrandBucket is a premium brandable-domain marketplace focused on startup customers. It is directly comparable as a sales channel targeting the same enterprise/startup buyer pool for premium brandable domains.
• Squadhelp: Squadhelp is a naming-and-domain marketplace with a premium inventory tier. It is directly comparable as another distribution channel for high-value brandable .com domains and brand-name sales.
• Efty: Efty is a domain-investor portfolio management and sales platform used by professional domainers to list and sell premium domains. It is directly comparable as infrastructure serving the premium-domain sales category.

Broad incumbents

• Markmonitor: Markmonitor is the actual corporate brand-protection and domain-management firm currently brokering the socialmedia.com sale. It is comparable as the incumbent corporate-domain vendor servicing the same premium-asset buyer pool.
• Namecheap Marketplace: Namecheap operates a broader domain-registration and aftermarket platform with premium inventory. It is comparable as a broad incumbent in the domain sales channel space where the socialmedia.com asset could alternatively be transacted.

Emerging players

• IZEA Worldwide: IZEA operates a paid social and influencer-marketing platform that leverages creator social relationships for ad distribution — the same underlying thesis as the original SocialMedia.com operating business. Comparable as a surviving operator in the same paid-social category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/livingsocial
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@markmonitor
• Facebookfacebook.com/livingsocial
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/markmonitor
• Instagraminstagram.com/markmonitor

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors3 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about SocialMedia.com