Verbind

What Verbind does

Verbind was founded in 1997 and headquartered in Boston. At its operating peak, the firm was described as a supplier of real-time eMarketing solutions intended to help firms target customers and deliver messages. Its last documented capital event was a Series 3 funding round on August 2, 2000, raising $35,000,000 led by GE Equity with co-investors including Apax Partners, Audax Group, Commonwealth Capital Ventures, Dain Rauscher Wessels, Fidelity Ventures, FTVentures, GTG Ventures, and SunAmerica Ventures.

According to the most recent source material, "Verbind" no longer operates as a going concern. The name now exists primarily as a premium domain asset (Verbind.com) listed for sale on Atom.com (formerly Squadhelp). The word "Verbind" is German for "connect," and the 7-letter, 2-syllable .com domain is marketed as brandable for tech, communication, networking, and social media startups, as well as for professional services and consulting agencies. Atom.com lists the asset at $30,695 for a one-time purchase or $5,116 per month over six months under a lease-to-own structure, with transaction processing via AtomPay and multiple payment rails including credit card, crypto, wire, PayPal, and Escrow.com.

There are no disclosed products, APIs, integrations, headcount, offices, partnerships, patents, or management team associated with the current entity. AI naming, AI audience testing, and brand-guide-generation capabilities mentioned in connection with the listing are Atom.com platform features, not Verbind-owned technology. The asset has no disclosed operating revenue and no first-party financials.

Name

Verbind

Legal name

Atom.com

Website

https://verbind.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Short description

Verbind is a premium .com domain asset currently listed for sale on Atom.com. Originally tied to a 1997 Boston-based eMarketing firm that raised $35M in 2000, the name "Verbind" (German for "connect") is positioned as a brandable domain for tech and networking startups.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Premium Domain Name Sales

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (54181)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

SMS & Mobile Direct Marketing Services (BPAFAKAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Performance Marketing Automation & Bid Management Services (MPAAACAM)

Keywords

• Premium domain name
• Brandable domains
• .com marketplace
• Domain asset
• Short domain names

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Operations

Revenue model

1. Domain Name Sale: One-time sale of premium domain Verbind.com for $30,695 or lease-to-own at $5,116 per month for 6 months. Domain transfers to buyer upon full payment completion. Annual domain renewal fees (~$10-20/year for .com) are separate ongoing costs borne by the buyer.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Verbind.com is a premium, brandable .com domain name listed for sale on the Atom.com domain marketplace. The domain is offered as a one-time purchase ($30,695) or via a six-month lease-to-own plan ($5,116 per month). The word "Verbind" is German for "connect," positioning the asset as branding for platforms in tech, networking, communication, or social media.

Product overview

Verbind.com is a premium domain name being sold through Atom.com's marketplace. It is not an active company with a product or service offering. The domain name 'Verbind' (German for 'connect') is presented as a potential brand name for startups in tech, communication, networking, or social media industries. No actual product portfolio, platform, or services are associated with Verbind as a company entity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Verbind.com Premium Domain The premium .com domain "Verbind" listed for one-time purchase ($30,695) or lease-to-own ($5,116/month for 6 months). Intended for buyers in tech, networking, communication, social media, and professional services seeking a short, brandable domain that conveys "connect" in German.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Sedo: Sedo is one of the largest global premium-domain marketplaces, brokering sales and lease-to-own transactions of short brandable .com domains similar to Verbind.com. Operates the same core asset class and buyer channel as Atom.com, making it the most directly comparable peer.
• Afternic (GoDaddy): Afternic is GoDaddy's premium-domain resale network, distributing brandable .com inventory to a massive registrar-installed base of SMB buyers — overlapping the same buyer funnel targeted by Verbind.com's Atom.com listing.
• Dan.com: Dan.com is a curated premium-domain marketplace offering installment/lease-to-own financing on individual brandable .com assets — the same transaction structure used for Verbind.com and the same SMB/startup buyer segment.
• Atom (formerly Squadhelp): Atom.com is the marketplace where Verbind.com is actively listed; it sells 400,000+ premium brandable domains via fixed-price and lease-to-own transactions with AI-powered appraisal and branding tooling — the direct platform peer.
• Undeveloped: Undeveloped is a premium-domain marketplace specializing in short, brandable, single-word .com assets — directly comparable in asset class, buyer profile, and price band (typically $5K–$50K) to Verbind.com.
• BrandBucket: BrandBucket curates and resells brandable domain names (often short, real-word .com domains like 'Verbind') to startup founders, directly overlapping with Verbind.com's value proposition of memorable, brandable digital identity.

Broad incumbents

• GoDaddy: GoDaddy is the largest domain registrar and runs adjacent premium-resale and aftermarket services (Afternic, GoDaddy Auctions). It participates in the same premium-domain liquidity ecosystem but at much broader scale and as an infrastructure layer rather than a single-asset seller.
• ValueClick (Conversant): ValueClick (now Conversant) was a contemporary of the historical Verbind Inc. in the late-1990s/early-2000s real-time eMarketing and digital advertising space — a broad-incumbent peer to what Verbind was operationally before winding down.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors9 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 →

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