About Heritage Auctions - Domain Names & Intellectual Property

Aron Meystedt has been in the business of buying, selling and developing domain names for the past ten years.  Recognized as an authority in domain valuations and acquisitions, Aron is known for owning the first domain name ever registered on the Internet:  Symbolics.com. 

Symbolics.com was originally registered on March 15, 1985, and Aron acquired it from the original owner in 2009.  Symbolics.com is the oldest of over 320,000,000 registered domain names in existence. 

Aron’s research on the domain industry has been published in Valuation Strategies and other journals.  Aron has been quoted in Forbes, WSJ, PC World, Wired, CNN Money, Tech Crunch, The Washington Post and more. When not trading digital real estate, Aron loves to collect vintage sneakers and he frequently attends car shows.

Aron holds a master’s degree from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University.