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  LINKEDIN-VERIFIED DOMAIN SHORTLIST — STRICT MATCHES ONLY
  Generated: May 5, 2026
  Criterion: LinkedIn company page MUST list the domain as its website
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METHODOLOGY:
  1. Scored 51,084 .com domains from Namecheap Market using real metrics
  2. Checked ~2,576 domains via Brave Search API (now exhausted)
  3. Strict match = domain root appears in the LinkedIn "website" field
  4. Bonus: +25 points added to composite score for strict matches

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  LINKEDIN-BONUS RANKING (all 3 matches)
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RANK | NEW_SCORE | OLD_SCORE | DOMAIN         | PRICE | TOTAL | AGE | TYPE      | COMPANY

  14 |    67     |    42     | calguard.com   | 15.00 | 33.48 | 27  | subdomain | California State Guard (govt)
  42 |    62     |    37     | encaustics.com |  2.00 | 20.48 | 23  | subdomain | James Nelson (artist)
  70 |    59     |    34     | greaterbrain   | 15.00 | 33.48 | 23  | EXACT     | Greater Brain (software)

EXACT MATCH (domain == website):
  greaterbrain.com → http://greaterbrain.com (LinkedIn company page lists exact domain)
  Industry: Software Development | Size: 2-10 employees | HQ: Clarkston, MI

SUBDOMAIN/PARTIAL MATCHES (website contains domain but is different):
  calguard.com → website is calguard.ca.gov (government, different TLD)
  encaustics.com → website is jamesencaustics.com (personal, different domain)

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  RANK 1 WITHOUT LINKEDIN BONUS
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RANK | SCORE | DOMAIN             | PRICE | TOTAL | AGE | EXT | EST  | GO   | DR  | ABL | MBL | BID | NOTES
   1 |   90  | pleach.com         | 15.00 | 33.48 | 25  | 23  | 3100 | 7729 | 10  | 71  | 0   | 12  | Real word, 12 bids, 23 TLDs
   2 |   77  | sexaudio.com       |  7.00 | 25.48 | 28  |  5  | 6400 | 2581 | 27  |1679 |1137 |  7  | ADULT niche
   3 |   77  | sowaopenmarket.com | 15.00 | 33.48 | 18  | 11  | 5600 | 2107 | 20  |1135 | 628 |  0  | Prior e-commerce
   4 |   73  | educadigital.com   |  1.00 | 19.48 | 23  | 26  |  600 | 3466 |  0  |  50 |  15 |  1  | Spanish ed brand
   5 |   72  | bipop.com          | 15.00 | 33.48 | 18  | 10  |  540 | 3220 | 30  | 960 | 130 |  0  | 5-letter brandable

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  KEY FINDING
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Out of 51,084 .com domains and ~2,576 LinkedIn-checked domains:
  EXACT MATCHES:     1 (greaterbrain.com)
  SUBDOMAIN MATCHES: 2 (calguard.com, encaustics.com)
  
Only 1 domain (greaterbrain.com) has a LinkedIn company page that lists
THE EXACT DOMAIN as its website. Ranked #70 after +25 bonus (was #3,872).

The Namecheap Market is expired domains. Active companies rarely let their
.com expire. When they do, the LinkedIn page usually gets abandoned too.

greaterbrain.com is the exception — a small software company (2-10 employees)
with an active LinkedIn page still referencing greaterbrain.com, yet the
domain is available for $33.48 on Namecheap Market.