Atom.com (formerly Squadhelp)
👤 Darpan Munjal (25-yr internet operator; felt his own naming pain, then spent 7 years curating a brandable-domain supply rivals can't copy.)🌐 siteLinkedIn
Couldn't name his own startup, so he paid strangers $50 to try. That grew into an 8-figure domain marketplace.
Will it work? · our read
Owns the supply. Anyone can resell domains. Atom curates, names and appraises 300k of them, so buyers trust it and sellers list — and it earns a fee a registrar or raw auction never sees.
01How the money moves
Owner or namer supplies a brandable domain
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Atom curates, appraises, names, lists it
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Buyer purchases or leases — Atom takes a cut
02The numbers
$10M+ /yrStated8-figure, founder-stated
2024
Revenue is founder-stated; domain and brand counts are Atom's own figures. GMV and seller payouts not disclosed.
Founder said 'eight-figure yearly revenue'; about $23M is a third-party estimate (Growjo).
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Entrepreneur: founder on 'eight-figure yearly revenue' (2024)Atom: rebrand release — 300k+ domains, 50k+ brands, since 2011Atom: fifth Inc. 5000 listing, #1,313 (2026)TechRound: interview with Darpan MunjalCrunchbase: Darpan Munjal, founder
Revenue is founder-stated, not filed: Darpan Munjal told Entrepreneur (2024) the business does 'eight-figure yearly revenue,' headlined as over $10M/yr; Atom is private (Chicago) and files no public accounts. A third-party aggregator (Growjo) estimates about $23M, treated as unverified, so we lead with the founder's own words. Domain (300k+) and brand (50k+) counts are Atom's own rebrand-release figures. GMV and amounts paid to domain sellers are not disclosed. Business took a $10M strategic investment from Hilco Digital Assets in 2023 after about 12 years bootstrapped. We never score you.