[jasonfried]

We purchased the domain from the previous owner a few months ago. We wanted to use it to launch the new Basecamp since the Classic version used basecamphq.com. We wanted to keep the URLs separate so this seemed as good a time as any to make it happen.

[FreshCode]

Would it have been significantly cheaper if you purchased the basecamp.com domain earlier?

[jasonfried]

It wasn't for sale at this price earlier.