Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersNYT editorial board remembers Ginsburg: She 'will forever have two legacies' Two GOP governors urge Republicans to hold off on Supreme Court nominee Sanders knocks McConnell: He's going against Ginsburg's 'dying wishes' MORE didn’t have to pay a dime for BernieSanders.com.

The self-described Democratic socialist senator from Vermont and Democratic presidential candidate managed to get a hold of the domain name for just a quick meeting with the Massachusetts man who bought it for $2,500 early last year, CNN reported on Friday.

The story stands in stark opposition to the high prices — both literal and figurative — other presidential candidates have had to pay over domain names this year, and is indicative of the grassroots support Sanders will need to exploit in his bid for the White House.

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) paid a hefty $100,000 sum for his domain name before announcing his presidential campaign.

Carly Fiorina — who is also seeking the GOP nomination — did not buy up CarlyFiorina.org, allowing a union employee who purchased it to use it to criticize the former Hewlett Packard CEO for layoffs that occurred under her watch. “You can’t buy every domain name,” she explained this week.

A similar fate befell Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who failed to buy up TedCruz.com. That site was used by a critic to call for immigration reform and cheer President Obama.

Sanders, meanwhile, just had to put in a little bit of face time with a fan.

"I was worried that somebody would buy it and redirect it to BernieSucks.com or something like that,” 53-year-old property redeveloper Paul Joffe thought when he saw BernieSanders.com was available, he told CNN.

Joffe purchased the website and initially had it redirect to Sanders’s Senate website. In April 2014, though, he gladly offered it up to the senator’s political action committee, asking only to get a little face time with Sanders.

After that Bennington, Vt., meeting, he framed a “deed” to the website using wood from his New Marlborough, Mass., farm and handed it off to Sanders.

"I am really happy he is running for president," Joffe told CNN. "I told him I hoped he would and was talking to him about running for president, and he said, 'Hey, hey, I don't know yet.' "