Domain registrations hinted at Amazon’s plans.
Today Amazon.com officially unveiled AmazonSupply.com, billed as “the hardware store for researchers and developers”.
Last month I caught wind of this new shop from an inside connection called whois.
Here are some of the related domains Amazon registered that tipped me off that the e-commerce giant was up to something new:
amazon-supplies.com
amazon-supply.com
amazonequipmentsupplies.com
amazonequipmentsupply.com
amazonindustrialsupplies.com
amazonlabsupplies.com
amazonlabsupply.com
amazonscientificsupplies.com
amazonscientificsupply.com
amazonsupplies.net
amazonsupply-smallparts.com
amazonsupply.net
amazonsupplyitems.com
amazonsupplypart.com
amazonsupplyparts.com
amazonsupplysmallparts.com
smallparts-amazonsupply.com
smallpartsamazonsupply.com
suppliesamazon.com
supplyamazon.com
I just checked a few of these domains and none seem to be resolving yet. Amazon was smart to defensively register related domain, but it would be even smarter to forward them to AmazonSupply.com.
Rich says
Or get amazonial.com which is shorter
IISP.HK says
AmazonSupply.cn/.com.cn were already registered by Chinese domainers recently, while the domain names AmazonSupply.net.cn/org.cn are still available.