Com Laude published the 3rd Report "Gazetteer of Domain Names" - Corporate domain name brand protection company and registrar, Com Laude published its third Gazetteer of domain names, highlighting the key changes in another significant year for the industry.
The 135 page report, covers all new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) registries from .AAA to .ZUERICH as well as legacy gTLDs (.COM, .ORG, .NET, etc.) and all 300+ Country Code registries (.uk, .de, .fr, etc.).
Here are some interesting observations from the report:
“There are now over 300 million registered ... read more ...
Tag Archives: corporate domain acqusitions
Thu 17th December 2015
Sat 5th December 2015
Census.com, In Last Namescon Auction Sells To Mark Monitor Client - The domain name Census.com which was in the RightoftheDot.com domain name auction at Namescon in January 2015, just sold to a Mark Monitor client as the whois information changed yesterday.
The domain name Census.com was one of my favorite picks from that auction.
The domain name had a auction reserve of between $100,001 – $250,000
It will be interesting to see who wound up buying this domain.
Census.com as a parked page has an Alexa ranking in the 5 million range.
In a just 5 weeks RightoftheDot.com ... read more ...
Fri 6th November 2015
Report: Vegas.com Bought LasVegas.com in 2005 For Up To $90 Million Dollars - George Kirikos spotted an SEC document showing that Vegas.com purchased LasVegas.com in 2005, for what could be up to a $90 Million Dollars.
“In June 2005 , VEGAS.com, LLC entered into an agreement for the purchase of LasVegas.com on the following terms:
The agreement specified that a $12,000,000, one-time payment be made upon execution of the agreement along with monthly payments of approximately $83,000 for 36 months, $125,000 for the next 60 months, and then $208,000 for the next 36 months.
Per ... read more ...
Tue 20th October 2015
Lucky 8's: Rick Schwartz Tops $10.5M in Sales For 2015: Sells 989.com For $818,181.81 - Rick Schwartz a/k/a the Domain King just sold the domain name 989.com for $818,181.81, topping $10.5 Million in domain name sales in 2015.
For Rick who always talked about having a 20 year plan, 2015 marks the 20th year and its been a record setter.
For a guy who made a reputation for saying NO to offers, has said Yes for the 4th time in 2015:
Rick previously announced the sales this year of shows that “8” is his lucky number too:
Porno.com for $8,888,888 which is still by far the highest reported ... read more ...
Wed 30th September 2015
Domain Movers: Jackrabbit.com, FreeBasics.com, JC.com & More Domains - If this is your first time seeing a Domain Movers series, I highly suggest you checkout past articles. This series is all about detecting domain names on the move for one reason or another by large corporations. These companies often purchase already owned domain names by others for new brands, products or services and for many more reasons.
These are early findings and the following is often the first time publicly that the information is announced.
Microsoft Corporation registered 27 domain names ... read more ...
Mon 1st June 2015
Domain Movers: Flok.com, EverydayValue.com and More Domains - Welcome to the exclusive Domain Movers series on TheDomains.com where Jamie Zoch scours the web and digs thousands of domain name registrations and domains on the move to find domains acquired by some of the largest companies on the web!
The follow are often early detections of domain names being registered, acquired and simply moving by large corporations.
Here we go with the latest domain movers:
Apple Inc. has secured the domain name Research-Kit.com to add to its ResearchKit.com domain name I ... read more ...
Thu 23rd April 2015
Domain Movers: Blocker.com, MaxGrip.com and More - I can dig and dig the same amount of time that I do every day but that doesn’t mean I always find great domain names moving. This week has been a bit of a downer type week relating to “big” domain movers. I almost always can find several great one word .com domain movers that have been acquired by large companies but in this domain movers list, the big boys are lacking a little.
With that said, there are a lot more domains that are important than just the “eye candy” one word domains. Here ... read more ...
Mon 20th April 2015
Domain Movers: Chong.com, Voice.com and More - Welcome to Domain Movers! Get ready to read some interesting and detailed digging on some recent domain activity which involves newly registered domains by companies, domain name acquisitions by companies and simply domain movers for one reason or another.
Enjoy these often early discoveries and the reasons that I found why the domains are moving.
JPMorgan Chase Co. with the help of brand protection service MarkMonitor has acquired the domain name SoYouCan.com, which was actually acquired on March ... read more ...
Sat 28th March 2015
MicrosoftZoom.com, T0.com & More Domain Movers - Welcome to Domain Movers which is a series that digs deep and detects domain movements by large corporations and companies around the web! These are often early indicators of upcoming new brands, services and more. The domain names have been either recently acquired in the domain name aftermarket, private purchases, new domain registrations and more.
Here we go:
CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. has registered the domain name SpeakingColors.com for a currently unknown client. The domain name was registered ... read more ...
Fri 27th March 2015
Domain Movers: Liftware.com, OrderPro.com & More - Welcome to the first ever Domain Movers series on TheDomains! If this is the first time you are seeing the series, this is what it’s all about:
Domain Movers are domain names that I dig hard to find that have been acquired by some of the largest companies in the world. These discoveries are often the very first time it is being published and may not be made public otherwise. These discoveries often are early indicators of new brands, new products, services and more by companies. The domain names ... read more ...