Domain Movers monitors large corporations and what domain names they are registering and acquiring. These often lead into new advertising campaigns, products, services, brands and much more!
Often times, these are very early detections and may be the first time this “new” thing is heard about. Here we go:
Briggs & Stratton Corporation has registered the domain names GasCleanup.com and BriggsGasOff.com
Apple Inc. has had the domain name AppleAccount.com officially transfer to its ownership after winning the domain name in a recent UDRP.
Strawberry.com has been acquired by domain name investor James Booth from Media Options who acquired the domain according to whois records on May 28, 2015. The domain was owned by Strawberry EDV-Systeme GmbH prior to Media Options acquiring it. Andy acquired the domain on June 1, 2015 according to whois history records.
Arrow Electronics, Inc. likely (generic whois data currently) used brand protection company MarkMonitor to grab Electronic-Product.com on the drop. Arrow registered the domain names ElectronicProduct .net / .org / .biz / .us on April 6, 2015 as well as Electronic-Product.org / .biz / .us were also registered by Arrow on Apirl 6, 2015. ElectronicProduct.com is currently listed at Sedo with a $1,500 BIN.
Tidal Media Group had acquired the domain name BonfireApp.com from NewWebDevelopment.com who grabbed the domain on the drop at SnapNames on December 26, 2014. The domain was listed with DomainNameSales.com at the time of the transaction. Tidal Media Group owns about 180 domain names.
Dr. Seuss Enterprises, LP has acquired the domain name WhatPet.com from HugeDomains.com. The domain name had a listing price of $1,295 and was registered on February 29, 2012.
Yahoo! acquired startup Cooliris which is a photo app in November 2014 and the domain names BeamUpTo.com and LetsBeamUp.com have transferred ownership to Yahoo! BeamItApp.com was the main domain used and that domain transferred to Yahoo! as well. All of the domain names were registered in March 2014.
The Boeing Company has acquired the domain name BuildSomethingBetter.com in some fashion as they are now showed as the owners in whois records. The domain was owned by RR Partners (who may have been working with Boeing?) as Boeing launched a commercial using the term in June 2014. The domain redirects to http://www.boeing.com/innovation/ which has a header message of the matching term.
Scandinavian Tobacco Group Assens A/S has registered the domain name PipePack.com
U-Haul International, Inc. has registered the domain name StorageAdvertisingTruck.com adding to its domain name portfolio of over 330+ domain names.
easyGroup LTD has acquired the domain name EasyAirways.com, a domain name that has been registered since August 5, 2009 adding to its domain name portfolio of over 1,200+ domain names. The domain name was owned by RogerPrice.com and was parked at Sedo at the time of the change of ownership.
ZS Pharma has acquired the domain name Lokelma.com, a domain that was registered on May 1, 2014 and was using GoDaddy’s CashParking. The domain was owned by S Lipman of New Jersey.
MotelNow.com has been acquired by G6 Hospitality, LLC from a Al Koehler. The domain has been registered since September 9, 2007 and was using DomainNameSales.com at the time of the transaction.
VersaLife.com which was owned by Gregg Ostrick of GNO, Inc. has been acquired by a currently unknown CSC Corporate Domains client. The domain has been registered since October 5, 2003.
VeriSign, Inc. registered the domain names DomainForDad.com / .net and DomainForGrad.com / .net
H2Labs ltd of the Great Britain has acquired the domain name Shoop.com from Tucows.
Marvel Characters, Inc. registered the domain names ClusterBuzz.com / .net adding to its domain name portfolio of 1,300+ domain names.
Pfizer Inc. registered the domain name MyHerzo.com / .net
Microsoft Corporation has secured the domain name XboxMusic.com, a domain name they won with a UDRP in 2012 and the domain has just transferred (June 8, 2015) to the ownership of Microsoft.
Conagra Foods registered the domain names ForGood-ForAll.com, ForGoodForAll.com and two more domains like those with ConagraFoods-ForGoodForAll.com and ConagraFoodsForGoodForAll.com
Alibaba Group Holding Limited registered the domain names AntRiches.com / .net adding to its domain portfolio of nearly 5,000 domain names.
Time Inc. has acquired the domain name InstyleStudios.com from BuyDomains.com according to whois records. The domain has been registered since May 18, 2013. Time owns the domain Instyle.com.
Pernod Ricard Kenwood Holding LLC has registered the domain name UnlockTheBeauty.com adding to its domain name portfolio of over 4,700+ domain names.
The Absolut Company AB has acquired the domain name Elyx.com, a domain name that has been registered since March 15, 2003. The domain was under whois privacy and registered at eNom and was using DomainNameSales.com at the time of the transaction.
Absolut had launched Elyx in 2013, which is a single batch vodka with the full name of: Absolut Elyx
Build-A-Bear Workshop continues its push with securing “Honey Girls” and has acquired the domain name HoneyGirls.net from Vertical Axis. The one golden jewel remains, which they have yet to acquire: HoneyGirls.com. If you missed my earlier report, I had stated that Build A Bear had registered the .org, .info and .us domains on May 19, 2015.
“TopBitcoin.com ” is scheduled for auction at SEDO / (“TopBitcoin.CO ” owned by giant VistaPrint) ???
It’s good to know what domains companies are acquiring, which should give domainers an idea which unregistered names may be considered potential by potential buyers.
Nice work Jamie, and thanks for sharing with the domaining community.
good investigative work Jamie.
Learn alot on what those companies are using the domains. All those pigeon shit domains could worth millions$$.
antriches?? what that? as I have gardenofriches.com