Brain.com has been purchased by Virtual Network SA of Switzerland. Virtual Networks CEO Stéphane Pictet confirmed the purchase to TheDomains by stating “Virtual Network has bought Brain.com in Dec 2014 for an undisclosed amount. This highly brandable domain name is now part of our pipeline of premium brands for future internal or external projects.” Brain.com is currently redirecting to … [Read more...]
Johnson & Johnson Working On An HIV Vaccine Buys HIVAidsVaccine.com Domain
It was reported earlier this month that Johnson & Johnson has been showing success with a preclinical trial for an HIV-1 vaccine: The article quotes lead author Dan H. Barouch, MD, PhD, Director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at BIDMC and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School chatting about Johnson & Johnson vaccine: "We are very encouraged by the results of … [Read more...]
Frank Schilling Sells MafiaGame.com To Maker of Grand Theft Auto For Launch This Week
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (2K Games) TTWO (NASDAQ) has purchased the domain name MafiaGame.com which was owned by Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Inc. and has put up a website to launch its new Mafia III game, which is set for "worldwide reveal" on August 5, 2015 according to the new site. I had reported several Mafia 3 domain registrations by Take-Two in early July 2015, which … [Read more...]
Willing.com, Evolve.com, Zeros.com And More Domain Movers
Here are the latest Domain Movers that I have recently detected. The following domain names have been purchased, registered or are simply moving, mainly all by large companies. These are often early detections and likely the first time that most have been reported on. I heavily rely on the domain name whois system to provide ownership information to provide accurate data, but that doesn't … [Read more...]
Another 7 Figure Domain Name Sale? Futbol.com is Sold
GoDaddy.com has sold the premium domain name Futbol.com which is the word that most of the world outside of the US refers to as Soccer. The domain name Futbol.com was one of the 200,000+ domain names that Godaddy bought from Marchex or $28.1 Million in April of this year. I broke the news on TheDomains that GoDaddy sold Beijing.com in May, shortly after they acquired the Marchex portfolio in … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: Doc.com, Fans.com, XT.com And More Domains
Welcome to Domain Movers where I detect domain names on the move that have been recently purchased, registered or on the move for one reason or another. The majority of the following domain names have ownership by large corporations or are simply high value domain names. These are often early detections and being reported on for the first time. These domain names can lead to new products, … [Read more...]
Publicly Traded Co. That Owns Apartment.com/Apartments.com Buys Land.com
The ultra premium domain name Land.com has been purchased by CoStar Realty Information, Inc. according to whois records who also goes by CoStar Group and is a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ (CSGP) and has a market cap of almost $7 Billion Dollars. CoStar is no stranger to premium generic domain names as they also own Apartment.com and Apartments.com. According to Wikipedia: “CoStar … [Read more...]