On August 23, 2015 I had detected that the domain names Armor.com and Armour.com had likely sold and questioned if Under Armour may have purchased the domains from the past owner, Chris Poor who had owned them since they were created back in 1995. Well, a company by the brand name of FireHost sent out a press release yesterday, August 31, 2015 announcing a rebrand to Armor and revealed they … [Read more...]
What Do Big Brands Spend On Domains? Wikileaks Publishes Sony/MarkMonitor Invoices
What do big companies that use brand protection company's to register and buy domain names spend to protect, acquire, register and renew domain names? WikiLeaks.org published invoices from MarkMonitor to Sony, documents (PDF) In those invoices published by WikiLeaks , MarkMonitor.com billed Sony $1,000 several times for a “Domain Acquisition Fee" for domain names that are not owned by … [Read more...]
Google’s Domain Buying Spree Continues With ABCAlphabet.com & Alphabet.kr
Google Inc. continues it's onslaught of buying and registering domain names relating to its announcement on August 10, 2015 of it's new holding company, Alphabet Inc. So much talk has been behind the ABC.xyz domain acquisition, yet Alphabet Inc. has been on a domain buying spree every since buying many other domain names related to "ABC" and "Alphabet". I’m not sure how much Google has … [Read more...]
Apple Is Going Head to Head with iHeart Music Festival With Apple Music Fest: Domain Regs Say So
Is Apple planning on going head to head with Clear Channel's iHeartRadio.com which has its music festival called iHeart Radio Music Festival? Well, Apple Inc. registered 11 new domain names relating to a Music Festival on August 4, 2015. Those new domain names are: AppleiTunesMusicFestival.com, AppleMusicConcert.com, AppleMusicConcerts.com, AppleMusicEvents.com, AppleMusicFest.com, … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: LifeMoment.com, TrackKey.com & More Domains
Here are the latest Domain Movers that I have detected that are all corporate related. These domain names will often relate to a future project of some sorts, like a future advertising campaign, new product or service etc. Check.com GmbH has acquired the domain names Ceck.com and Check.co ($10,099) both at Sedo. Check.com was acquired in September 2014 for $1 Million in a private … [Read more...]
Meet The Owners of The Domain Name Twins.com & It’s Not MLB But Actual Twins
Grantland.com did a long and very detailed article about "the website MLB couldn't buy" and that website in reference is to one of only 3 domain names NOT owned by Major League Baseball (MLB), Twins.com. The story states: The Millers told me that they staked their claim to Twins.com so early that they got it for free. It was the era of Internet land grabs, when all one had to do to rope off a … [Read more...]
Thomson Reuters Acquires Premium Domain Name TR.com
According to whois records, MarkMonitor's parent company, Thomson Reuters has acquired the premium two letter domain name TR.com from Wolters Kluwer US. Wolters Kluwer has owned TR.com since August 2005 and was using the domain name for Telecommunications Reports under the business name CCH Incorporated. Thomson Reuters Corporation is a major multinational mass media and information firm … [Read more...]