Salesforce.com has acquired yet another great domain name; Code.com The domain name Code.com just updated yesterday to show Salesforce.com as the new owner. The domain was previously owned under privacy at the brand protection company and domain name registrar Safenames which is also the company that Salesforce.com uses. According to Screenshots.com the last time they indexed a site on … [Read more...]
Michael Jackson’s Estate Wants KingOfPop.com Shut down
The estate of Michael Jackson has filed a lawsuit against the KingofPop.com. The website sells popcorn and was purchased back in 2012, it was a former Michael Jackson fansite. According to a report from TMZ.com The estate claims the site tried to defend its use of the popular MJ moniker by saying the word "pop" is a "nickname for popcorn products." The estate says that's BS because "pop" is … [Read more...]
Rick Schwartz Sells 997.com
Rick Schwartz has sold the three number .Com domain name 997.com for an undisclosed price. Although the price was not disclosed Rick did tell TheDomains.com that the "sale is several times larger than the largest current sale of the year." According to DNjournal.com, the top sale of 2016, as of publication is BGI.com which sold for $235,000. Rick went on to tell me; "The sale will bring … [Read more...]
QLQ.com “We are seeing much more activity in the more volatile, less expensive end of the investment market”
Jason Mcardle of QLQ.com wrote a blog post on where QLQ sees the domain market going. Jason started off looking at how the Chinese economy is affecting the domain market as outflows continue from the stock market. From the article: We are seeing much more activity in the more volatile, less expensive end of the investment market. For example, 4L.com, 4L.net CHIPs, 6N.coms, 3L.orgs, etc … [Read more...]
.Pet Went Live On Tuesday & Has Over 5.4K Domains Registrations
The new gTLD .Pet went live into general availability (GA) on Tuesday where is could be registered on a first come, first served basis and according to ntlstats.com .Pet has 5,428 domain name registered. There were less than 100 .Pet domain names registered before GA in Sunrise. Godaddy is charging $11.99 for a .Pet domain for example but there are also premium domain names like Vet.Pet … [Read more...]
Sled.com Owned by Yahoo; Mark Monitor Sold
The domain name Sled.com which was owned by Yahoo! Inc. back in 2013, with the domain name registrar and brand protection company MarkMonitor.com just sold. Since January 2014 the domain name whois changed from Yahoo, to the catch all for Mark Monitor clients. Yesterday the domain name updated and the new owner of the domain is ELECTRONIC CREATIONS CORPORATION and the domain is registered … [Read more...]
UDRP Filed on Two Letter .Com Domain ZT.com
A UDRP has been filed on a two letter .Com domain name ZT.com It appears the domain name was owned in 2014 by Cincinnati Bell Telephone/Fuse Internet then transferred into privacy in September 2014, then transferred to a Raymond Liu in August 2015 and then was transferred to another Chinese buyer in October 2015, and transferred once again to another Chinese registrant in December 2015. The … [Read more...]