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, … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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, … [Read more...]