Brand protection and domain name registrar, CSC (Corporation Service Company) has issued its "New gTLD Utilization Report" for November. According to CSC the number of active” .brands new gTLD's (those with five or more registrations) increased from October when there were 53 .brand new gTLD's with five or more registrations to 75 in November, representing a 42% increase. According to the … [Read more...]
Former VP of ICANN Hired By Facebook For “New Domain Name System Strategy & Management Team”
Denise Michel who was formerly with ICANN as VP of Strategic Initiatives and Advisor to the President, has been hired by Facebook to work on Facebook's new "Domain Name System Strategy and Management Team" which she says "will help improve the global framework for domain names, IP addresses, numbers and related elements." Denise "will be working across Facebook departments and collaborating … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: Avia.com, Prelaunch.com, Protect.com & More Domains
Welcome to the ever exciting Domain Movers where I detect domain names on the move for one reason or another. The vast majority of these domain name movements are by some of the largest companies in the world! Some are just valuable domain names in general and startups also join the mix! These are often early detection's that are being reported for the first time and often lead to new brands, … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: Texture.com, FijiFit.com & More Domains
Domain Movers is a series where I detect domain names on the move, with the majority of the following being acquired or sold by large corporations. The remaining are simply valuable domain names on the move as well for one reason or another. Here we go with the latest domain name registrations, purchases and simply movers: Amazon Technologies, Inc. has registered the domain names … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: Huggle.com, Brand.com and More Domains
Domain Movers is a very interesting series that is exclusively on TheDomains.com that features recently acquired, registered and simply domains on the move by some of the largest companies in the world. These are often very early detections and many lead into new brands, services, advertising campaigns and much more. Here we go with the latest domain movers: Microsoft has registered the … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: SJ.com, Ploom.com ShoppingCart.com and More
Welcome to Domain Movers where I dig tens of thousands of domain names to find recently acquired, registered and domains simply moving mainly by all large corporations. These domain names often highlight new brands, services, advertising campaigns and much more. I do the legwork, you enjoy a bunch of unique content that can give you ideas to something in the works! Here we go with the latest … [Read more...]
Tidal.com, TastyBrands.com and More Domain Movers
Welcome to the latest round of domain name movers. The domain movers series digs to find domain names recently acquired, registered and moving for one reason or another by large companies around the web! These are often early indicators into new brands, services, acquisitions of other companies and much more. Here we go: BL.com has just been sold at Sedo! Finlead AG were the sellers and they … [Read more...]