According to whois records, GoDaddy's newly acquired domain name Beijing.com which it acquired with the $28 Million purchase of Marchex domain name portfolio has been sold! Update: GoDaddy has confirmed the sale (see below) The domain Beijing.com has changed registrants this morning to a Ivy Wong at eName Technology Co.,Ltd Beijing is the capital of China with a population of over 21 million … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: DNL.com, Ali.com, Laws.org and More Domains
The following is the result of heavy research and a lot of digging to provide you with many domain name registrations, acquisitions and simply domains moving for one reason or another that most likely wouldn't be reported on otherwise. We call it Domain Movers and the articles are stacked with interesting information, so we hope you enjoy it! Unilever Plc registered the domain name … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: Residential.com, 50.com, DP.com and More Domains
Domain Movers is an exciting series that is dedicated to domain detective work to uncover domain names on the move that have been registered, acquired or simply moving for one reason or another. Most of the following domain names have been acquired by large corporations. These are often early discoveries, so I try my best to provide information with each domain name but sometimes due to it … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: QD.com, Circle.com, HorseRanch.com and More Domains
Welcome to the latest and greatest domain movers where we detect domain names on the move that have been recently acquired, registered or just moving for one reason or another, mainly all by large companies! These are often early detections and lead to new products, brands, services, advertising campaigns and much more. Here we go with the latest, and if you like this series, checkout some … [Read more...]
Carly Didn’t Fail To Secure CarlyFiorina.org; She let it drop
There has been a fair amount of press that the new GOP candidate and former CEO of HP, Carly Fiorina "failed to secure" her matching name with the .org domain name CarlyFiorina.org but here are the facts! Carly DID own the domain name CarlyFiorina.org Carly Fiorina Enterprises (which she is CEO and Chair of) according to Wikipedia owned the domain name since at least March 3, 2008 according … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: Skills.com, Nurse.com, CarClub.com and More Domains
Domain Movers digs deep to find domain names that have been acquired by large companies. Some domains may have simply been registered and others are moving around for some other reason. These are often early detections into new startups, new brands, new products and much more. Enjoy the domain data! Skills.com has been acquired with the help of domain broker Bill Sweetman of NameNinja.com … [Read more...]
Facebook Acquires Single Letter i.org Domain Name
Facebook Inc. has acquired the single letter domain name i.org according to whois records! Facebook owns the domain name Internet.org and is leading the effort of connecting the 2/3's of the world who do not have internet. It is unknown at this time if the newly acquired domain name I.org will be used with this effort. I.org was held by PIR registry and under the Project 94 which … [Read more...]