Comcast has launched a new digital video platform to take on YouTube, Facebook and more with the brand name of Watchable. Comcast has secured the exact matching .com domain name to use for its newest video brand, with the stand alone website being at: Watchable.com The latest product, Watchable.com, is a free video service and focuses on videos from online services like Vice, BuzzFeed, … [Read more...]
Publicly Traded Autodesk Purchases Graphic.com Domain Name From GoDaddy.com
Publicly traded company Autodesk, Inc. has purchased the premium generic domain name Graphic.com from another public company, GoDaddy.com. GoDaddy is listed on NYSE: GDDY with a market cap of $3.99 Billion. Autodesk is listed on NASDAQ: ADSK which has a $9.95 Billion market cap. The domain name was part of the domain name portfolio GoDaddy acquired from Marchex in a $28.1 Million dollar … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: RSL.com, QM.com; WakeUpHappy.com, RealEstate.com & More Domains
Domain Movers is an exciting series that uses domain names as a driver to breaking and interesting news relating to some of the largest companies in the world. Welcome, enjoy and spread the word about this cool and always interesting series. 4 new domain names have been registered by the “Bic” brand? The whois details on each domain name are generic at this time but contain the Bic brand … [Read more...]
Readers Digest Corp Re-brands To Trusted Media Brands, Inc & Buys TMBI.com For It’s Website
In a historic move, The Readers Digest Association, Inc. has changed its corporate name after 93 years, to Trusted Media Brands, Inc. Back on June 1, 2015 TheDomains discovered that The Readers Digest Association had acquired the domain name TMBI.com from Get On The Web, but we were not sure “why” at that time, but now we do know why. TMBI.com had a $16,950 asking price by Get On The … [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...]
After Setting Records On Kickstarter, Smartwatch Company Pebble Secures Pebble.com
Smartwatch company Pebble Technology first made headlines 3 years ago when it raised $10 Million dollars for the e-paper watch on Kickstarter. In early 2015, Pebble broke Kickstarter records when it crowdfunded Pebble Time raising $1 Million in 49 minutes and then set a record for raising the most money on Kickstarter, over $20 Million dollars for its smartwatch Pebble Time. The company … [Read more...]
Adidas Announces “Sport Infinity” Project, Didn’t Secure The Domain & It’s For Sale & Cheap
Adidas announced a new zero-waste sporting project, made of a "inexhaustible 3-D super-material" that would prevent the products from ever being thrown away. The name of it is Sport Infinity. Interestingly, Adidas has yet to secure the matching domain name: SportInfinity.com, is listed for sale on a buy now basis for just $1,999 on GoDaddy.com According to the article: "Sport … [Read more...]