Symform, Inc. which was acquired by Quantum Corporation for $500,000 in 2014, registered 44 domain names at corporate domain name registrar MarkMonitor according to whois records yesterday, all relating to US presidential candidate Donald Trump in less than a flattering fashion. Quantum Corporation is a publicly traded company on NYSE: QTM Qauntum has a market cap of $207 Million. Both … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: Doers.com, Store.com, ColorSnap.com & More Domains
This is Domain Movers! This exclusive series focuses on domain names that are on the move for one reason or another and most of the time this is because of a domain name sale. Domain Movers focuses on corporate transactions, startups and simply valuable domain names. These are often early detection's and can lead to new advertising campaigns, new brands, products, services and much more. Here … [Read more...]
JC.com, KC.com and MW.com 2 Letter Domain Names All Sell
It seems I have been reporting A LOT lately on 2 letter .com domain name sales and today is no different with 3 more changing ownership. A couple of things to keep in mind: There are only 676, 2 letter .com domain names Minimum wholesale IMO is riding about $600,000 USD based on a couple recent sales around that price point BrokerageFirm.com who I personally do not know much about … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: Bows.com, Guest.com, PetBasics.com & More Domains
Welcome to Domain Movers! This exclusive, exciting series highlights domain names recently acquired, registered and simply moving by large corporations. These are often early finds and often lead to new advertising campaigns, new brands, products services and more. Here we go with the latest Domain Movers: A currently unknown MarkMonitor client using generic whois data registered several … [Read more...]
George Hong of Guta.com Brokers DD.com Domain Name Sale
In what very likely is another strong 7 figure domain name sale IMO, the domain name DD.com has been sold. Two letter .com domain names are rare with only 676 of them but Double repeating two letter .com's are even more scarce with only 26! I reached out to George Hong, founder of Guta.com and he has confirmed the sale of DD.com but was not able to share any details of the domain name sale … [Read more...]
Is Apple Inc. Getting Ready To Use It’s New .apple gTLD Domain Extension?
Apple Inc. has applied for the new gTLD .apple and the status is currently delegated. Apple Inc. also is going to own the new gTLD .beats since it acquired Beats Electronics, LLC. On September 17, 2015 Apple Inc. has purchased 29 new .com domain names according to whois records and IMO, these domain name registrations appear to relate to what "will be" URL's using the .apple gTLD as a … [Read more...]
Anheuser-Busch Buys BestDamn.com Domain, Registers BestDamn.Beer For Apple Ale
Anheuser-Busch, LLC has purchased the domain name BestDamn.com with the help of domain buy service The Treadstone Group, Inc. / Ross Bulla about July 27, 2015 according to whois records. The domain has been registered since June 23, 2000 and prior whois records showed the domain owned by “Best Damn Dot Com” and a registrant email address of “jsullivan@gpac.net” To go along with the BestDamn.com … [Read more...]