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...]
ZenPayroll.com Rebrands To Gusto.com! Secures Domain 8 Days Prior To Launch
Early last week (about September 9, 2015) I started noticing "Gusto" domain names on the move from MarkMonitor to GoDaddy under whois privacy but I was holding off announcing anything because I simply wasn't sure the reason behind the movements. I felt they likely changed ownership but didn't have any confirmation or who the potential buyers were. Well, on September 17, 2015 ZenPayroll.com made … [Read more...]
HBO Buys 9 “Outcast” Domains For Upcoming Cinemax TV Series Outcast
Robert Kirkman's "Outcast" which is a paranormal drama has been ordered as a series by Cinemax. The show Outcast was featured during Comic Con 2015 with OutcastCinemax.com which was registered November 24, 2014 and owned by HBO. The domain name is in use as a redirect to HBO.com featuring information from SDCC in July 2015. They are also using #outcastcinemax on Twitter. Both HBO and … [Read more...]
Sarah Michelle Gellar Launching “New” Foodstirs.com Kids Food Brand: But Is It “New”?
Foodstirs.com is being launched by actress Sarah Michelle Geller, who is best know for staring in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Co-Founder & Chief Mom) in October 2015 according to a People.com Exclusive article published on September 8, 2015. The Foodstirs.com current website states: “Our premium baking mixes and foodcrafting kits inspire creativity and curiosity, while emphasizing the … [Read more...]
Microsoft Registers October Event Domain Names, Confirming The Rumored Event?
It has been rumored by many tech sites starting around Aug 20, 2015 that Microsoft Corporation is planning a big event in October 2015 but no confirmation on that event until, well, Microsoft registered the domain names: MicrosoftOctober2015Event.com | .net October2015Event.com | .net I would say that should confirm it, unless they just like spending money on domain names for fun that … [Read more...]