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...]
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...]
Apple Inc. Registers 4 .org “Apple News” Domains 87 Days AFTER Announcing It’s News App
On June 8, 2015 Apple Inc. announced a new "News" app that will be included in the fall release of iOS 9, that is powered by Apple News Format™. Fast forward to today, September 2, 2015 and Apple Inc. registers the following domain names with MarkMonitor: AppleNewsFormat.org AppleNewsPublisher.org News-Publisher.org NewsPublisher.org All .org domain names. The domain name … [Read more...]
Ralph Lauren Launching New PoloTech Shirt, Domains Registered In The 90’s
Ralph Lauren is getting ready for an August 27, 2015 launch of a "smart shirt" using the moniker of PoloTech according to BrandChannel.com. As a domain name investor, I often read articles like the above mentioned and pick out generic terms and check the availability of the them as domain names. This often results in most terms as domain names being registered in .Com's but it's simply amazing … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: C9.com, BRRR.com and More Domains
Domain Movers is a series where we highlight newly registered, purchased and domain names that are simply moving for one reason or another, mainly all by large companies. These are often early discoveries. Lets get going with today's list of domain name movers: Google Inc. registered several new domain names, starting off with GoogleChromeStick.com (Google has Chromecast which is a “stick”) … [Read more...]