Welcome to the exclusive Domain Movers series on TheDomains.com where Jamie Zoch scours the web and digs thousands of domain name registrations and domains on the move to find domains acquired by some of the largest companies on the web!
The follow are often early detections of domain names being registered, acquired and simply moving by large corporations.
Here we go with the latest domain movers:
Apple Inc. has secured the domain name Research-Kit.com to add to its ResearchKit.com domain name I had mentioned in an earlier article. The domain name was owned by a Grant Sharples of Seventyeight Digital Inc and was registered January 6, 2012.
To note: ResearchKit.com now shows Apple Inc as the owners in whois and they have brought domain name servers in-house but the domain name doesn’t resolve currently.
Staples, Inc has acquired the domain name Runa.com from a Robert Berger of Runa, Inc. Staples actually acquired the company in October 2013 according to a TechCrunch article and the domain has just transferred into the Staples name in whois records.
To note, Runa.com is listed for sale on Sedo with a Make Offer but it is unclear if this is an old or new listing.
TrueOffice.com has changed ownership to Intercontinental Exchange. It was announced in November 2014 that NYSE acquired the company and the domain now reflects that purchase.
KLG.com has been sold by an unknown Safenames client to Shenchao of China.
ePush.com has been acquired out of the GoDaddy/Marchex domain name portfolio by ePush.us. The domain had a minimum offer of 500 so the likely purchase price was closer to around $700-$1,000 by my calculated guess.
Amazon Technologies has registered the domain names AmazonPEP.com, AwsPEP.com and AmazonPrivateEquityProgram.com. They currently do not own PrivateEquityProgram.com but the domain was recently registered on December 17, 2014 by The Finance Institute LLC.
Dropbox Inc. has acquired the domain name CloudOn.com when it acquired the startup CloudOn, which was announced in January 2015. Whois reflects this now.
SeaOfThieves.com has been registered by a currently unknown MarkMonitor client using the DnStination Inc. in whois records. They have also registered the .net | .org domains at the same time.
General Motors LLC has registered 22 domain names relating to ChevyLowCabForward.com and also using the acronym ChevyLCF.com. They registered several like the following Chevrolet3500HDLowCabForward.com in 3500 and 4500 as well as HD and without. These are commercial vehicles.
Yamaha Motor Corporation, USA has registered 119 domain names relating to a likely new product call the Yamaha YXZ 1000 and several forms of it like YXZ 1000 R and SXS, RSXS. This is a UTV Side by Side based on some of the domains like Yxz1000SideBySide.com and Yxz1000Utv.com for an example. They have also added the term Forum and the plural at the end of some terms. They also used the term YamahaSportRov.com and YamahaSportSXS.com and YamahaSportUTV.com.
The current models hold names like Wolverine R-Spec and Viking / Viking VI
Mars Incorporated which announced in April 2014 that it was buying a large portion of Proctor & Gamble’s pet food business, has taken ownership of the domain name Iams.com, IamsTruth.com and MyPuppyOffer.com.
Mars owns a little over 2,000 domain names currently.
Microsoft Incorporated registered the domain names AdvertiseWithMicrosoft.com /.net and MicrosoftPymes.com / .net . They also registered BingAdMarketplace.com and BingNativeAds.com.
Quest Nutrition, LLC. has registered the domain name ProteinYourWhey.com
Amazon Technologies Inc. has registered the domain name InstantAmazon.com and AmazonImages.com.
TBL Licensing LLC has acquired the domain name CoolVantage.com a domain name that was registered on April 25, 2014 and was for sale at DomainNameSales.com. The domain was owned by Simon D’Arcy.
Qualcomm Inc. has registered the domain name MulteFire.com
Pfizer Inc. has registered the domain name StoryHalfTold.com
The Hertz Corporation has registered the domain names ThriftyBeBold.com and ThriftyWeekend.com
Finlead AG – Brand Management has acquired the domain name 143.com “for six figures” in a deal that was brokered by Manmeet Singh of Jua.in.
The Readers Digest Association, Inc. has acquired the domain name Tmbi.com from Get On The Web.
YoltPay.com /.net /.biz and YoltApp.net /.biz were registered by a currently unknown CSC Corporate domains client. Neither Yolt.com or YoltApp.com are at CSC and appear to be owned by individuals currently.
AVG NETHERLANDS B.V. has acquired the domain name AppCenter.com from OpenInstall Inc. according to whois records. The domain has been registered since September 26, 1997.
Match.com has acquired the domain name DatingPlace.com from Parperfeito Comunicacao S.A and it appears to have been a full website prior, so this was likely more than just a domain name deal.
H&M has registered the domain name GlobalChangeAward.com
Abbott Laboratories has acquired the domain name ParachuteHeart.com from a Nick Mavrogenes. The domain name was registered February 28, 2013.
ITV plc (itv.com) has acquired the domain name irhq.com according to whois records from a Ryan Pennington of Burbank, CA. The domain name was registered January 25, 2004.
Microsoft Corporation has potentially listed the domain name AskFast.com for sale at Sedo. Microsoft does own the domain name according to whois records and the domain is listed for sale at Sedo, the one thing that isn’t clear… is when the listing was created and by who. The “seller’s info” only indicates they have been a member since October 2010 and are from the United States. Here is the AskFast.com listing if you are interested.
Whole Foods Market has acquired the domain name EverydayValue.com at Sedo. The domain had a listing price of $2,808. Back on May 14, 2015 I had mentioned that Whole Foods registered several 365EverydayValue.com related domains and didn’t own the exact match, but now they do!
LoyalBlocks.com has acquired the domain name Flok.com and is currently redirecting the new domain to LoyalBlocks.com. The service is an app that is a loyalty / rewards program for brick and mortar stores. According to TechCrunch, they received $9 Million in funding in 2013 but clearly Flok doesn’t appear to have anything to do with “LoyalBlocks” from what I can tell, so a potential rebrand?
The domain was for sale via DomainNameSales.com and has been registered since May 13, 2002.
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Jamie, great digging as usual! 🙂
One of the funny things is that we were talking to Pfizer about a healthcare domain owned by one of our clients, and they told us that they don’t buy domains … LOL! … they even purchased one recently from Mike Berkens …
Liars! 😀
Andrea Paladini, they may have been right in some fashion when that they stated they do not buy domains… because they have a corporate domain provider that does that for them 🙂
Well, Jamie, that’s just a middleman 🙂 , the owner is always Pfizer.
Great stuff, as usual!
Thanks Logan!
Excellent report, Jamie.
Also nice reg today!
Thank you Steve, I always enjoy doing the digging and sharing the domains! As per the “nice reg today”, it was done only with good intentions and will be donated.
Sounds great, Jamie!
Great job Jamie. I enjoy reading your blog.
@John_karr,
Thank you very much, great to hear you are enjoying things! Little comments like yours keep me working my 7 days a week and help me along!
Good job Jamie we love you.
@999names,
That may be a first, but it’s nice to hear I’m loved 😉
You give much useful information about how the corporate world moves with the world of names. Nice work as always I have been reading from your own blog and now since you are here, Its quite easy to get the news. Many thanks for the hardwork.
Vinod R,
Thank you for being a reader and I’m glad you enjoy the Domain Movers and also happy to hear that it’s easier for you to get the news now!
I’m fascinated by seaofthieves.com, it must be a film title. Great work here Jamie.
Great info thanks. You missed one though cfgbank.com Someone I know sold it .
So if a company like CSC is interested in your domain how do you negotiate price? Do you go directly to their client and cut them out? Do you cite precedents? Hold out?