Puppet.com has been acquired by a currently unknown company Update: suspected buyers Puppet Labs have confirmed the purchase in a reply to a tweet from me and stated in that tweet asking if they purchased the domain "Yes, thanks! We wanted it for years & got a good deal. Easier way for people using Puppet at 27K co's to find docs & other help.". This domain name very likely sold for A LOT … [Read more...]
Did Microsoft Acquire Zikera, Owners of Groove Music App? Appears So!
Microsoft announced the rebrand of Xbox Music to Groove Music back in early July 2015 and ZDNet.com and many other sites questioned if Microsoft had acquired a company called Zikera, which was founded in 2009 and had over 1.5 Million downloads of its app according to CrunchBase. A Microsoft spokesperson said "we have nothing more to share at this time." according to the ZDNet article in early July … [Read more...]
Washington Post Covers Several New gTLD’s & Asks: Who Needs .com?
The movement is on! Google has greatly helped all new gTLD's and there are many mainstream media sites covering gTLD's daily. This is really great news in general for the domain industry as a whole and clearly the gTLD's! Although many of these stories relate to .com when talking about the new gTLD's, like a new one today from the WashingtonPost.com with a title of: "Who Needs .com? Domains … [Read more...]
Donald Trump May Own Over 3K Domains But Doesn’t Own Trump.org & Isn’t Happy About It
Several mainstream websites recently wrote about how many domain names the Trump Organization owns, including BusinessInsider.com that said the Trump Organization owns 3,153 domain names. boingboing, weighted in with a story entitled "Donald Trump owns vast numbers of web addresses". Suntimes.com, published a story entitled "Donald Trump probably already owns your anti-Trump domain … [Read more...]
$250K+ In Domain Sales? Frank Schilling Sells Floid.com To Revlon & Tonix.com To Tonix Pharma
Frank Schilling, the owner of Name Administration Inc, Uniregistry continues to sell domain names to end users and the following three domain names proves it. Revlon Consumer Products Corporation acquired the domain name Floid.com from Frank Schilling. The domain name was listed for sale at Afternic with a $29,000 Buy Now price although the listing on Afternic remains. The domain name has … [Read more...]
Yahoo! Inc. Sells 2 Letter Domain Name AV.com
Yahoo! Inc. has sold the premium 2 letter domain name AV.com according to whois records. The domain name has transferred to domain name registrar eName. Also according to whois records, the buyer is a Jack Shen from Shanghai China. This isn't the first time that Yahoo! has offered AV.com, as they listed the domain for sale on Sedo.com in 2013 but the domain name did not sell at that time … [Read more...]
Autobytel Buys Dealix, Owner Of UsedCars.com In $25 Million Deal
Publicly traded Autobytel Inc. (Nasdaq: ABTL) has acquired Dealix, owner of UsedCars.com for $25 Million in an all cash deal. The registrant for the domain name UsedCars.com was CDK Global, LLC and they are a wholly-owned subsidiaries of Dealix. The transaction took place May 21, 2015 according to a press release by Autobytel. Autobytel is no stranger to premium generic domain names as they … [Read more...]