Welcome to the first ever Domain Movers series on TheDomains! If this is the first time you are seeing the series, this is what it's all about: Domain Movers are domain names that I dig hard to find that have been acquired by some of the largest companies in the world. These discoveries are often the very first time it is being published and may not be made public otherwise. These discoveries … [Read more...]
Shocking? Google Domains Now Listed Organically Number 1 On Google For “domains”
Just a little over 2 months after launching out of Beta, Google new domain name registrar Google Domains is showing as the number one organic entry under Google when you search for the term "domains" replacing registrars like Godaddy.co,, Network Solutions.com, 1and1.com, NameCheap.com and Domain.com Google Domains … [Read more...]
Diamond.com Which Sold For $7.5 Million in 2006 Is Back On The Market
The domain name Diamond.com is back on the market and its being brokered by Godaddy. In 2006 Ice.com bought the domain name Diamond.com for $7.5 Million from Odimo According DnJournal.com, Diamond.com it is the 5th highest all cash domain sale of all time. “If you consider that in nine years, the market has gone up, we hope for a better number than [the previous sale],” says Paul Nicks, … [Read more...]
Author Asks Security Expert To Steal His Godaddy Domain/Account & He Does
csoonline.com, just published a Troubling post on how easy it was to gain control of a domain name and access to a Godaddy account they did not own. The author of the story, Steve Ragan, tells the tale of how he asked the CEO of Night Lion Security Vinny Troia, to try to take control of the author's domain name and account at Godaddy. The story entitled "GoDaddy accounts vulnerable to social … [Read more...]
HipHop.com Redirecting to KanyeWest.com
Back on March 4 we posted an article about the owner of Loser.com redirecting that domain to the Wikipedia page of Kanye West. Elliot Silver actually spoke to the owner and got some insight behind the move. You can read Elliot's post here Well now it seems the registrant of HipHop.com who lives in the U.K. is redirecting HipHop.com to KanyeWest.com. This looks to have been a recent change, … [Read more...]
Malaysia To Invest Billions In New Airline “FlyMojo” But Fails To Secure The .Com
According to BBC.com, "Malaysia's government has unveiled plans to create a new airline and signed a $1.5 Billion dollar deal to purchase 20 new planes from Bombardier . The new carrier would be called flymojo and be based out of Johor Bahru in the south and Kota Kinabalu in East Malaysia. The deal with Bombardier includes the option to buy 20 more aircraft, taking its value up to $2.9 … [Read more...]
SXSW Finalist For Wearables Tech; Feetz.co Buys Feetz.com
Feetz.co a finalist for at SXSW in the Wearable Tech category, who has been using the domain name Feetz.co has just purchased Feetz.com Feetz is a Platform to make Customizable 3D Printed shoes. Like another 3D Printed Shoes company, Sols.co who we wrote about in January who upgraded to … [Read more...]