LittleBean.com A Portland Vegan Ice Cream Company has to rebrand to LittleChickpea.com because Gerber (a Nestle company) has a trademark for Lil' Beanies. This is a discontinued product line. Willamette Week covered the story. From the story: "Our lawyers reached out to theirs and they said they had discontinued the line and had no intention of doing anything with it," Camden says. So … [Read more...]
“Having the premium domain Headlights.com is the modern-day equivalent of opening a storefront on 5th Avenue”
HeadlightsDepot.com put out a press release announcing they acquired Headlights.com and are pretty excited about it. They note they made numerous attempts to get the domain going back to 2010. Registered since 1998, the domain looked to be owned by Vertical Axis, parked at Uniregistry. Here is the full release: POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- HeadlightsDepot is proud … [Read more...]
Namepros replies to Kate Buckley
As most know Kate Buckley wrote an open letter concerning the threads on Namepros that questioned the validity of certain sales Kate brokered. Tonight Namepros posted their reply to Kate, they sent it to her personally and also decided to share with the community. Hi Kate, Excellent letter to the community! Well articulated and supported by credible sources. That’s the way to do it. The … [Read more...]
LeBron James should have at least went for TacoTuesday.com
Back in September LeBron James had his trademark request for "Taco Tuesday" denied. ESPN reported that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office refused the application filed by James' company LBJ Trademarks, explaining that "Taco Tuesday" is "a commonplace term." In my opinion he should have at least secured the TacoTuesday.com domain name. TacoTuesday.com has now changed hands. The OC … [Read more...]
Domain name change and rebrand causes one company to lose 80% of their organic search traffic
Not every rebrand and domain change goes as planned. In the case of Looka formerly Logo Joy they are now looking at laying off 80% of their employees. Patricio Robles wrote a piece on Econsultancy that delves into the rebrand and what might have gone wrong. The article is an especially good read for anyone who is thinking of a domain name change and redesign of their website … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Dawn.org
Sedo released their weekly sales and Dawn.org led the way at $50,000. Porn.co was second at 20,000 Euros, ($22,157). There was a tie for third with GamesApp.com selling for $15,000, Chatten.de and Cats.org also selling for $15,000. It was a strong week for .org and .co. 37 .com sales 22 cctld sales 8 other tld sales Domain … [Read more...]
Playbuzz rebrands to Ex.co
Another startup moving from .com to .co Following in the footsteps of Supply.co, Playbuzz a company that helps publishers add tools to their articles like polls is rebranding to EX.co. TechCrunch reported: Co-founder and CEO Tom Pachys told me the name stands for “the experience company,” and he said it reflects the company’s broader content marketing ambitions. Ex.co will continue … [Read more...]