Doppler.com has been acquired by Doppler.market from Telepathy, Inc. in a big domain name upgrade for the new startup. Doppler offers api and password management for developers and is listed in a recent article on Inc.com for 50 World-Changing Startups at #16. According to the article, Doppler is co-founded by Brian Vallelunga and Phillip Chao, ...

According to whois records, DuPont has acquired the generic domain name GreatStuff.com that has long been owned by Warren Dudack of the internet marketing firm, The Great Stuff Company. I'm sure this generic domain name has been a target for DuPont for its popular Great Stuff insulating polyurethane foam product for many years and they have ...

Premium generic domain name Duck.com has transferred domain name registrars and potentially has been acquired by DuckDuckGo from Google Inc. Google Inc. has owned the premium generic domain name Duck.com since it acquired On2 Technologies in 2010, who owned the domain name prior. DuckDuckGo, which operates a privacy browser, has said that by Google...

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Welcome! This is Domain Movers, a series on DotWeekly where I research domain names on the move, with a focus on the corporate level. These are often early detection's, so not a lot of information is known at the time. I try to provide as much information as I can dig up though. Here is a very small sampling of recent detections: QRTE.com has been ...

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So…. I've decided to do a video series on Domain Names! I hope you join along in this new series that I have been thinking of doing for awhile now. I want to help you with domain names in any way that I can. If you have some domain name questions you would like answered, please submit them in the comments section and I will pick some to do v...

Ultra premium domain names are super rare and many of them sell for millions of dollars! Tube.com is one of those domain names and it held an offering price of $5 Million. It just sold! So who were the buyers? Right now, that is an unknown. The domain name has transferred to brand protection service MarkMonitor using it's generic DnStination Inc. d...

The TJX Companies have acquired the premium generic domain name Sierra.com from Activision Publishing Inc. for an undisclosed amount. TJX is a publicly traded company, so there is potential that the purchase price may be revealed in a SEC filing at a later date. Although, the companies revenue is $33 billion (2016), even if they paid 7 figures, it ...

Facebook, Inc. has been buying up generic domain names lately that relate to its many offers and this time it was Workplace.com! The domain name was owned by Workplace Technologies, LLC prior and has been registered since June 1997. Facebook has recently acquired: Groups.com, acquired: GameRoom.com, acquired: NewsFeed.com, and many more! Facebook a...

Facebook Inc. has transferred the premium 2 letter domain name FB.com out of brand protection service MarkMonitor to self owned domain registrar, RegistrarSafe, LLC. Facebook acquired RegistrarSEC in April 2016 and the registrars website states: RegistrarSEC, LLC and RegistrarSafe, LLC are ICANN-accredited registrars incorporated in Delaware and ...

Marshalls department stores, which is owned by TJX Companies, has acquired the domain name Marshalls.com from Marshalls PLC of the UK. Both are publicly traded companies. Marshalls (TJX) is currently using the domain name MarshallsOnline.com for the brands main website, while Marshalls (UK) is/was using both Marshalls.com (corporate) & Marshall...

Yesterday I reported that Facebook acquired the premium domain name Groups.com and now they have acquired another premium domain name, React.com from its past owners. React is a programming language used by Facebook and is a JavaScript library for user interfaces. Facebook has been using the domain name ReactJS.org for the project but I'd expect th...

GDPR sucks! It has basically killed Domain Movers and I really do not see a reason to continue the series. The following is about 2 weeks worth of work, with 3-4 hours research, 7 days a week. I feel like I'm working for the Boring company and I only have a plastic spoon to dig. Domains are still moving but it's just really hard to see who the pote...

Guthy-Renker is a direct marketing company. In March 2018, they acquired a minority interest in Mally Beauty for an undisclosed amount. The minority interest includes marketing and direct to consumer efforts via e-commerce for the Mally Beauty brand, according to the article. What approach will Guthy-Renker be taking? Well, they went for the jugula...

Spider.com which was owned by Artesyn Technologies, Inc. has moved into Sedo escrow according to whois records. The domain name was registered at CSC Corporate Domains and transferred to Network Solutions on our about June 5, 2018 based on whois data. Since whois is pretty much a blank canvas now, interestingly, upon transferring into Network Solut...

Cryptocurrency wallet, Ledger Wallet has acquired the premium domain name Ledger.com The domain name was owned by Gatehouse Media, LLC since 2008 and has been registered since September 19, 1994. Gatehouse used the domain name for The Patriot Ledger, which uses PatriotLedger.com and had been redirecting Ledger.com. Ledger.com is currently doing a r...

With new GDPR laws in place, the majority of whois data is blank. With that being said, I will try my best to display correct information based on the limited amount available. Domain Movers, the series, is still very much up in the air. The following data is from over a weeks worth of research (30+ hours). I'm still putting in 3-4 hours of researc...

Welcome! Domain Movers keeps track of company focused domain name transactions and reports these early findings to you. These articles put a pulse on what companies are doing for branding efforts of new brands, products, services, marketing, advertising and much more. Domain Movers is a very helpful series that provides content for business owners,...

Welcome, Domain Movers keeps track of domain name assets being acquired by companies around the world. Here are the latest detection's: EmploymentPolicy.com has been acquired by a currently unknown MarkMonitor client. The transaction took place at Afternic.com. IXI.com (ixi) has been acquired by TP Servglobal Limited. The domain name was for sale o...

Things indicate that NBCUniversal has sold the premium generic domain name Sandbox.com to Sandbox Ad Agency. Sandbox.com has been owned by NBC for sometime now but this morning I detected that the domain name has transferred out of brand protection registrar MarkMonitor to GoDaddy. Whois records do NOT indicate a change of ownership as NBC remains ...

Business Insider, Inc. has acquired the premium generic domain name Insider.com Insider.com has been registered since June 6, 1997 and was owned by P.A. Gordon prior to be acquired at domain name aftermarket service Sedo.com for an undisclosed amount. It was announced in December 2017 that Business Insider was rebranding and removing "Business" fro...

Domain Movers highlights domain name transactions by companies around the world. These early discoveries often highlight new brands, services, products, domain upgrades and much more! Overstock.com, Inc. has acquired ClubO.com from its past owners for an undisclosed amount. The domain has been registered since September 2001 and joins about 500 oth...

In today's company focused Domain Movers, we see a bunch of premium domain name assets changing ownership! Most of these can and likely should be stand alone stories, but I already pulled out Glo.com and Visible.com so the rest are tucked into the following Domain Movers. Home Partners of America were the buyers of LeasePurchase.com that I mentione...

Visible.com has been acquired by Visible Service LLC. The company had acquired BeVisible.com which I highlighted in January 2018 when the company was forming and launching. The launch is much further along and now they have the best domain name for the company/brand. This was likely a substantial domain name purchase, but well worth the investmen...

Livestream has acquired the premium exact match domain name Mevo.com from its past owners, Mevo Inc. for its Mevo live streaming camera, Mevo. Livestream launched a live streaming camera in January 2016 branded Movi and launched with the domain name GetMovi.com. By April 2016 Livestream rebranded the Movi to Mevo and started using GetMevo.com. Any...

Domain Movers keeps track of company focused domain name transactions. These are often very early finds and not much information is available in regards to the domain names and the companies acquiring them. They often reflect new brand names, services, branding efforts and more. Here is a tiny sample of the past movements detected over the past 24 ...

Domain Movers keeps track of domain name assets being acquired by companies around the world. These early finds often reflect domain name upgrades, future marketing efforts, new branding for products and services and much here. Here is a small sample of the latest detection's over the past 24 hours: ACN, Inc. has acquired ACN.com in a big domain na...

Collins.com has changed ownership from Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. to Goodrich Corporation. United Technologies acquired Goodrich Corporation in 2011, so UTC actually owns the domain. United Technologies Corporation acquired Rockwell Collins for $23 Billion in September 2017, which they are still trying to close now. It appears that the E...

Microsoft Ventures Fund has rebranded as M12 and relaunched the venture on the domain name M12.vc Last week I had noticed that M12.com had been acquired from Name Administration Inc. for an undisclosed amount. At the time, I had noted that M12.vc made a name server change the very same day, which was owned by Microsoft. Microsoft has announced a na...

The following is data gathered in relation to companies around the world and domain names they are acquiring for vast reasons. RetailX.com has been acquired by a currently unknown MarkMonitor client at domain name aftermarket service Afternic for an undisclosed amount. PTSHealth.com has been acquired by a currently unknown CSC Corporate Domains cli...

Domain Movers highlights company focused domain name transactions. These are often early indicators of new brands, products, services, advertising efforts and more. As always, these are mainly all very early discoveries and I try to provide as much info as I can with each. Here are the latest: Bidr.com has been acquired by a currently unknown CSC C...

Welcome to the latest company focused Domain Movers. We keep track of company related domain name transactions by companies around the world. These are often early indicators of domain name upgrades, rebranding efforts, new products, services and more. Tidal.net which is/was owned by Cisco Technology Inc. and registered at MarkMonitor has transferr...

Domain Movers is a series where we keep track of company related domain name transactions. These early finds often relate to new brands, products, services, advertising and domain name upgrades. Here are the latest domain movers detected: Origami.org has been acquired by Marksmen for a currently unknown client. The domain has been registered since ...

Welcome to Domain Movers! We keep track of company related domain name transactions and report these early findings to you. Here is a small sampling of these movements: Dyson Ltd registered the domain name DysonPureCool.com adding to the 400 other domain names owned by the company. Tucows.com Inc. has sold the domain name Branch.org to Branch Inter...

Salesforce.com, Inc. has acquired Trailblazer.com from its past owners, Trailblazer Enterprises according to whois records. Salesforce mainly uses the Trailblazer term to describe its pioneers, innovators of it services. They explain it more here in a blog post. The domain name has been registered since July 26, 1995 and was long owned by Jon Morg...

Welcome to Domain Movers. We keep track of company focused domain name transactions and report these early findings to you. The following is a tiny sample of daily domain name transactions by companies around the world. Animoji.com has been acquired by a currently unknown MarkMonitor client. The domain name moved into whois privacy in late October ...

Welcome to the latest company focused Domain Movers series. Here are the latest domain name transactions detected: Land O Lakes, Inc. were the buyers of PerformanceMinded.com from BuyDomains.com, which I mentioned earlier but I didn't know the buyers at the time. Numatch Inc. has acquired SimplyMarriage.com at Afternic for an undisclosed amount. Ch...

This morning I noticed that CBS Interactive has taken ownership of many Comic Book related domain names that were owned by ComicBook.com, LLC d/b/a Pop Culture Media. CBS Interactive also took ownership of PopCulture.com, which was owned by Pop Culture Media. ComicBook.com is currently in PendingTransfer status at Network Solutions, so I expect tha...

Welcome! Domain Movers is a series that keeps a close eye on company focused domain name transactions. We report these early findings to help companies around the world better understand the vast importance of domain names to your business and branding. The following is a tiny sample of some recent company focused domain name transactions: BuzzFeed...

In December 2017 my wife and I purchased the Amazon Echo and Amazon Echo Dot for my son's birthday. In the 4 months we have owned the devices, we mainly use them as a timer, a light switch for a living room light (via a wireless plugin) and playing music from our Amazon account. Yesterday, Easter Sunday, I was sitting in my living room in the eveni...

In today's Domain Movers that focuses on company related domain name transactions, we see a premium generic domain name that was in use, move into escrow. Some brand sales which resulted in domain movements, some new domain registrations + more. Amazon Technologies, Inc registered a bunch of Solimo related domain names. SolimoAcademy.com, SolimoApp...

Domain Movers keeps track of company focused domain name transactions. A lot of domain names are being acquired by companies around the world every day to help secure brands, launch new products, new advertising campaigns and much more. Here is a tiny sample of some of those movements: Omnii Inc. has acquired BrightFutures.com for an undisclosed am...