domain acquisition

I see a lot of names for sale here on this forum which are down right not even worth their reg fees divided by 100 and I wonder what some of these Registrants are thinking (or not)! Do some of you see folks throwing away their hard earned money on such names....who would even want to buy these...

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HomeTrust Bank (HomeTrust Bancshares Inc., the holding company of HomeTrust Bank) of Asheville, North Carolina acquires the premium 3 letter domain name HTB.com from GoDaddy’s (GDDY) NameFind investment domain name portfolio. In a very likely six figure domain name transaction, the NASDAQ HTBI...

According to whois records, FSBO service Fizber has acquired the premium domain name Sold.com from real estate marketplace Ten-X. Based on whois records, Ten-X, LLC owned the domain name Sold.com as late as December 10, 2017. Today, I detected a change of registrant to The Sold Company and the...

In mid-2013, Prudential real estate brokerages rebranded as Berkshire Hathaway Home Services. The brand name was a bit of a mouthful, and I thought it would be smart for the company to purchase the BHHS.com domain name since it was using the abbreviated BHHS in its logo. This would be good for...

Hilco Streambank was marketing Vanity.com and Vanity.net after the company that owned these domain names filed for bankruptcy. Two weeks ago, Hilco Streambank announced it had a stalking horse bid of $100,000 for these two domain name assets, and the company was seeking other bidders to...

Wagz.com, a domain name continuously registered since February 13, 1999 has a new owner, Wagz, Inc. Wagz is a fairly new smart pet brand offering a connected smart collar currently, with a smart feeder and smart dog door in the works. The smart Wagz collar is a tracker, virtual fencing, health...

It’s no secret that my money is on .com domains. It’s the only generic top-level domain that has consistently been dominating the sales charts and even with the many new TLDs that launched during the last couple of years, I do not see this changing anytime soon. There is, however, one other...

Ever since the promo (1st year) pricing which had some registrars selling regs at Rupees 99 or less per year was removed, dot IN renewals have tanked..IMO That is not the only reason i.e. cost of carry however just saying. Some keyword and two word names are simply not being renewed..hence IN...

Domain acquisition services, operating behind the scenes on behalf of usually well-off buyers, continue to game the domain market. Even when there is no trademark associated with particular domains, those middlemen attempt to acquire them at the lowest possible cost, putting pressure on the...

Back in April I wrote about the “Category Killer Domain” Shoes.com which was acquired in a $9M transaction by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Today, it looks like that investment is being put into good-use by retail giant Wal-Mart. The transaction began in late March of this year and by April 29th 2017...

Didi Chuxing (Chinese: 滴滴出行; pinyin: Dīdī Chūxíng), formerly Didi Kuaidi (Chinese: 滴滴快的), is a major ride-sharing company, providing transportation services for more than 400 million users across over 400 cities in China. DiDi acquired Uber’s China unit on August 1, 2016. In April 2017, DiDi...

The big news of the week was Elon Musk getting his old domain back. Elliot Silver detailed the acquisition of X.com. Andrew Rosener commented that Media Options helped with the transaction. Today Elon Musk put out a tweet about x.com and that single tweet has close to 2,000 replies, 4,747...

Atomic247Domains.com, a private domain name investment firm based in Irvine CA has acquired AutonomousTaxis.com and SelfDrivingCar.info. All major auto manufacturer is developing Self-Driving Technology. Since the driver is considered the most expensive cost in the ride-sharing business, they...

There are several reasons why a startup or established company needs to go trough a rebranding but one of the most common reasons is when a company enters into a new line of business or market that is not cohesive to the existing brand identity. Remember when Apple was known as Apple Computer...

According to Whois records, it appears that the high value HH.com domain name has sold. Based on the current Whois records showing the domain name is registered to an escrow account at 62.com, it would appear that the domain name was acquired by a China based domain name registrant. Prior to...

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On Deck Capital, Inc. has acquired the premium generic domain name BusinessLoans.com for an undisclosed amount. On Deck Capital was founded in 2006 and went public in 2014 with about $520M in total funding from 9 rounds according to CrunchBase. So why would a company like On Deck want to...

It’s rumored but not confirmed that Richard Lau sold a five letter, dictionary word domain name that has hundreds of thousands of exact match searches per month, and thousands of companies use this word in their name…but nobody’s been able to confirm the sale or the price. The domain...

Facebook Inc. has acquired the premium generic domain name GameRoom.com The domain name has been registered since 1998 and was owned by Julie Anderson of Fort Lauderdale, Florida according to whois records. The domain has had a lot of interest over at domain name aftermarket service Sedo...