domain acquisition

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...

The domain name Work.Place was sold and the buyer is probably Facebook that launched today its enterprise-focused messaging and social networking service to market under the name Workplace. The seller Edward Alfert has not revealed the sales price but since I had a very small part in the deal I...

Actress Anna Faris has acquired the domain name Unqualified.com. The domain name matches the name of her Podcast, which is called “Anna Faris is Unqualified” which started in November 2015. According to the website; ” the podcast gives “not-so-great relationship advice from completely...

A look at Mike Mann's recent acquisitions and sales : Domain name sales: DigitalLabor.com $9888. Purchased 10/4/12 $200. TheGoodWord.com $40,000. Purchased 2/21/05 $350 CorporateLeasing.com $21,100. Purchased 4/1/08 $4000 GodOfIsrael.com $24,888 and TheGodOfIsrael.com $6000. Purchased...

Chinese Domainer Maizi acquired single pinyin domain niao.com (niao means birds in Chinese)and another two letter domain sr.cn after he has owned cb.cn, jr.cn, cx.cn, le.cn and sl.cn. Several numeric domains were sold in auctions. 5916.com was sold for ￥194,000(approximately $29K USD)...

Salesforce has acquired the premium domain name Einstein.com, ahead of announcing a new AI product called Salesforce Einstein. Forbes.com broke the news yesterday about the new artificial intelligence product. Using the name in current whois records, Tim Wicinski, along with the fact that name...

Michael Krell is the most prolific seller on BrandBucket, month in and month out Michael racks up at least a dozen sales. One name that was reported sold in May was TechBetter.com, the name apparently sold for $2,395 according to DNBolt.com. The whois has updated and the buyer is WalMart. The...

Doron Vermaat shares his domain acquisitions and sales for the month of May: Acquisitions: RecruitmentInternational.com ExecutiveTransfer.com LionSpring.com SemNinja.com Santa.biz Leena.com Sales: Stagr.com – Sold for $3,750 to a buyer in the UK. Darvo.com – Sold for low X,xxx at...

Yahoo has bought the domain name TheVertical.com from Mike Mann’s DomainMarket.com The domain name had a buy it now (BIN) price of $15,000. The domain name was sold with Sedo handling the escrow services. The brand protection company Mark Monitor is now the registrar for the domain name...

Startups that use a strong brand name that is also a commonly used term may face a difficult conundrum before they launch. They can either spend what seems like a huge amount of money to get their exact match brand .com domain name, or they can settle for something else that is more affordable...

I haven’t shared a list of my recent domain name acquisitions in a while, so I thought I would share some today. I have mentioned a few of these names in various articles, but I figured I would share a list of recent buys. I am always on the hunt for great one word .com domain names, so if you...

It looks like JP Morgan Chase recently made an important domain name acquisition. Whois records show the banking and financial services conglomerate has acquired the JPMC.com domain name. I am not sure how regularly the company is referred to simply as “JPMC” but it seems to be the most commonly...

Choosing a Domain Name It’s been 20 years since I registered my first domain name. Over these 20 years, I have been involved in more than $50 Million in transactions, managed one of the industry’s leading brokerage houses, and worked with founders, venture capital companies, billionaires...

George Kirikos shared that it looks like Netflix acquired the Fast.com domain name. Although the Fast.com Whois information still shows DNStination as its registrant, there is a new website on Fast.com that says “powered by Netflix” at the bottom. I think it is safe to assume that Netflix...

Microsoft has acquired GetBookings.com, a domain that was owned by Mike Berkens‘s WorldWide Media company. The domain was part of the massive domain portfolio sale to GoDaddy last year, for a reputed $35 million dollars. According to our research, GetBookings.com was acquired from the GoDaddy...

The domain name Feud.tv was registered at Mark Monitor by Twentieth Century Fox for their upcoming series Feud. FX has ordered yet another anthology series from Ryan Murphy, the mastermind behind “American Horror Story” and “American Crime Story,” the latter of which debuted earlier this year...

In GoDaddy’s most recent 10-Q quarterly report filing with the US Securities & Exchange Commission, the company reported a major acquisition and some other interesting business information. On page 20 of the filing, GoDaddy stated, “In April 2016, we completed an immaterial acquisition for cash...

The domain name Airborne.com has been sold to a Airborne International B.V.. of The Hague, The Netherlands. Airborne.com was the home of Airborne Express which was an express delivery company and cargo airline, headquartered in Seattle. Airborne Express was acquired by DHL in 2003 and the brand...