Category: Domain Discoveries

The premium generic domain name Turbo.com has been acquired by Intuit Inc. from Discovery Communications, LLC according to whois records.

The domain name has been registered since May 31, 1997 and was doing a redirect to Discovery.com (still is at time of writing). Whois records changed from Discovery to Intuit at brand protection domain registrar MarkMonitor Inc.

Turbo.com Whois Intuit

The domain name was likely acquired for a new financial app recently launched by Intuit, called Turbo. They are currently using the … Read the rest

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Here is the latest Domain Movers, highlighting domain name transactions by companies.

Short list today but several big names.

Impact Radius has rebranded as Impact and acquired the premium domain name Impact.com to go along with it. DomainGang.com reported the domain sale in April 2017, when Future Media Architects sold the domain for an undisclosed amount.

Consulting.com sold around September 13, 2016 and moved into whois privacy, transferring from Tucows to GoDaddy. It appears the domain name was acquired by … Read the rest

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DotWeekly’s Domain Movers series focuses on domain name transactions related to businesses around the world. We do the research and provide the data to help companies better understand the great value domain names bring to your business and brand.

Here is a tiny example of some recent domain name transactions by businesses:

Daisy Communications has sold the domain name asset Moco.com at Sedo.com for an undisclosed amount and is now listed on BrandBucket.

Impulse Info Systems B.V. has acquired Avinty.com… Read the rest

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Signify.com has been acquired by Philips Lighting NV for a name change of it corporate name. Philips will remain the name of its branded products.

I tweeted about the domain name being acquired by Marksmen for an unknown buyer at the time, on November 2, 2017.

Whois records still remain generic at domain name registrar Ascio Technologies, the same registrar used by Philips.

The domain name is redirecting to a press release announcing the intention of the name change, which … Read the rest

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