Here are some of my latest findings of companies buying domain names from past owners that I have discovered over the past two days. Clearly there are tons more, but these are some that I picked out that grabbed my attention.

Kellogg Company acquires CrunchMania.com domain name from HugeDomains for about $2,795

Disney registers the domain name BehindTheWings.com which may relate to “Pete’s Dragon” as Disney has been uploading some things to YouTube relating to the term.

PartyPacks.co.uk has secured … Read the rest

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Welcome to Domain Movers, a series on DotWeekly that puts a pulse on what companies are buying, registering and selling related to domain names. I have not blogged in a long time and have been tweeting my findings as of late, but thought I would share a few from time to time here.

Bauer Hockey, Inc. has acquired Neuroshield.com from HugeDomains for about $2,495. This appears to be a new helmet/brand by the looks of it.

ATTO Technology, Inc. of … Read the rest

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Based on whois records, Demand Media has sold the domain name and website Trails.com to LoveToKnow Corp.

Trails.com

It appears the transaction took place about April 9, 2016 when the copyright changed on the Trails.com website from Demand Media to LoveToKnow.

Demand Media also sold Cracked.com to E.W. Scripps for $39 Million in April 2016. Since Trails.com appears to have also sold in April 2016, I am not sure why Demand Media didn’t announce that sale that I am aware of.… Read the rest

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After discovering the latest domain name portfolio purchase by GoDaddy, I have yet to have a good idea of the size and quality of the domain portfolio purchase. The light is starting to shine a little brighter now though!

The elephant is the 23 confirmed 2 letter .com domain names acquired in the portfolio with the potential for that number to climb to 26.

It is a big process to transfer ownership of all these domain names, so it … Read the rest

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