Welcome to domain movers, which is a series DotWeekly does on corporate domain name movers and other high quality domain names that are moving for one reason or another. A shorter list today coming off of a weekend. Often times, these domains take a little bit to discover, simply because domain sales, transfers etc. can take sometime to finalize. Plus I have to find them and it takes an action in order for me to see them but I often find them pretty early. Here we go:
Problem.com has been sold by Media Options according to whois records. The domain name has transferred out of Name.com to eNom.com. The buyer is WEBCOM ENTERPRISES PTY LTD which is a company based in Australia. I wasn’t able to find a sales price.
Eero.com which a wi-fi start-up with the matching name launched on 2/3/2015 appear to have secured the domain name shortly before launching. Although whois records do not show a change of registrant until launch day (2/3/2015) I did detect a change in whois records on 1/27/2015 when the domain name changed domain name servers to the current AWS hosting. So the transaction was likely already in place prior, but not much before launch.
The past owner of Eero.com was Eero Pikat, owner of Barchart.com Inc. Since this is his first name, I wouldn’t expect that this domain sold cheap or was very easy to purchase! The start-up was pretty well funded with $5 Million + so some of that went into the domain name purchase, but I think it was a wise investment. I’m sure it wasn’t an easy domain to buy but well worth it in the end.
Eero Inc. also owns GetEero.com which I’m sure they were ready to launch with if needed, because they also used that as a Twitter handle. That domain was registered on September 25, 2014. They also own GetEero.net and GetEero.org but Eero.com is much more professional than GetEero.com! Eero is a wireless router and had a huge launch for the new start-up, which sold over $1 Million in the first 24 hours after launch.
Tweep.com may have been acquired by Twitter Inc. They filed a trademark for the term recently on 2/10/2015 . The domain name Tweep.com was owned by a Ben Gamboa according to whois history records but on 8/8/2014 the domain name went into privacy protection at Network Solutions. Nothing else changed with the domain, besides going into privacy protection but that is something they like to do, to keep the domain on the lowdown. It will be something to watch at least.
Tulip.com has been sold at Sedo and has transferred from eNom to Godaddy and put under privacy protection. The domain has been registered since 1995 and also was on auction at Flippa.com but didn’t meet reserve on only 4 bids and $2,550. There is potential that the new owner put up the Flippa auction, because in the auction it was stated the domain was registered at GoDaddy and it only transferred to GoDaddy on 2/16/2015. KCGroup is who listed the domian on Flippa and the auction ended this morning (2/17/2015) with reserve not met.
Amazon Technologies has registered the domain names AmazonUnlocked.com and AmazonPhoneUnlocked.com. They also registered firephone-unlocked.com to go along with FirePhoneUnlocked.com that was registered in June 2014.
Tulip has been relisted at flippa, just a reorganizing of seller accounts
That was quick. Now listed with a broker and bids at $5K. I reached out to the seller to see what they sold it for but I haven’t heard back yet.
Tulip.com sold for $37,500 USD through BIN. A bargain if you ask me (but I’m probably biased since I was born and raised in the land of tulips..)
Thanks for the info Doron!
Tulip.com smells more fishy than flowery.
2014-12-20: [email protected]
2015-02-08: [email protected]
2015-02-15: [email protected]
2015-02-16: [email protected]
2015-02-17: Flippa auction under one user ID (perhaps the owner’s) ends $2,550.
2015-02-17: Relisted at Flippa under KCGroup and immediately sells for $37,500.
What’s with all the ownership changes during the auction?
Why an apparent Sedo sale just days before the Flippa sale – presumably mid auction?
What explains the miraculous lightning-quick sale for 15 times the public high bid from less than 24 hours before? I can imagine no reason for that kind of buyer behavior.
Tulip.com is a good domain, of course. But who validates these Flippa results? Sometimes the transactions look more like domain “laundering” than real sales.
KCGroup had the domain listed when the auction ended for $2,550 as well. It could be a flip… purchased at Sedo, flipped it at Flippa 2 days after transfer completed. We will see if Sedo reports the sales price.
The big question…. was the domain stolen at eNom from the Plant.nl owner on 1/3/2015? I tried to visit Plant.nl which said quickly it had been suspended and redirects to TabXL.nl Whois on Plant.nl shows the same Eli Domains B.V. as of 12/14/2014 going away from the plant company, similar to Tulip.com. Maybe a bad debt and Eli Domains got the domain(s)?
With KCGroup now officially part of Flippa, I’m even more skeptical of his activity and Flippa sales reports. I’d need to see some independent validation.