eBates has acquired the domain name BuyNow.com from Rakuten. Rakuten purchased Buy.com in May 2010 for an estimated $250 Million and in January 2013 Buy.com was rebranded to Rakuten.com .
eBates appears to be getting ready to launch something on the newly acquired domain name BuyNow.com but currently only a Coming Soon message appears on the site.
Ebates Performance Marketing, Inc. became the owners of BuyNow.com on March 27, 2014 according to whois records.
From what I can tell, over 550 domain names appear to have been included with the Buy.com purchase with the vast majority being BuyKeyword.com domains but a few general and generic terms as well like ComputerStore.com for an example.
Domain Name: BUYNOW.COM Registry Domain ID: 2798958_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com Update Date: 2014-03-24 16:35:37 Creation Date: 1998-12-18 00:00:00 Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2023-12-18 00:00:00 Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC Registrar IANA ID: 146 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: [email protected] Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.480-624-2505 Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited Registry Registrant ID: Registrant Name: Ebates Admin Registrant Organization: Ebates Performance Marketing, Inc. Registrant Street: 333 Bryant Street Registrant Street: Suite 250 Registrant City: San Francisco Registrant State/Province: California Registrant Postal Code: 94107 Registrant Country: United States Registrant Phone: +1.4159082286 Registrant Phone Ext: Registrant Fax: +1.4159082200 Registrant Fax Ext: Registrant Email: [email protected]
