Category: Domain Name Sales

Answers Corporation, owners of the popular website Answers.com, has acquired the premium generic domain name Roasted.com according to whois records.

Roasted.com was part of the domain name portfolio that GoDaddy acquired from Marchex in April 2015 in a $28 Million dollar purchase of over 200,000 domain names.

Early on after the Marchex deal, I had inquired about the Roasted.com domain name directly and was quoted $150,000 USD. I also tried to talk them down in price but had the strong … Read the rest

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Automattic Inc., most known for WordPress, has acquired the generic domain name Jetpack.com for an undisclosed amount for its Jetpack plugin.

Automattic has been using the domain name Jetpack.me and Jetpack.com now redirects to the .me domain, at least for now.

Jetpack Plugin

Jetpack.com was owned by Jetpack Design for several years and on August 4, 2015 whois records switched to DigitalDNA, LLC who is a domain name broker.

On December 8, 2015 whois records switch to DNStination Inc. of MarkMonitor. Automattic … Read the rest

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ITG Brands, owners of the popular Blu eCig have acquired the 3 letter brand matching domain name BLU.com

This domain name transaction is a little bit more interesting to me, as I have followed this domain name for a pretty long time and reported when Blu.com was suspended due to ownership verification back in July 2015.blu-ecigs

The reason for the suspension back in July, based on information from a past IT employee from Denver Investments, is because Dennis Obduskey tried … Read the rest

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Kore Inc. has acquired the domain name GetStuffDone.com for $40,000 from domain master Michael Berkens, who is owner of MostWantedDomains.com / TheDomains.com as reported on the MWD Facebook page.

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Kore.com has a message on its home page that states:

Meet the messaging platform that lets you communicate,
collaborate, and get stuff done with complete control.
Accomplish even more than you could before with Kore.

Kore appears to be new as they talk about getting early access to the site, but … Read the rest

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