Tag: generic domain names

Maybe you heard it, maybe you didn’t… but Walgreens is shutting down two generic domain name websites they own and operate:

  • Drugstore.com
  • Beauty.com

They acquired the two, plus VisionDirect.com and SkinStore.com from some $420+ million in 2011 time frame.

When I read the news yesterday about the decision by Walgreens, Toys.com popped in my head. Toys R Us, which paid $5.1 Million  for only the domain name, killed off that generic/website which I wrote about here.

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Pinnacle Sports Worldwide, an online betting website, has purchased the premium generic domain name Pinnacle.com from Avnet, Inc. according to whois records.

Pinnacle Sports Worldwide

Avnet, a fortune 500 company acquired Pinnacle Data Systems Inc. in November 2011 for about $22 Million, which owned the Pinnacle.com domain name.

The domain name transferred out of corporate brand protection service MarkMonitor to SafeNames under privacy protection, but displays an email address for Pinnacle Sports.

Pinnacle.com whois record

The purchase price is currently unknown, but the domain IMO easily … Read the rest

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It was announced today that Jet.com has acquired Hayneedle for an undisclosed amount.

This transaction was of interest to me, has Hayneedle started out as Hammocks.com and is also a large owner of generic domain names. Based on whois records, Hayneedle, Inc. owns over 9,000+ domain names and it is unclear at this point in the deal if and what domain names were included in the transaction with Jet.com.

Jet.com

Some generic domain names owned by Hayneedle, Inc. include:

  • GiftBaskets.com
  • CoffeeMakers.com
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Australian fashion designer Kym Ellery has secured the premium generic domain name, Ellery.com, potentially through a UDRP filing.

DomainInvesting.com mentioned the filing of a UDRP on Ellery.com on January 14, 2016. I checked several sources this morning and the UDRP status (case active) has not updated at time of this posting, yet late Sunday the domain name transferred ownership from GoDaddy’s NameFind, LLC to Kym Ellery.

Newly updated whois record on Ellery.com

Ellery.com Whois Records

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