Tag: naming

Welcome to Domain Movers where DotWeekly keeps track of corporate domain name transactions and reports the early findings to you.

Here is a sample of some of the recent movements:

Microsoft Corporation registered the domain name MakeCode.org back in March 2017. The domain just came out of generic whois data to reveal Microsoft. MakeCode.com was acquired from Frank Schillings Name Administration Inc. around February 22, 2016 and now also displays Microsoft were the buyers of that domain name as well.… Read the rest

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Welcome to Domain Movers, where DotWeekly tracks corporate domain name transactions and reports the early findings to you.

Here are the latest movers:

Susen.com has been acquired for $36,000 by a Collin Chu with the company name Susen. There is potential that Susen.ca were the buyers, which offer hand bags under the Susen brand name. The transaction took place at Sedo.

MotorOil.com sold for $8,877 via GoDaddy and Vents.com also sold at GoDaddy for $5,500. Both appear to have been … Read the rest

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Welcome to the latest Domain Movers series where we focus on corporate domain name transactions and report the early findings to you. These are often early indications of new brands, services, products and advertising efforts by some of the largest brands in the world.

I have been sick all week, so this is the first Domain Movers of the week. I’m still sick but have been collecting a little bit of data all week and figured I would share what … Read the rest

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Waitr hasn’t heard the memo, that kind of branding died many years ago! Considering the fact that Waitr “sounds like” Waiter, you instantly have a branding problem.

Add to the monumental problem of the “sounds like” doesn’t match realization, Waitr uses yet a different domain name than it’s branded name, Waitr. Wait, what? Waitr isn’t Waitr.com? Nope, WaitrApp.com. Double trouble or is that triple trouble!

Oh, come on now!

I’d rather take a daily kicking in the nuts than do … Read the rest

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