Blockchain development and news and information service company Monkey has confirmed the acquisition of the domain name Monkey.com for a fee of $500,000. The Singapore-based company is lead by entrepreneur Daniel Mark Harrison, who initially launched the company using the domain name Monkey.capital before upgrading to Monkey.com.
Recently, Monkey posted a link on Monkey.capital announcing the forthcoming move from Monkey.capital to Monkey.com, a domain which was sold by an American company that had owned the domain since 1994.
In a statement to NamePros, Monkey CEO Daniel Mark Harrison said:
According to Daniel, the sale consisted of a $400,000 cash amount paid in instalments, with $100,000 paid in the form of COEVAL (COE), which is Monkey's own cryptocurrency.
As of writing, Monkey.com still resolves to the seller's website, but a switch over is due shortly.
It will be fascinating to see what Daniel and his team create on the Monkey.com domain name. We will be watching with interest. To follow Monkey's progress, you can follow them on Twitter or Facebook.
Thanks to NamePros member @55Domains for the tip.
Update on Nov 6, 2017: The WHOIS history for Monkey.com shows that on October 19th, after the domain sale took place, the email address was
Update on Nov 15, 2017: Confirmed the return of Monkey.com to its original owner
Recently, Monkey posted a link on Monkey.capital announcing the forthcoming move from Monkey.capital to Monkey.com, a domain which was sold by an American company that had owned the domain since 1994.
In a statement to NamePros, Monkey CEO Daniel Mark Harrison said:
Monkey is rapidly becoming a leading name in Blockchain development, supported by a thousands-strong base of digital asset enthusiasts.
The purchase of Monkey.com will help us to scale the additional edges of the wider alternative asset marketplace, creating the only combined media, consulting and tech development firm working with Crypto to date. The price of $500,000 was in truth a bargain for what the domain name will deliver us in value over the forthcoming decade, and we are working very closely now with the seller who is also a digital media expert himself to ensure we create maximum impact with this purchase.
In terms of general media, the site will begin by featuring a book that our COO Joshua Hawley and I have written, called The Blockchain Manifesto, which is selling briskly on pre-order at Amazon.com now, and will ultimately become the home of the world's first 24-hour live streaming internet TV news channel focused on digital assets and leading source of information and data.
According to Daniel, the sale consisted of a $400,000 cash amount paid in instalments, with $100,000 paid in the form of COEVAL (COE), which is Monkey's own cryptocurrency.
As of writing, Monkey.com still resolves to the seller's website, but a switch over is due shortly.
It will be fascinating to see what Daniel and his team create on the Monkey.com domain name. We will be watching with interest. To follow Monkey's progress, you can follow them on Twitter or Facebook.
Thanks to NamePros member @55Domains for the tip.
Update on Nov 6, 2017: The WHOIS history for Monkey.com shows that on October 19th, after the domain sale took place, the email address was
[email protected] and the name server was NS1.INMOTIONHOSTING.COM. Today, WHOIS privacy is enabled on Monkey.com: it shows the email address is [email protected] and the name server is NS39.DOMAINCONTROL.COM. Its WHOIS record today is almost identical to what it was earlier in the year prior to the sale. This may signify that the deal has defaulted.Update on Nov 15, 2017: Confirmed the return of Monkey.com to its original owner
