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Late last year video conferencing company Zoom acquired the domain name Zoom.com. A new clue suggests that the company might have paid $2 million to acquire the domain name.Zoom just filed to go public and its S-1 filing shows intangible asset purchases of $2.018 million in the fiscal year that...

Lack of a Black card aside, people were able to guess that the domain name Ammar bought was XO.io. Domain investor Josh Schoen later asked Ammar if he could explain his thinking about spending nearly $20k for a .IO domain name as an investment. Being the good guy that he is, Ammar obligedRead More

Lack of a Black card aside, people were able to guess that the domain name Ammar bought was XO.io. Domain investor Josh Schoen later asked Ammar if he could explain his thinking about spending nearly $20k for a .IO domain name as an investment. Being the good guy that he is, Ammar obligedRead More

When I see an announcement about a one word brand name receiving a significant round of funding, I like to check if they own their brand match .com domain name. This afternoon, TechCrunch reported that a startup called Sketch had “landed $20 million in Series A funding from Benchmark in its...

When I see an announcement about a one word brand name receiving a significant round of funding, I like to check if they own their brand match .com domain name. This afternoon, TechCrunch reported that a startup called Sketch had “landed $20 million in Series A funding from Benchmark in its...

This morning, TechCrunch reported that “Mode, a five-year-old collaborative analytics platform based in San Francisco, has raised $23 million in Series C funding led by Valor Equity Partners.” In total, the company has raised $50 million in funding. Smartly, Mode acquired the brand match...

This morning, TechCrunch reported that “Mode, a five-year-old collaborative analytics platform based in San Francisco, has raised $23 million in Series C funding led by Valor Equity Partners.” In total, the company has raised $50 million in funding. Smartly, Mode acquired the brand match...

Doppler.com has been acquired by Doppler.market from Telepathy, Inc. in a big domain name upgrade for the new startup.Doppler offers api and password management for developers and is listed in a recent article on Inc.com for 50 World-Changing Startups at #16. According to the article, Doppler is...

Doppler.com has been acquired by Doppler.market from Telepathy, Inc. in a big domain name upgrade for the new startup.Doppler offers api and password management for developers and is listed in a recent article on Inc.com for 50 World-Changing Startups at #16. According to the article, Doppler is...

In April of this year, I submitted an offer to buy Neighbor.com. At the time I made my offer, Neighbor.com was forwarding to the LunchBots.com. LunchBots are neat, stainless-steel food storage containers that are particularly helpful for sending lunch to school with children. The founder of...

In April of this year, I submitted an offer to buy Neighbor.com. At the time I made my offer, Neighbor.com was forwarding to the LunchBots.com. LunchBots are neat, stainless-steel food storage containers that are particularly helpful for sending lunch to school with children. The founder of...

A few weeks ago, I read an article about a company called Firefly, which had just raised $21.5 million in seed funding. I knew the matching Firefly.com domain was forwarding to MediaOptions.com and likely being brokered by Media Options, and I visited Firefly.com to see if this company acquired...

A few weeks ago, I read an article about a company called Firefly, which had just raised $21.5 million in seed funding. I knew the matching Firefly.com domain was forwarding to MediaOptions.com and likely being brokered by Media Options, and I visited Firefly.com to see if this company acquired...

Josh: When we were a pretty small company, we received an email late one night from a domain broker who offered to sell us the name, Lights.com. It was a chance for Ambient Lighting to have the kind of reach and growth that would let us expand in a way that competes in a global sense.David’s...

Josh: When we were a pretty small company, we received an email late one night from a domain broker who offered to sell us the name, Lights.com. It was a chance for Ambient Lighting to have the kind of reach and growth that would let us expand in a way that competes in a global sense.David’s...

BrandIT GmbH (BrandIT) a European-based leader in Corporate Domain Name Management specializing in Strategic Domain Consulting, Domain Portfolio Services, Online Brand Protection and Enforcement and Legal in Digital and Igloo.com (Igloo) a Global Domain and Website Brokerage, announced today...

BrandIT GmbH (BrandIT) a European-based leader in Corporate Domain Name Management specializing in Strategic Domain Consulting, Domain Portfolio Services, Online Brand Protection and Enforcement and Legal in Digital and Igloo.com (Igloo) a Global Domain and Website Brokerage, announced today...

Mya Systems Inc. has acquired the premium domain name Mya.com from Motorola Mobility, Inc. for an undisclosed but very likely strong six figure amount.This investment by Mya is a big one but also strongly improves the face of the company by upgrading from the less attractive HireMya.com domain...

Mya Systems Inc. has acquired the premium domain name Mya.com from Motorola Mobility, Inc. for an undisclosed but very likely strong six figure amount.This investment by Mya is a big one but also strongly improves the face of the company by upgrading from the less attractive HireMya.com domain...

According to whois records, DuPont has acquired the generic domain name GreatStuff.com that has long been owned by Warren Dudack of the internet marketing firm, The Great Stuff Company.I’m sure this generic domain name has been a target for DuPont for its popular Great Stuff insulating...