acquisitions

Pivotal Ventures was founded by Melinda French Gates in 2015, to accelerate the pace of social progress in the United States. The corporation is branded as Pivotal and operates from the domain name PivotalVentures.org, registered in 2015. Meanwhile, PivotalVentures.com is a domain that was...

Pivotal Ventures was founded by Melinda French Gates in 2015, to accelerate the pace of social progress in the United States. The corporation is branded as Pivotal and operates from the domain name PivotalVentures.org, registered in 2015. Meanwhile, PivotalVentures.com is a domain that was...

Now the dust has settled on the GoDaddy acquisition of Dan, some might be wondering who is the next possible contender to disrupt the industry. What what it's worth, I believe the likely competitor will come from either Namecheap or Dynadot (the latter since their UI/UX is similarly friendly...

Now the dust has settled on the GoDaddy acquisition of Dan, some might be wondering who is the next possible contender to disrupt the industry. What what it's worth, I believe the likely competitor will come from either Namecheap or Dynadot (the latter since their UI/UX is similarly friendly...

The Domain King, Rick Schwartz, has been busy cherry-picking domain names in the aftermarket, making some cool acquisitions. Rick’s favorite aftermarket platform appears to be DropCatch, a popular marketplace for domain investors and end-user bidders...Read More

The Domain King, Rick Schwartz, has been busy cherry-picking domain names in the aftermarket, making some cool acquisitions. Rick’s favorite aftermarket platform appears to be DropCatch, a popular marketplace for domain investors and end-user bidders...Read More

FTX is a leading cryptocurrency exchange that owns FTX.com but operates in the US on FTX.us. The Economist published an article about FTX Founder and CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried. The article mentioned that Bankman-Fried is “widely known as SBF.”...Read More

FTX is a leading cryptocurrency exchange that owns FTX.com but operates in the US on FTX.us. The Economist published an article about FTX Founder and CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried. The article mentioned that Bankman-Fried is “widely known as SBF.”...Read More

The Domain King, Rick Schwartz, has acquired a premium two-word .com domain, PiggyBanks.com. The acquisition took place via the popular drop-catching and auctioning platform, DropCatch. Rick’s acquisition of PiggyBanks.com cost a whopping $7,456 dollars...Read More

The Domain King, Rick Schwartz, has acquired a premium two-word .com domain, PiggyBanks.com. The acquisition took place via the popular drop-catching and auctioning platform, DropCatch. Rick’s acquisition of PiggyBanks.com cost a whopping $7,456 dollars...Read More

According to its founder, Testimonial, is “a platform that helps businesses collect, manage and distribute testimonials in a single place.” The company has used the Testimonial.to domain name for its website. According to Testimonial founder Damon Chen, the company just acquired Testimonial.io...

According to its founder, Testimonial, is “a platform that helps businesses collect, manage and distribute testimonials in a single place.” The company has used the Testimonial.to domain name for its website. According to Testimonial founder Damon Chen, the company just acquired Testimonial.io...

The domain name Yep.com was registered in 1999 and belonged to a Latvian software company but changed hands most likely in late December 2021. There are no known details on the exchange involving the apparent sale of Yep.com to Ahrefs.Read More

The domain name Yep.com was registered in 1999 and belonged to a Latvian software company but changed hands most likely in late December 2021. There are no known details on the exchange involving the apparent sale of Yep.com to Ahrefs.Read More

Towards the end of 2017, I noticed the Tile.com domain name changed hands. The Tile app upgraded to Tile.com, and the domain name continues to forward to the company’s website, TheTileApp.com. The Tile.com domain name had long been owned by Digimedia, and the company has a policy of not...

Towards the end of 2017, I noticed the Tile.com domain name changed hands. The Tile app upgraded to Tile.com, and the domain name continues to forward to the company’s website, TheTileApp.com. The Tile.com domain name had long been owned by Digimedia, and the company has a policy of not...

A little over a year ago, Hallmark filed a UDRP against the Mahogany.com domain name. Not surprisingly, the domain registrant prevailed in the UDRP and was able to retain the domain name. Though I was expecting to see a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, the outcome would have been the...

A little over a year ago, Hallmark filed a UDRP against the Mahogany.com domain name. Not surprisingly, the domain registrant prevailed in the UDRP and was able to retain the domain name. Though I was expecting to see a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, the outcome would have been the...

A company called SmartyStreets has rebranded itself as Smarty. Smartly, Smarty was able to acquire the brand match Smarty.com domain name in advance of the launch of its rebrand. Smarty announced the forthcoming rebrand in late 2021, and the company’s website now fully resolves at...

A company called SmartyStreets has rebranded itself as Smarty. Smartly, Smarty was able to acquire the brand match Smarty.com domain name in advance of the launch of its rebrand. Smarty announced the forthcoming rebrand in late 2021, and the company’s website now fully resolves at...