sales Google buys CapitalG.com domain and rebrands Google Capital to CapitalG

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The domain name looks to have been acquired a few weeks ago. The domain was owned by an organization called GDiapers back in 2014 and then it moved to privacy. It transferred from Go Daddy to Mark Monitor...

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The old GoogleCapital.com domain now forwards to CapitalG.com, and the Google Capital Twitter account just announced that it’s being retired in favor of a new @CapitalGTweets account.

All this, it’s worth noting, is a separate thing from GV, Alphabet’s investment arm that focuses on that earlier-stage stuff and rebranded from “Google Ventures” back in December of last year.

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[RU]

I think it should be "Gcapital"
e.g. Gmail

 

[briguy]

I think it should be "Gcapital"
e.g. Gmail

To me..it sounds so street/hip hop..."Capital G in da house!"

 

[Addison]

The thing I like about Capital G is it makes me think of a single "G" that is capitalized.

 

[BostonDomainer]

To me..it sounds so street/hip hop..."Capital G in da house!"

Personally I was hoping for BigG.com or GMoney.com

"Ever since I was a lower-case G
But now I'm a big G. The girls see I got the money 100 dollar bills yall"

 

[Nazz]

They're OG's

 

[DnEbook]

The thing I like about Capital G is it makes me think of a single "G" that is capitalized.

Yep, clever name for sure

 

[Atta]

Google on rebranding mission! Gmail into Inbox, Google Docs, Sheets and Slides into Google Drive, Google Work to Google Cloud, and now Google Capital to CapitalG! Interesting!

Just wondering who was advising Google by that time

 

[RU]

Google on rebranding mission! Gmail into Inbox, Google Docs, Sheets and Slides into Google Drive, Google Work to Google Cloud, and now Google Capital to CapitalG! Interesting!

and "Google Apps" to "G Suite"

 

[Atta]

and "Google Apps" to "G Suite"

and "Android Market" to "Google Play Store"

 

[RU]

Dear Google, what about www.G.com ?

 

[Atta]

Dear Google, what about www.G.com ?

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It is reserved by IANA since 1993, otherwise Google would have bought it since years.

 

[ZapNano]

To me..it sounds so street/hip hop..."Capital G in da house!"

You mean "capitalG" is in duh house

 

[ZapNano]

The thing I like about Capital G is it makes me think of a single "G" that is capitalized.

Maybe

 

[ZapNano]

Domainers are creatives; always come up with cool and unique ideas. Domainers think and creates names while they sleep; and domainers makes internet life alive!

 

[RU]

Domainers are creatives; always come up with cool and unique ideas. Domainers think and creates names while they sleep; and domainers makes internet life alive!

Make Domaining great again!

 

[ZapNano]

Make Domaining great again!

If there is no domainers, the domain industry will be "DEAD" as well as the Internet industry.

 

[RU]

Meanwhile Godaddy buys G.com ... and rebrands Godaddy.com to G.com
joke

 

[ZapNano]

Meanwhile Godaddy buys G.com ... and rebrands Godaddy.com to G.com
joke

No....too many of the same.

 

[jideofor]

I think it should be "Gcapital"
e.g. Gmail

Probably seller was asking for more than they were willing to pay.