ZMUM.com and Microsoft

[midnight251]

So, I had a bit of free time the other day at the office and started hunting around for some LLLL.com's to buy, and came across ZMUM.com available to reg. It was getting late, and I thought, well, not the best LLLL.com, but if it's still available the next morning, I'll reg it. I got into the office the next morning only to find out the ZMUM.com had been reg'd. Ok, lets find out who reg'd it, so a quick whois have me this:

Domain Name.......... zmum.com
Creation Date........ 2006-12-19
Registration Date.... 2006-12-19
Expiry Date.......... 2007-12-19
Organisation Name.... Admin ZMUM
Organisation Address. 24200 Woodward
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. Pleasant Ridge
Organisation Address. 48069
Organisation Address. MI
Organisation Address. UNITED STATES

Admin Name........... Admin ZMUM
Admin Address........ 24200 Woodward
Admin Address........
Admin Address........ Pleasant Ridge
Admin Address........ 48069
Admin Address........ MI
Admin Address........ UNITED STATES
Admin Email.......... Whois Privacy and Spam Prevention by DomainTools.com
Admin Phone.......... +1.7754294148
Admin Fax............

Tech Name............ Microsoft Office Live
Tech Address......... One Microsoft Way
Tech Address.........
Tech Address......... Redmond
Tech Address......... 98052
Tech Address......... WA
Tech Address......... UNITED STATES
Tech Email........... Whois Privacy and Spam Prevention by DomainTools.com
Tech Phone........... +1.8665915483
Tech Fax.............
Name Server.......... ns1.officelive.com
Name Server.......... ns2.officelive.com

So, I'm thinking, crap!!!, did I miss out on something big? Was it Microsoft that reg'd this, looks like it. What does ZMUM have to do with any of the Microsoft products? This might just go to show you, as other people on this forum have stated, if it looks good to you, reg it, and as I have found out from Godaddy yesterday (where I reg my domains) you can dump it within a week, and get a full refund for the reg fee if you want.

Midnight

 

[domainer50]

Maybe a new MP3 player in the mix? Good find, defintley something to watch for

 

[Keynes]

This isn't Microsoft's reg, but rather a part of their new Office Live system allows their customers to register names. The name was registered by a user of Office Live via their new system.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officelive/default.aspx

"Reserve your own domain name
Make the first step in taking your business online by creating a unique and personalized domain name (like www.adventure-works. com). Office Live Basics includes one FREE domain name for your business."

Also, Zune is MSFT's MP3 player, and they're on a 10-year development plan for that product, so don't look for any new MP3 players from them...

 

[kubativity]

One free domain per OS? this could spark the domain market!

 

[midnight251]

Thanks for the info rocketfly, I thought I might have missed a golden opportunity there. Sometimes (more than other) things are not what they seem to be, but, you never know, we (you, anyone) might just hit on the right one, and some have. The thing is to never give up, and to think outside of the box.

Midnight