Hello.com domain name transferred.
It appears Google has sold the domain name Hello.com.
The company used the domain name for a photo sharing service called “Hello” last decade. It later shut down the standalone service and eventually stopped using the domain name.
Last Friday it looks like Google transferred the domain name. The Hello.com domain name whois record showed a change of registrant from Google to “John Murphy” on April 4. The contact email address changed from Google to [email protected] as well.
Over the weekend the domain name was transferred from brand protection company Mark Monitor to GoDaddy and the domain is now using whois privacy to hide the owner’s identity.
This is definitely one to watch.
(Photo from Screenshots.com.)
CW> says
There seems to be a spelling mistake: ‘Hallo’ not hello.
CW
Andrew Allemann says
huh?
Domainsville says
The domain is now under privacy registration.
alanglennon says
Google Ventures has invested in the startup HelloSign –my guess would be that Google made it available to them.
Andrew Allemann says
Maybe so. Can’t correlate the brief change in whois to the company, but we’ll have to wait and see.
Peter H. says
Sold for $4.75 million
Peter H. says
Plus 20% equity
damonpace says
Where did you get this info?
Andrew Allemann says
As an update, there’s now a coming soon page on the site:
Join a one-of-a-kind community of users who celebrate friendship, imagination, self-expression, and authentic engagement in a safe environment
Engage in targeted social exploration and content sharing with fascinating connections that relate to the diverse parts of your personality
Daniel says
Sounds a bit scammy… or like one of those dating sites that pretend not to be one.
At least we can rule out that the new owners are HelloSign.