Walmart divests great domains as it divests businesses. In August I wrote that Walmart sold Shoes.com. It turns out that the company also struck a deal in August that involved another great domain, Lingerie.com. Walmart sold its Bare Necessities ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Shoes.com sells for third time in 6 years
· Domain SalesWalmart sells shoes site to private equity company. The domain name Shoes.com has its fourth owner in less than six years after Wal-Mart sold the business to a private equity company. Brown Shoe Co. sold the business in 2014 to online shoe ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Walmart registers defensive domains for its U.S. CEO, but…
· Policy & LawThese domain registrations don't make a lot of sense. Walmart has registered over 20 domain names related to its Walmart U.S. CEO John Furner. Companies make these sorts of "defensive" domain name registrations all the time, with the hope of ... Continue Reading5 Comments
When the search bar goes away
· UncategorizedThe anticipatory web will change how people access and use the World Wide Web. I've been warning for a while that the greatest threat to domain names is new technology that requires less searching and browsing. Owners of premium domains have ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Walmart to bail out Jet.com for $3 billion
· Domain SalesBusiness sold just a couple years after it acquired Jet.com domain name. A little over two years after Igloo brokered the sale of the Jet.com domain name, the company using the domain is going to be acquired by WalMart for $3 billion according to ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Walmart defeats union website
· Policy & LawPanel orders union's domain name be transferred to Walmart. Walmart has succeeded in taking down a criticism website created by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. In July, the retailer filed a dispute with World ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Walmart goes after gripe website and guy responds with angry rant
· Policy & LawGripe site creator demands Walmart pay him before he hands over domain name. Walmart has filed a dispute under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) to take control of the domain name WalmartDoorGreeter.com. [Update: the domain owner ... Continue Reading14 Comments