Company registers over 40 domains, but can’t get its hands on some key ones.
Will your Amazon.com packages be delivered by drone in the future? That’s the vision of Jeff Bezos. And millions have already watched a video (embedded below) of how Amazon envisions it working.
Amazon is pretty thorough with defensive domain name registration, and Amazon Prime Air is no exception.
I count over forty domain name registrations the company made related to Amazon Prime Air yesterday and today. The list includes many country code domain names and variations on the service, including AmazonPrimeAir.ccTLD in many ccTLDs, as well as AmazonAir.ccTLD. It also registered PrimeDrones.com as well as domains in other languages, such as primeluften.com.
But the company wasn’t able to corral a number of the most important domain names, which are already in use by other companies.
For example, PrimeAir.com is registered to HEICO Aerospace. The opposite order AirPrime.com is owned by Sierra Wireless, Inc. And AmazonAir.com is owned by a charter flight company in Venezuela.
It’s possible someone even beat the company to AmazonPrimeAir.com, which is registered with privacy at GoDaddy on November 19. Although Amazon usually registers domain names at brand protection registrar MarkMonitor, it’s possible that it stealthily registered this one at GoDaddy so no one would be tipped off about the company’s plans.
JIS says
I can’t wait to shoot ’em out of the sky.
It’s like duck hunting except you get a free gift every time.
Andrew Allemann says
Comment of the week award for JIS.
Domain Buyer Broker says
Agree. GREAT comment!
Domain Buyer Broker says
Charlie Rose interviewed Besos on 60 minutes last night. Very cool.
They should name the delivery service Airica (sounds like Erica)… because I own Airica.com 🙂
ChuckWagen says
Ha, you deserve a gold foil-covered chocolate bitcoin for that one.
Fido says
Looks like the mailman won’t be the only one vying for Fido’s attention.
Kevin Davis says
Can’t believe they don’t own 30MinuteDelivery.com
FX says
Can believe they dont own prime.com
ChuckWagen says
Worst. Idea. Ever? It would be worse than locusts. Be afraid.
junglebyte says
Amazon’s Drone Plan Is Essentially One Giant Commercial – http://huff.to/IEDIPK
Acro says
Domino’s Pizza UK already did that in the summer, Google it. No innovation here, sorry Bezos. I can’t see how this will pass FAA regulations on airspace use and safety.