Company registered domains using a proxy service at its own domain name registrar.
Last week I wrote about how Meta, nee Facebook, registered a relatively small number of domains for its rebrand. It turns out the company registered a lot more domains through its own registrar, AppDetex, and did so using a proxy service. It recently removed the privacy protection on the domains.
The domains cover many products and corporate initiatives, such as diversityatmeta.com, facebookfrommeta.net, metaf8conference.com, metafacebookgroups.com, and metainstagram.tv.
Meta registered the domains on October 20, at about the same time that the Verge reported that the company was making a name change.
Registering domains with the word meta in them that also contain a Facebook brand is a bad idea. That’s cybersquatting. But I still think the company will have trouble going after other meta-related domains because of its popular and generic use for the metaverse. Usage will matter.
The list of registrations as tracked by DomainTools is below.
| Meta domains |
|---|
| boostwithmeta.com |
| boostwithmeta.net |
| careersatmeta.net |
| curatedbymeta.com |
| curatedbymeta.net |
| dataforgoodatmeta.com |
| dataforgoodatmeta.net |
| dataforgoodfrommeta.com |
| dataforgoodfrommeta.net |
| diversityatmeta.com |
| diversityatmeta.net |
| expresswififrommeta.com |
| expresswififrommeta.net |
| facebookfrommeta.net |
| horizonfrommeta.com |
| horizonfrommeta.net |
| instagramfrommeta.com |
| instagramfrommeta.net |
| jobsatmeta.com |
| jobsatmeta.net |
| layoutfrommeta.com |
| layoutfrommeta.net |
| messengerfrommeta.com |
| messengerfrommeta.net |
| metaboomerang.net |
| metaboostleadersnetwork.com |
| metaboostleadersnetwork.net |
| metaboostyourbusiness.com |
| metaboostyourbusiness.net |
| metabulletin.us |
| metaexpresswifi.net |
| metaf8.com |
| metaf8.net |
| metaf8conference.com |
| metaf8conference.net |
| metafacebook.name |
| metafacebook.tv |
| metafacebook.us |
| metafacebookcrisisresponse.com |
| metafacebookcrisisresponse.net |
| metafacebookdating.com |
| metafacebookdating.net |
| metafacebookdisasterresponse.com |
| metafacebookdisasterresponse.net |
| metafacebookentertainment.com |
| metafacebookentertainment.net |
| metafacebookfundraisers.com |
| metafacebookfundraisers.net |
| metafacebookgroups.com |
| metafacebookgroups.net |
| metafacebookinfluencers.com |
| metafacebookinfluencers.net |
| metafacebookinstantarticles.com |
| metafacebookinstantarticles.net |
| metafacebooklite.com |
| metafacebooklite.net |
| metafacebooklive.com |
| metafacebooklive.net |
| metafacebooklocal.com |
| metafacebooklocal.net |
| metafacebookmarketplace.com |
| metafacebookmarketplace.net |
| metafacebookprivacy.com |
| metafacebookprivacy.net |
| metafacebooksports.com |
| metafacebooksports.net |
| metafacebookstickersz.com |
| metafacebookstickersz.net |
| metafacebooktownhall.com |
| metafacebooktownhall.net |
| metafacebookwatch.com |
| metafacebookwatch.net |
| metafb.name |
| metafbgroups.com |
| metafbgroups.net |
| metafbmarketplace.com |
| metafbmarketplace.net |
| metafbmarketplace.tv |
| metafbmarketplace.us |
| metafightcovidmisinfo.com |
| metafightcovidmisinfo.net |
| metaforcreators.com |
| metaforcreators.net |
| metafordevelopers.com |
| metafordevelopers.net |
| metaforeducation.com |
| metaforeducation.net |
| metaforgovernment.com |
| metaforgovernment.net |
| metaforgpa.com |
| metaforgpa.net |
| metafreebasics.com |
| metafreebasics.net |
| metagpa.com |
| metagpa.net |
| metagreatdaytovideo.com |
| metagreatdaytovideo.net |
| metahackforgood.com |
| metahackforgood.net |
| metahackthefuture.com |
| metahackthefuture.net |
| metahorizonvenues.com |
| metahorizonvenues.net |
| metahorizonworkrooms.com |
| metahorizonworkrooms.net |
| metahorizonworlds.com |
| metahorizonworlds.net |
| metahouseofinstagram.com |
| metahouseofinstagram.net |
| metahyperlapse.com |
| metahyperlapse.net |
| metaigboomerang.com |
| metaigboomerang.net |
| metaigforcreators.com |
| metaigforcreators.net |
| metaigreels.com |
| metaigreels.net |
| metaigtv.com |
| metaigtv.net |
| metainstagram.name |
| metainstagram.tv |
| metainstagramboomerang.com |
| metainstagramboomerang.net |
| metainstagrameng.com |
| metainstagrameng.net |
| metainstagramforbusiness.com |
| metainstagramforbusiness.net |
| metainstagramforcreators.com |
| metainstagramforcreators.net |
| metainstagramhyperlapse.com |
| metainstagramhyperlapse.net |
| metainstagramlayout.com |
| metainstagramlayout.net |
| metainstagramreels.com |
| metainstagramreels.net |
| metainstagramthreads.com |
| metainstagramthreads.net |
| metainstantarticles.com |
| metainstantarticles.net |
| metaiqhackthefuture.com |
| metaiqhackthefuture.net |
| metajournalismaccelerator.com |
| metajournalismaccelerator.net |
| metajournalismproject.com |
| metajournalismproject.net |
| metalightweightinterfaces.com |
| metalightweightinterfaces.net |
| metamarketingpartner.com |
| metamarketingpartner.net |
| metamarketplace.tv |
| metamessenger.com.sg |
| metamessenger.name |
| metamessenger.tv |
| metamessengerbrand.com |
| metamessengerbrand.net |
| metamessengerbusiness.com |
| metamessengerbusiness.net |
| metamessengerforbusiness.com |
| metamessengerforbusiness.net |
| metamessengerkids.com |
| metamessengerkids.net |
| metamessengerlite.com |
| metamessengerlite.net |
| metamessengerrooms.com |
| metamessengerrooms.net |
| metanewproductexperimentation.com |
| metanewproductexperimentation.net |
| metanewsroom.net |
| metanovi.name |
| metanovi.tv |
| metanovibrand.com |
| metanovibrand.net |
| metanpe.com |
| metanpe.net |
| metaoculusdevelopers.com |
| metaoculusdevelopers.net |
| metaoculusforbusiness.com |
| metaoculusforbusiness.net |
| metaoculusquest.com |
| metaoculusquest.net |
| metaoculusstudios.com |
| metaoculusstudios.net |
| metaoculusvenues.com |
| metaoculusvenues.net |
| metaopenarts.com |
| metaopenarts.net |
| metapixelads.com |
| metapixelads.net |
| metaportal.name |
| metaportalbrand.com |
| metaportalbrand.net |
| metaportalbusiness.com |
| metaportalbusiness.net |
| metaportalforbusiness.com |
| metaportalforbusiness.net |
| metaportalgo.com |
| metaportalgo.net |
| metaportalmini.com |
| metaportalmini.net |
| metaportalplus.com |
| metaportalplus.net |
| metaportaltv.com |
| metaportaltv.net |
| metapytorch.com |
| metapytorch.net |
| metaquestdevelopers.com |
| metaquestdevelopers.net |
| metaquestforbusiness.com |
| metaquestforbusiness.net |
| metaqueststorystudios.com |
| metaqueststorystudios.net |
| metaqueststudios.com |
| metaqueststudios.net |
| metaquestvenues.com |
| metaquestvenues.net |
| metaquestvrforgood.com |
| metaquestvrforgood.net |
| metaquill.com |
| metaquill.net |
| metarightsmanager.com |
| metarightsmanager.net |
| metarightstool.com |
| metarightstool.net |
| metasalespartners.com |
| metasalespartners.net |
| metasocialgood.com |
| metasocialgood.net |
| metasocialimpact.com |
| metasocialimpact.net |
| metasparkar.com |
| metasparkar.net |
| metasparkarstudio.com |
| metasparkarstudio.net |
| metatechprep.com |
| metatechprep.net |
| metaterragraph.com |
| metaterragraph.net |
| metatransparency.net |
| metatransparencyreport.com |
| metatransparencyreport.net |
| metavrforgood.com |
| metavrforgood.net |
| metawhatsapp.tv |
| metawhatsappbusiness.com |
| metawhatsappbusiness.net |
| metawhatsapppayments.com |
| metawhatsapppayments.net |
| metaworkplace.name |
| metaworkplace.tv |
| metaworkplacebrand.com |
| metaworkplacebrand.net |
| metaworkplacechat.com |
| metaworkplacechat.net |
| metaworkplaceforgood.com |
| metaworkplaceforgood.net |
| metazerofrictionfuture.com |
| metazerofrictionfuture.net |
| newsatmeta.com |
| newsatmeta.net |
| novifrommeta.com |
| novifrommeta.net |
| portalfrommeta.com |
| portalfrommeta.net |
| pytorchfrommeta.com |
| pytorchfrommeta.net |
| questfrommeta.com |
| questfrommeta.net |
| socialimpactfrommeta.com |
| socialimpactfrommeta.net |
| whatsappfrommeta.com |
| whatsappfrommeta.net |
| womenatmeta.com |
| womenatmeta.net |
| workatmeta.com |
| workatmeta.net |
| workonmeta.com |
| workonmeta.net |
| workplacefrommeta.com |
| workplacefrommeta.net |
| workroomsfrommeta.com |
| workroomsfrommeta.net |
About 2,000 have been revealed based on NameServer movements into Facebook over the past 3 days.
Wow! That’s quite a bit lot more “meta” domains which have been registered by Facebook!
this is metabigotry.com
All they ever needed was a handful.
I hold
UsingMeta.com
UsingMetaverse.com
TipsMeta.com
Innovativemeta.com
MetaverseV1.com
EvilMetaverse.com
MetaverseEvil.com
MetaverseSample.com
MetaverseSamples.com
V1Metaverse.com
eMetaverse.com
The registrar owned by Facebook is actually RegistrarSEC (https://registrarsec.com/). AppDextex, while closely associated with Facebook, is a separate entity that does brand protection for FB and other non-FB companies.
Thanks for clarifying.
That is a lot of long tail domain names. Seems strange, that a company with such cash assets, has so little imagination on hand. Wonder if the best and brightest have bailed out, due to recent events. I was able to hand reg some extremely short , and catchy ones, even this late to the party. Thanks for the excellent meta articles. Domain Wire.
Oh-la-la so many names to go into my DNS sink!