Company gets coveted domain name for its cloud business. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has acquired the domain name AWS.com, Whois records indicate. Historical Whois records at DomainTools show that the domain was transferred to Amazon.com this week, ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Domain names Amazon and other end users bought
· Domain SalesHuge companies buy domain names along with cryptocurrency companies. Two very large companies made domain name purchases at Sedo over the past week. Amazon.com bought a generic and Statoil, a $74 billion market cap energy company, bought a domain ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Amazon opens .Bot up to more bots
· Domain RegistrarsCompany adds three eligible bot platforms for .bot domain names. Amazon.com has added several bots to its approved list of chatbots for .bot domain name registrants. Now, people who have published bots based on Howdy’s Botkit Studio, Gupshup and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Amazon registers more domains suggesting YouTube competitor
· UncategorizedRecent domain name registrations add fuel to idea that Amazon will create a competitor to YouTube. Amazon.com has expanded its domain name registration activity for domain names including 'AmazonTube' and 'OpenTube', suggesting that that the ... Continue Reading2 Comments
November’s top Domain Name Wire stories
· UncategorizedHere's what happened in the domain name business last month. November was a very busy month on Domain Name Wire thanks to news about Amazon.com and GoDaddy. How much can you tell from the domain names a company registers? Sometimes, a lot. I also ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Amazon.com launches .Bot domain names on Tuesday
· UncategorizedBot it won't be easy to register them. Amazon.com is making .bot domain names available to the public on Tuesday starting at 6 a.m. The company has been testing different business models for its new top level domain names and this domain is no ... Continue Reading7 Comments
What is Amazon Harmony?
· UncategorizedAmazon.com is registering a lot of domains for Amazon Harmony. Update: Amazon Harmony is the name Amazon's is giving to its support reps that work on musical devices. They offer discount codes if you call them: Amazon.com has ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
An Amazon coin? Amazon.com registers cryptocurrency domain names
· UncategorizedTech giant registers three domain names related to blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Amazon.com registered three domain names yesterday related to blockchain and cryptocurrencies: amazoncryptocurrencies.com, amazoncryptocurrency.com and ... Continue Reading33 Comments
July’s Top 5 Domain Name Stories
· UncategorizedThese were the top five most-viewed stories on Domain Name Wire in July. 1. McDonald’s takes domain names off the menu - McDonald's exited the new top level domain program after deciding to relinquish its two domain names, .mcdonalds and .mcd. 2. Is ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain investor Steve Kaziyev – DNW Podcast #145
· PodcastsLearn what this domain investor is doing to buy and sell domain names. Like many domain investors, Steven Kaziyev was introduced to domain names while researching names for his non-domain business. Now he owns a strong portfolio of thousands of domains ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment