Company registers major city domain names in new .delivery top level domain name. Amazon.com is obsessed with improving delivery, from its local locker pickup to Sunday delivery to delivery by drone. So perhaps it shouldn't come as a big surprise ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Amazon.com wins .Book top level domain name battle
· UncategorizedAmazon wins 9-way battle for .book domain name. Amazon.com has won an auction for rights to run the .book top level domain name. The company went head-to-head with 8 other applicants for the domain name, including Google, but ultimately agreed to ... Continue Reading1 Comment
It’s the Amazon Echo, but Amazon stocks up on Alexa domain names
· UncategorizedEven though it's called the Echo, Amazon also registered Alexa domain names related to new device. Amazon announced the Amazon Echo, a sort of home personal assistant similar to Ubi, last week. Although it's called the Echo, owners can name their ... Continue Reading1 Comment
What do Amazon and Google domain name losses mean for new TLDs?
· Domain SalesNeither of them won .cloud, which begs a big question. .Cloud is a valuable top level domain name. I'm basing that on the seven applications it received, and that Amazon.com, Google and Symantec all applied for the domain name. So which one of ... Continue Reading13 Comments
Amazon.com trademark might tip off plans for new top level domain names
· Domain RegistrarsTrademark application covers registry services related to selling domain names to the public. What does Amazon.com plan to do with top level domain names it is the registry for? Does it still plan to earmark them for just Amazon.com's use? Is it just ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Amazon launches Square competitor, snaps up 100 domain names
· Domain SalesCompany registered 100 related domain names ahead of latest product launch. Today Amazon.com launched Amazon Local Register, a mobile credit card merchant solution similar to Square. Yesterday the company registered close to 100 new domain names ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Roundup: this week in the Domain Name Business
· UncategorizedIt was another exciting week in the domain name industry. Here's a look back. Domain Registry of America may finally get cut off from ICANN. The notorious company that sends misleading domain renewal notices to domain owners has been suspended by ICANN ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Amazon fires up defensive domain registrations for Fire Phone
· UncategorizedAmazon registers 200 or more domain names related to new phone. Amazon.com unveiled its Amazon Fire Phone yesterday. At the same time, it went on a defensive registration binge for names related to the new product. I count 200 domain name ... Continue Reading4 Comments
CTIA kills Amazon.com’s bid for .mobile domain name
· Policy & LawInternational Chamber of Commerce decision eliminates Amazon.com's plans to run the .mobile top level domain name. CTIA, a trade group representing mobile phone carriers, has successfully objected to Amazon.com's application to run the .mobile top ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Amazon.com registers .domains domain names for each of its proposed TLDs
· UncategorizedAmazon.com grabs .domains domains corresponding to its new top level domain applications. Amazon.com has registered corresponding .domains domain names for each of the 65 Latin script top level domain names it has applied for. All of the ... Continue Reading3 Comments