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Tesla registers domain names for UAW Union fight

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Domain names registered as Tesla and UAW getting ready for fight in a California.

A number of domain names were registered yesterday for an upcoming battle between automaker Tesla and United Auto Workers Union.

22 domain names referencing Tesla, unions and the UAW were registered at brand protection registrar MarkMonitor yesterday, including teslaunionfree.com, uawkillsjobs.com and unionizetesla.com. (A full list is below.)

The whois records for the domains use MarkMonitor’s domain name privacy service. Tesla uses MarkMonitor for its domain name registrations and UAW.org is at GoDaddy, so my bet is that Tesla is behind these registrations. Some of them are clearly designed to prevent UAW from using the domain names. I’m somewhat surprised UAW didn’t already own UAWsucks.com.

Add a fight against UAW to Tesla’s long list of challenges in the coming year as it tries to get the lower-priced Model 3 car out the door.

A battle with the
teslaandtheuaw.com
teslaanduaw.com
teslauaw.com
teslaunion.com
teslaunionfree.com
teslaunionize.com
uawandtesla.com
uawattesla.com
uawdestroysjobs.com
uawfortesla.com
uawfree.com
uawfreetesla.com
uawfremont.com
uawkillsjobs.com
uawrocks.com
uawsucks.com
uawtesla.com
unionattesla.com
unionfreetesla.com
unionizetesla.com
unionizeteslanow.com
unsafetesla.com

(ModelX photo from Tesla.com)

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Tesla.com is now Tesla’s main domain name

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Company’s TeslaMotors.com web address now forwards to Tesla.com.

TeslaIn February, Domain Name Wire broke the news that car maker Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) had finally acquired the domain name Tesla.com.

Its main website has long been TeslaMotors.com, a domain name it had to settle on because Tesla.com was registered way back in 1992.

After acquiring the Tesla.com domain name earlier this year, it forwarded it to TeslaMotors.com. Now it’s the other way around: Tesla.com recently became the company’s official web address.

The move comes at Tesla moves beyond just selling cars. In addition to its Powerwall home battery system, the company has proposed an acquisition of solar power company SolarCity.

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A Domainer’s Dashboard – DNW Podcast #72

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This service lets you get a handle on your domain name investing business.

Domain Name Wire podcastCan Efty help domain name investors make more money? Co-founder Doron Vermaat explains how Efty creates a dashboard for your domain business, and how it can help you sell more domain names.

Also: Berkens’ big payday, Tesla gets Tesla.com, big .org contract out for bid, Rightside’s biz and .Cloud shoots up into the clouds.

Subscribe via iTunes to listen to the Domain Name Wire podcast on your iPhone or iPad, or click play below or download to begin listening. (Listen to previous podcasts here.)

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Tesla finally acquires Tesla.com domain name

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Tesla.com now forwards to TeslaMotors.com.

TeslaTesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) has finally acquired the Tesla.com domain name. It is now forwarding Tesla.com to TeslaMotors.com.

The domain name was registered in 1992, well before the company was formed. The earliest whois record at DomainTools shows that the same person has owned the domain name since at least 2002, and may have been the original registrant. The domain name was registered to Stu Grossman of SG Consulting in California. (I will call him at a reasonable hour California time to inquire.)

In 2005, domain name attorney John Berryhill helped Grossman defend his domain name in a UDRP, brought by an entirely different company named Tesla.

It has long been a question on many Tesla enthusiasts’ minds: when would the company acquire the Tesla.com domain name? It became more important when Tesla announced it was expanding beyond autos and into home batteries with its Tesla Powerwall. TeslaMotors.com doesn’t make much sense for selling non-motors batteries.

As someone who frequently visits the Tesla website, I can attest that I still type in Tesla.com by accident quite often.

The updated Tesla whois record is below, which shows Tesla’s brand protection registrar MarkMonitor and its DNStination company as the owner:

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Don’t be like a Tesla apologist

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Some criticisms are valid, and this extends to the domain name industry.

Tesla Model XI stayed up to watch the Tesla Model X launch event online Tuesday night. It was supposed to start at 8 PM PST. Nearly an hour later, Elon Musk shuffled onto the stage unapologetically and proceeded to give a lackluster introduction to a car his company is depending on for its future.

It has been amusing to see how people reacted to this. Most amusing are the Tesla apologists who make excuses for the company whenever someone comments about the tardiness and lackluster presentation.

The presentation started an hour late?

“But Elon’s time is very valuable! I’m sure he had a good reason.” Click here to continue reading…

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