Domaining.com’s founder sold the domain to company earlier this year. Remote working is ubiquitous today. Accelerated by the global Covid-19 pandemic, remote working is typical for both startups and established companies in 2022. Along with the positives and negatives of remote working, companies have to think about the logistics of …
Read More »Web3 accounting firm officially launches on Tactic.com
Tactic used a creative deal structure to land its great domain. Tactic acquired tactic.com on a payment plan to offer its web3 accounting solution. The term web3 is an all-encompassing term to describe the innovations happening on the internet and the shift towards digital currencies and digital assets operating on …
Read More »Sense closes $105 million in funding using Sense.com
Sense acquires its great domain fairly early in its lifetime. Energy usage is one of the major topics of 2022. With the cost of oil and gas surging worldwide due to the war in Ukraine, consumer energy prices are climbing. Rising bills are bringing awareness to the energy consumed by …
Read More »Column launches after acquiring Column.com from Digimedia
Financial services companies, especially new ones, need to convey trust. One way to show that they’re serious is to own a great domain. Embed, a financial services infrastructure provider, secured Embed.com before coming out of stealth mode. Recurring revenue service Pipe and finance automation platform Ramp secured their exact-match .coms …
Read More »Monthly rebrands to Studio.com and raises $50 million
It had a good (but limiting) domain before. Significant funds have poured into the education industry in the past few years. Startups such as Subject have received hundreds of millions of dollars worth of collective funding to help move education into the digital age. Alongside companies focusing on traditional education …
Read More »One Clara upgrades to Clara.com while another misses out
The company that used clara.cc upgraded to .com. A company upgraded from clara.cc to clara.com. First names are becoming more popular options as brand names. Earlier this year, Crunchbase identified first names as a trend in branding, citing successful companies like Mona, Marvin, or Otto. There’s also Alan, the unicorn …
Read More »Chief raises $100 million using Chief.com
Chief, a network for professional women that uses the great domain chief.com, has raised another $100 million. In the last two decades, there has rightly been a conscious effort to promote more women to positions of power. According to Statista, the number of female CEOs at Fortune 500 companies has …
Read More »NFT company Novel acquired Novel.com before raising $6 million
This company bought instant credibility with a premium domain purchase. The NFT space has cemented a place in the public consciousness over the past 12 months. Thanks to the mainstream success of projects such as Bored Ape Yacht Club and Coinbase’s foray into NFTs, there’s a broader understanding of non-fungible …
Read More »Wealth launches new estate planning platform at Wealth.com
This business launched on a domain that gives it credibility. Wealth launched on a domain that gives it instant credibility. The estate planning industry is ripe for redevelopment. From an outsider’s perspective, little has changed in this $180 billion industry over the decades, with many choosing to ignore estate planning …
Read More »Emile raises $29.4 million and rebrands to Subject.com
Online learning platform gets an A for its rebrand. Emile Learning acquired Subject.com this year and rebranded to Subject. Education companies and premium domain names go hand in hand, it seems. Startups such as Chalk, Class, and Clever operate on their exact-match .com domain, and now another education platform is …
Read More »Talent.com raises $120 million after rebrand
It’s a significant upgrade from its original name. If you’re going to make a mark in the competitive recruitment industry, how do you stand out? For one Montreal-based startup, standing out meant acquiring one of the best recruitment-related domain names possible. Originally founded as Neuvoo in 2011, the company aggregates …
Read More »Marc Lore’s Latest Startup Launches on Mojo.com
The man behind Diapers.com and Jet.com acquires Mojo.com for his latest startup. Entrepreneur Marc Lore has an incredibly successful backlog of companies he has created, intrinsically linked to some of the best domains. As CEO of Quidsi, Lore led the development of Diapers.com, Soap.com, and Wag.com until Amazon bought the …
Read More »Kin raises $82 million using Kin.com
Company rebranded to a .us and then upgraded to the matching .com. InsurTech startups seem to be prime candidates for securing domain name upgrades. In 2019, homeowners insurance provider Hippo paid $3.3 million to acquire Hippo.com, while more recently, car insurance firm Root took ownership of the Root.com domain. Consumer-facing …
Read More »Pallet switches from Pallet.xyz to Pallet.com
It’s the second domain name change for the company. Pallet changed its domain name from Pallet.xyz to Pallet.com. According to Statista, LinkedIn and Indeed were among the most effective lead sources for recruiters in the US in 2020. While recruiters may be happy, are these services the best use of …
Read More »Helium reaches $1.2 billion valuation using Helium.com
The company acquired the domain after an earlier round of funding. What do you get when you cross blockchain, cryptocurrency, and a team of highly skilled developers? In Helium’s case, you get a $1.2 billion valuation. Founded in 2013 by co-founders including Shawn Fanning of Napster fame, Helium began as …
Read More »Evolve raises $100 million after Evolve.com purchase
It was a BIG upgrade from its former domain. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, travel was one of the worst affected industries. Travel bans and lockdowns ground travel to a halt. More than 5.5 million people lost their jobs in travel and tourism in the US alone. But some travel …
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