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Paramount Pictures registers VampiratesMovie.com domain name

Post author By J.B.
Post date July 12, 2011
2 Comments on Paramount Pictures registers VampiratesMovie.com domain name

Vampire films have regained popularity with the help of books-to-movies like Twilight.

The first three films in the Twilight Saga — Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse — have grossed over $1.8 billion USD.

Paramount Pictures, which once owned the rights to Twilight before Summit Entertainment, won’t be making the same mistake twice over a books-to-movies deal based on vampires.

The company registered the domain name VampiratesMovie.com on July 6, which could mean Paramount Pictures has acquired the rights to Justin Somper’s Vampirates books and is planning to make a film.

Here’s a look at the Whois record:

At the time of this post, I haven’t been able to find any news or blogs mentioning Paramount Pictures and Vampirates.

I’ve reached out to Justin Somper for comment and will update this post if I hear back.

Tags Justin Somper, MarkMonitor, Paramount Pictures, Paramount Pictures domains, Vampirates, Vampirates film, Vampirates Movie, Vampirates the movie

News Video Games

Will Zynga release “Farmville Express”? Company registers farmvilleexpress.com, expressfarmville.com domain names

Post author By J.B.
Post date April 22, 2011
3 Comments on Will Zynga release “Farmville Express”? Company registers farmvilleexpress.com, expressfarmville.com domain names

Social gaming giant Zynga has registered the domain names farmvilleexpress.com and expressfarmville.com through MarkMonitor, its registrar of choice. Both domains were registered earlier this week on April 20 following a story that appeared on Farmville Freak that discussed a survey sent out by Zynga from Facebook asking users about mobile farming.

Games.com followed up the story also hinting that the gaming giant had a new, lighter version of FarmVille mobile in the works.

What are the possibilities for the domain names?

Last May, Zynga announced a partnership with American Express that now allows American Express customers to use their Membership Rewards points to redeem Zynga’s virtual goods and game cards. Though the website is not that easy to find, the Membership Rewards Program from American Express extends beyond Farmville and includes virtual goods from other Zynga games like YoVille, Frontierville, Cityville, and others.

So it’s definitely looking promising that a new, lighter version of Farmville called “Farmville Express” will be released.

At the time of this story, farmvilleexpress.com is parked at GoDaddy (where the name now resides under a zynga.com e-mail address), while the web address expressfarmville.com currently doesn’t resolve.

Domain Name: farmvillexpress.com

        Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com
        Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com
        Registrar Homepage: http://www.markmonitor.com/

    Administrative Contact:
        Domain Administrator
        DNStination Inc.
        303 Second Street Suite 800N
         San Francisco CA 94107
        US
         +1.4155319335 Fax: +1.4155319335

    Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
        Domain Administrator
        DNStination Inc.
        303 Second Street Suite 800N
         San Francisco CA 94107
        US
         +1.4155319335 Fax: +1.4155319335

    Created on…………..: 2011-04-20.
    Expires on…………..: 2012-04-20.
    Record last updated on..: 2011-04-20.

Tags dnstination, farmville, farmville express, farmville freak, farmville rumors, MarkMonitor

News Video Games

Activision creating a buzz over domain name that contains the word “Murder”

Post author By J.B.
Post date December 5, 2010
2 Comments on Activision creating a buzz over domain name that contains the word “Murder”

Registered on Nov. 11, 2010, the domain name MurderYourMaker.com has been creating a buzz in the gamer community.

Although the domain is registered under MarkMonitor, the company that helps companies with brand protection, it’s owned by Activision who has been releasing teasers for the upcoming Spike TV Video Game Awards where the game (which is rumored to be Prototype 2) will be unveiled.

Videogames and domain names

I come across interesting “domain” stories since I’ve started a new blog about military video games over at MilitaryGamer including stories about BuyDomains: here and here. But none of the material I’ve come across has been as interesting as the commentary on Activision’s murderyourmaker.com URL.

Bloggers and journalists in the gamer community have been talking about the domain name MurderYourMaker.com for weeks, not only because they’ve been guessing at what game is behind the web site, but also because of the use of the word “murder” in the name.

Here’s a look at what Catalin Alexandru, who writes for TFTS had to say:

We don’t get why the word “murder” attracts so much attention. People say they’re going to kill each other all the time, but just try yelling something about murder to your wife in a crowded restaurant. Don’t get us wrong, people will be looking either way, but just say the word “murder” and those stares will gain some heavy implications instantly.

Murder domain names

While the word “murder” in a domain certainly draws attention, publicly reported sales of domain names with the keyword “murder” have not.

According to sales history provided by DomainTools, only a handful of sales have taken place.

Domain	Date Sold	Price	Location
murderballmovie.com	Feb 12,2010	$99.00	SnapNames
hollywoodmurders.com	Nov 10,2009	$65.00	SnapNames
smileyfacemurders.com	Jan 8,2009	$150.00	Sedo.com
murdertube.com	Nov 5,2008	$70.00	Sedo.com
attemptedmurderattorney.com	Oct 14,2008	$99.00	SnapNames
murderpictures.com	Oct 11,2008	$69.00	SnapNames

The keyword “murder” according to the Google Adwords Keyword Tool had about 60,500 exact search last month, globally.

Tags activision, featured, Gamers, MarkMonitor, murder, murder domains, Murder Your Maker, Spike TV Video Game Awards