- Tobias Ratschiller
126.com is a popular Chinese email provider.
The notion that they own many good domains may come from the WhoIs, which shows as of Dec 7, 2013:
Registrant Organization: DNStination Inc.
Registrant Street: 425 Market St, 5th Floor
Registrant City: San Francisco
Registrant State/Province: CA
Registrant Postal Code: 94105
Registrant Country: US
126.com is "owned" by MarkMonitor (http://www.markmonitor.com), a US brand protection company that, among other services, buys and holds domain names on behalf of big companies like Google or Apple. They were bought themselves by Thomson- Reuters in 2012.
They manage domain portfolios for corporations - that's why you see many good domains on their name.
In addition, MarkMonitor offers domain acquisition services. When a company like Apple wanted to buy me.com or Google wanted to buy GDrive.com, they rarely approach a domain owner directly. That would drive up the price and potentially disclose product strategy. Instead, they use a middle man like MarkMonitor to make an offer and complete the purchase and transfer
126.com is a popular Chinese email provider.
The notion that they own many good domains may come from the WhoIs, which shows as of Dec 7, 2013:
Registrant Organization: DNStination Inc.
Registrant Street: 425 Market St, 5th Floor
Registrant City: San Francisco
Registrant State/Province: CA
Registrant Postal Code: 94105
Registrant Country: US
126.com is "owned" by MarkMonitor (http://www.markmonitor.com), a US brand protection company that, among other services, buys and holds domain names on behalf of big companies like Google or Apple. They were bought themselves by Thomson- Reuters in 2012.
They manage domain portfolios for corporations - that's why you see many good domains on their name.
In addition, MarkMonitor offers domain acquisition services. When a company like Apple wanted to buy me.com or Google wanted to buy GDrive.com, they rarely approach a domain owner directly. That would drive up the price and potentially disclose product strategy. Instead, they use a middle man like MarkMonitor to make an offer and complete the purchase and transfer
