Amazon.com becomes a registrar!

[buddy]

Well, it seems like Amazon.com wants a piece of the domain industry as well. They have become an accredited registrar. I guess they heard there were some money to be made from this

Full article here:

http://www.techzonez.com/comments.php?id=1390&catid=1

 

[play]

Nice find

Seems they are following were the money was... actually only the biggest players (registrars) make the money...

They are very innovative though; Lets see what they bring to the table..

So there goes a question..

What domain or subdomain will amazon use for regs?


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[GeorgeK]

Play: From: http://www.internic.net/alpha.html they plan to use the "registrar" subdomain, i.e.

http://registrar.amazon.com/

 

[fizz]

I put on my thinking cap and for a laugh came up with the name domazon.com. Checked the whois and by coincidence it's a name in the redemption period.

 

[adoptabledomains]

Here's another couple stories on this:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2131316,00.html
http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/030228/72/38eaf.html

 

[liquidstar]

Now on msnbc. Implies they may even deal in after market sales as well.


http://www.msnbc.com/news/880118.asp?0cv=CB20

 

[ctc]

So many registrars so few customers!!!!

 

[buddy]

So many registrars so few customers!!!!

I don't think Amazon needs to go out and chase any customers. They already have their database of current/old customers and affiliates to target. The only question is how many of those would consider switching registrars or register a domain?

 

[.com.net.org]

oh no. Another registrar. Amazon.com should just concentrate on their current products and services.

 

[TurNIC.com]

I heard this news before reading this thread. And my reseller myself got high. I went to check some ideas like

1. amazone
2. ramazon
3. amazonregistrar
etc

I saw that all of them were tkaen by Amazon around 2000!

 

[morel]

Originally posted by liquidstar
Implies they may even deal in after market sales as well.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/880118.asp?0cv=CB20

Where specifically does it imply that?