Category defining names owned/in use by big companies

[twodogs]

A few more for your list;

Bakedbeans.com.au - H.J. HEINZ COMPANY AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Spaghetti.com.au - H.J. HEINZ COMPANY AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Tuna.com.au - H.J. HEINZ COMPANY AUSTRALIA LIMITED
Cheese.com.au - Delre International Cheese
Weddingcakes.com.au - Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses Pty Ltd

TD.

 

[Mike Robertson]

Thanks so much for the new additions everyone - greatly appreciated. Keep 'em coming!

 

[Blue Wren]

Thanks so much for the new additions everyone - greatly appreciated. Keep 'em coming!

It's an interesting list to read so thank you Mike.

 

[Mike Robertson]

Happy New Year all!

We finally got the list up online, see here - http://domainguardians.com/reports/au-domains.htm

Feel free to share and link to it any marketing/sales you do. It's a resource for all!

 

[DomainNames]

Happy New Year all!

We finally got the list up online, see here - http://domainguardians.com/reports/au-domains.htm

Feel free to share and link to it any marketing/sales you do. It's a resource for all!

You may wish to add Cricket Australia who bought cricket.com.au for over $100,000 and let their name cricketaustralia.com.au drop recently. Goes to show the real value of a good one word generic name!

some have changed but this list from 4 and half years ago also is good to see who was buying premium generics in addition to using their own brands

http://www.domainmarketplace.com.au...e-investing-in-premium-generic-comau-domains/

Premium .com.au domain owned by large Australian corporations include:
■ happybanking.com.au now owned by BANKWEST bankwest.com.au
■bestbank.com.au now owned by St.George Bank stgeorge.com.au
■smartbanking.com.au now owned by National Australia Bank nab.com.au
■mortgage.com.au now owned by ING Bank ing.com.au
■businessbank.com.au now owned by Macquarie Bank macquarie.com.au
■privatebanking.com.au now owned by Commonwealth Bank cba.com.au
■photocopier.com.au now owned by Fuji Xerox fujixerox.com.au
■milk.com.au now owned by National Foods Milk natfoods.com.au
■vodka.com.au now owned by CARLTON AND UNITED BEVERAGES fosters.com.au
■rum.com.au now owned by Guinness United Distillers and Vintners Australia guinness.com.au
■beer.com.au now owned by CARLTON AND UNITED BEVERAGES fosters.com.au
■scotch.com.au now owned by 3M 3m.com.au
■tennis.com.au now owned by Tennis Australia tennisaustralia.com.au
■honey.com.au now owned by Honey Corp of Australia Ltd capilano.com.au
■cows.com.au now owned by George Weston Foods georgewestonfoods.com.au
■pigs.com.au now owned by George Weston Foods georgewestonfoods.com.au
■ham.com.au now owned by George Weston Foods georgewestonfoods.com.au
■itjobs.com.au now owned by FAIRFAX DIGITAL fxj.com.au
■bikini.com.au now owned by Tiger Lily Swimwear tigerlily.com.au
■kettles.com.au now owned by Sunbeam sunbeam.com.au
■toasters.com.au now owned by Sunbeam sunbeam.com.au
■oil.com.au now owned by Valvoline valvoline.com.au
■drinks.com.au now owned by CADBURY SCHWEPPES cadburyschweppes.com
■drink.com.au now owned by CADBURY SCHWEPPES cadburyschweppes.com
■chocolate.com.au now owned by CADBURY SCHWEPPES cadburyschweppes.com
■trucks.com.au now owned by Western Star Trucks westernstar.com
■batteries.com.au now owned by Bob Jane T-Marts bobjane.com.au
■actuaries.com.au now owned by KPMG kpmg.com.au
■fuel.com.au now owned by Caltex Australia Petroleum Pty Ltd
■Petrol.com.au now owned by Caltex Australia Petroleum Pty Ltd
■steel.com.au now owned by BHP
■metal.com.au now owned by Smorgon Steel Group Ltd
■interestfree.com.au now owned by GE Consumer Finance

 

[Mike Robertson]

Cheers, I'll get Cricket.com.au added to the list ASAP.

That list looks familiar, I'm pretty sure I worked my way through it, but I'll go back and double check to make sure I didn't miss any!

If anyone else has any additions, feel free to post here or send to me directly (email or PM).

Cheers,

Mike

 

[DomainNames]

add:

concrete.com.au
Registrant - Pioneer Construction Materials Pty Limited

 

[DomainNames]

Water.com.au
registrant - Water Corporation ( Government)

 

[goldnugget]

Water.com.au
registrant - Water Corporation ( Government)

Thats interesting...I thought Gov Departments always had to use .gov in their domains.

 

[James]

Thats interesting...I thought Gov Departments always had to use .gov in their domains.

Probably not if they have access to the domain they would use it.

I mean from a marketing point of view domains like - http://australiaday.com.au/ are run by Govt departments.

 

[djuqa]

■drinks.com.au now owned by CADBURY SCHWEPPES cadburyschweppes.com
■drink.com.au now owned by CADBURY SCHWEPPES cadburyschweppes.com
■chocolate.com.au now owned by CADBURY SCHWEPPES cadburyschweppes.com

CADBURY Schweppes Empire was split 2008
Schweppes is owned by Asahi Breweries
■drinks.com.au now owned by SCHWEPPES schweppes.com.au
■drink.com.au now owned by SCHWEPPES schweppes.com.au

cadburys is owned by kraft
■chocolate.com.au now owned by CADBURY cadbury.com.au

 

[DomainNames]

Safes.com.au CHUBB
Paint.com.au DULUX
Doors.com.au Corinthian
rooftiles.com.au MONIER

 

[DomainNames]

Timber.com.au BORAL

 

[helloworld]

retire.com.au - Stockland

 

[DomainNames]

Sofas.com.au FREEDOM furniture
Kitchens.com.au FREEDOM furniture
Awnings.com.au LUXAFLEX
Blinds.com.au LUXAFLEX

 

[twodogs]

Some more to add.....

banking.com.au ING

fairerbanking.com.au MEBank

soy.com.au Lion Nathan
buorbon.com.au Lion Nathan

Ladders.com.au Hills

fuelcards.com.au Southgate Fleet Management

 

[DomainNames]

Copiers.com.au OLIVETTI

 

[DomainNames]

anyone still doubt big companies dont want to buy Premium one word generic .com.au names???

 

[snoopy]

anyone still doubt big companies dont want to buy Premium one word generic .com.au names???

Companies of a certain scale most probably do, but it is typically for peanuts and as we've seen from this thread, most are unused. That is why a very big chunk of good quality names are in the hands of speculators.

As an example I just typed in banking.com.au and it doesn't even resolve. I couldn't be bothered typing them all in because I know what the results will be, redirects, DNS errors and the very occasional actual usage.

 

[DomainNames]

Companies of a certain scale most probably do, but it is typically for peanuts and as we've seen from this thread, most are unused. That is why a very big chunk of good quality names are in the hands of speculators.

As an example I just typed in banking.com.au and it doesn't even resolve. I couldn't be bothered typing them all in because I know what the results will be, redirects, DNS errors and the very occasional actual usage.

The point is they buy them. If you own one you can try to sell it to a company of their size if its good enough and they want it. Whether they use it or not is not the point of them buying it. They buy it so no one else does in many cases also

Snoopy some people make a lot of money selling names ( including many on this forum). Isnt that one reason you are here because you own some good names also and want to develop. buy or sell them?

That small list proves the point they have value to someone and so do the daily sales results at netfleet.com.au Drop / Fabulous etc