In June of 2017, I wrote about the Pillow.com domain name. At the time of the article, the startup using Pillow.com had not purchased the domain name but had the option to purchase it in the future.

Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Expedia acquired Pillow. The terms of the acquisition were not revealed by either party. At the present time, it is unclear whether Expedia plans to keep Pillow operating separately or fold it into one of its other brands.

I exchanged emails about the acquisition with Jamie Zoch this morning, and he reminded me that I should reconnect with Craig Clark, the prior registrant of the Pillow.com domain name, to see if Pillow.com was acquired since I published my article. Craig responded to me this afternoon, and here’s what he told me about the Pillow.com domain name:

One of the benefits to using my own domain for sale landing pages is that I can control and access the visitor logs and stats. Tracking visitors to landing page by IP address is an invaluable tool for me.

I’ll give you one example of why this data can be helpful. I am currently in a negotiation with a prospective buyer to sell a domain name. The person made an offer, and I shared the purchase price. I was told his partners think the price is too high and then radio silence. Ordinarily, I might think the deal is dead and either let it die or try to make a price concession. With my tracking stats, I can see that the prospect has visited the landing page several times. Even though there is radio silence, I know he is still interested.

I am not sure if any parking

According to an article published on CNBC, Fidelity Investments is establishing a new company called Fidelity Digital Asset Services:

“Financial services giant Fidelity is taking a huge step into cryptocurrency.

The 72-year-old firm announced the launch of a separate company, Fidelity Digital Asset Services, on Monday that will handle cryptocurrency custody and trade execution for institutional investors.”

Fidelity also announced the news in a press release published earlier this afternoon.

It looks like the company acquired the FDAS.com acronym domain name.

A current Whois record shows the registrant of FDAS.com is FMR LLC, which appears to be associated with Fidelity Investments. In fact,

Yesterday, Google announced that it will be shutting down its Google Plus social platform. After reading reactions to the news on Twitter and elsewhere, it doesn’t seem like this closure is going to cause much sadness. Part of the issue Google had with Google+ is that not many people seemed to use the platform on a regular basis.

This might seem a bit strange considering I hardly use my Google Plus account to share or learn, but I am going to miss Google Plus.

Whenever I receive an inbound offer or inquiry from someone with a Gmail account, I immediately do a Google Plus search for that email address. Although getting information has been a bit hit or miss, it has been helpful on occasion. I will share a few examples of when Google Plus has helped: