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That was my first assumption as well - that one of the founders was continuing to work with the same idea under a different brand. Whoever it was, they clearly
by kornish 11y ago
That was my first assumption as well - that one of the founders was continuing to work with the same idea under a different brand.
Whoever it was, they clearly capitalized on the market opening left in Homejoy's wake. A quick
whois flymaids.com
yields
Domain Name: flymaids.com
Registry Domain ID: 1966895891_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com
Update Date: 2015-10-08T04:34:58Z
Creation Date: 2015-10-08T04:34:58Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2016-10-08T04:34:58Z
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@godaddy.com
...
Registrant Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC
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The site was only created in the last 3 weeks, and it was registered by someone who wanted to stay anonymous (which is, in fairness, very reasonable - Homejoy cofounder or not. Certainly not enough to draw a conclusion).
- wlesieutre 11y agoDomain registrars often include a year of "whoisguard" (namecheap's brand for it) or similar with new domain registrations. I'm never too surprised by that until it's been over a year. Or is Domains By Proxy a more significant anonymity system?
- bduerst 11y agoThey're all pretty much the same - just who is controlling it. Domains by Proxy is GoDaddy's version.