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This post looked kind of weird to me so I looked up the whois, it's registered to godaddy. Which is odd because it is not the same registrar as amazon.com or aw

This post looked kind of weird to me so I looked up the whois, it's registered to godaddy. Which is odd because it is not the same registrar as amazon.com or aws, and aws operates a domain registration service so I can't imagine a real amazon service would use godaddy. Combined with the fact that there's no concrete plans set in place, it seems really fake.

dang 7y ago
That's weird. But it seems that there's some credible reporting that it's from Amazon: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-amazon-com-store-technology/amazon-launches-business-selling-automated-checkout-to-retailers-idUKKBN20W0OR https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-amazon-com-store-technolog.... They even name the VP involved, so if it's a fake it's an elaborate one.
tzs 7y ago
If someone else had registered the name at GoDaddy before Amazon wanted it (it was registered in 2013), and then Amazon bought it from them, would Amazon transfer it to their normal registrar right away or let it stay where it is until it is time to renew?
- radicalriddler 7y ago
  I doubt Amazon would care about transfer fees, but having used Godaddy, they would've been hard to play with.
  - discreditable 7y ago
    Some registrars don't allow you to transfer the domain away from them for a period of time after transferring ownership. If they acquired the domain recently that could be the reason.
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purec 7y ago
Seemed fake till I saw noticed this with Amazon Go https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=16008589011 https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=16008589011
- parekhnish 7y ago
  Definitely gives it more legitimacy! Also, not sure if genuine mistake or sneaky "clickbait": The video has its `video_poster` image that's eerily similar to a YouTube screenshot, though the video itself is hosted on Amazon's servers, not YouTube.
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paxys 7y ago
It's likely that the domain was already hosted on godaddy and they wanted to launch first before doing the migration.
bspammer 7y ago
The certificate is signed by Amazon.
- DenseComet 7y ago
  Aren't certificates issued on AWS signed by Amazon?
x__x 7y ago
Most of their other domains seem to be registered with MarkMonitor Inc. domain registrar. Even if they recently bought this domain and it was pushed to one of their GoDaddy accounts, you think they would immediately initiate a transfer to MarkMonitor to put it in their portfolio of managed domains. In July of 2019, the domain had a coming soon page on it, that was in German: https://web.archive.org/web/20190709115714/http://justwalkout.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190709115714/http://justwalkou...

dang 7y ago

That's weird. But it seems that there's some credible reporting that it's from Amazon: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-amazon-com-store-technology/amazon-launches-business-selling-automated-checkout-to-retailers-idUKKBN20W0OR https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-amazon-com-store-technolog.... They even name the VP involved, so if it's a fake it's an elaborate one.

tzs 7y ago

If someone else had registered the name at GoDaddy before Amazon wanted it (it was registered in 2013), and then Amazon bought it from them, would Amazon transfer it to their normal registrar right away or let it stay where it is until it is time to renew?

radicalriddler 7y ago
I doubt Amazon would care about transfer fees, but having used Godaddy, they would've been hard to play with.
- discreditable 7y ago
  Some registrars don't allow you to transfer the domain away from them for a period of time after transferring ownership. If they acquired the domain recently that could be the reason.

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purec 7y ago

Seemed fake till I saw noticed this with Amazon Go https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=16008589011 https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=16008589011

parekhnish 7y ago
Definitely gives it more legitimacy! Also, not sure if genuine mistake or sneaky "clickbait": The video has its `video_poster` image that's eerily similar to a YouTube screenshot, though the video itself is hosted on Amazon's servers, not YouTube.

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paxys 7y ago

It's likely that the domain was already hosted on godaddy and they wanted to launch first before doing the migration.

bspammer 7y ago

The certificate is signed by Amazon.

DenseComet 7y ago
Aren't certificates issued on AWS signed by Amazon?

x__x 7y ago

Most of their other domains seem to be registered with MarkMonitor Inc. domain registrar. Even if they recently bought this domain and it was pushed to one of their GoDaddy accounts, you think they would immediately initiate a transfer to MarkMonitor to put it in their portfolio of managed domains. In July of 2019, the domain had a coming soon page on it, that was in German: https://web.archive.org/web/20190709115714/http://justwalkout.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190709115714/http://justwalkou...