VB Domain Timeline
Curiosities and
Virtual Business Studies
about Domain Names

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

To Be or not to Be   .com ...    
Most of the
following Logos,
trademarks of their respective Owners
might be known to you.
They are worldfamous and
worth millions of Dollars.

 But not every Company
had the same IT management .... 		 
Registered Domains
Bought Domains
Missed Domains
     
BP.com - British Petroleum
AA.com - American Airlines
Credit Agricole from France does not have the CA.com domain
BT.com - British Telecom
BA.com - British Airways
C&A Brennikmejer from the Benelux do not have the CA.com domain
DJ.com - Dow Jones Stock Market Index
CA.com - formally Computer Associates
Deutsche Bahn from Germany does not have the DB.com domain
EY.com - Ernst & Young
CK.com - Calvin Klein
Drogerie Markt from Germany does not have the DM.com domain
FT.com - Financial Times
DB.com - Deutsche Bank
Dolce & Gabbana from Italy does not have the DG.com
GE.com - General Electric
HM.com - Hennes & Mauritz
Magasins ED from France do not have the ED.com domain
HP.com - Hewlett Packard
KT.com - KT, ex Korea Telecom
LG Electronics from Korea do not have the LG.com domain
ML.com - Merrill Lynch
LV.com - LV = Liverpool Victoria
LV Louis Vuitton from France tried to get the LV domain through a Wipo Courtcase, Liverpool Victoria got it with their Checkbook
PG.com - Procter & Gamble
SK.com - SK Group, ex SunKyung Group
Marks & Spencer Department Stores from the UK do not have the MS.com domain
TI.com - Texas Instruments
TD.com - TD Bank, Toronto Dominion Bank
Rolls Royce changed owners several times, now owned by BMW but without the RR.com domain
VW.com - Volkswagen
XL.com - XL Airways
Societe Generale from France does not have the SG.com domain
     
Above Companies
ahead of their time, registered
their .com Domain,
for a couple of Dollars
Above Companies
bought
their .com Domain,
for a large usually not published Amount
Above Companies
missed to register
their .com Domain,
now impossible to buy or worth Millions