iPad.com: New Millionaire About to be Minted Courtesy of Apple?

To give you an idea of the traffic that iPad.com is probably receiving, my blog is currently the #1 rank in Google for the term iPad.com and I am receiving some traffic already from people searching for ipad.com on Google

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=ipad.com&aq=f&aql=&aqi=&oq=&fp=435311d5ec9ae78f

I just noticed the owners of the domain name added a great note in the footer with links to two charities:

Support Cancer Research and Organizations that Support Families Affected by Cancer
Cancer Support Community | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Very nice!

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The registration is private; just off the cuff, I’d be willing to bet that Apple already has this domain locked up and that Martine Bejasa is not the owner’s name, but someone acting on behalf of Apple, perhaps an employee.

It would be an interesting historical search.

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Hey Elliot-

I am going to agree strongly with Ms. Domainer. Apple is far to clever a company to let this slip without significant work and prep.

How’s DF?

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I take back my last comment. After seeing this site:

http://www.cloudave.com/link/security-issues-with-the-ipad-com-domain?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CloudAve+(CloudAve)

I doubt very much if this domain is owned by Apple. It looks like it could have some Chinese malware on it.

Beware if you go on the site.

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@ Ms Domainer and Mark

Not to be disagreeable, but the Whois history archive shows the same owner back in 2001: http://domain-history.domaintools.com/?page=details&domain=ipad.com&date=2001-05-18

In addition, there are many results for the person’s name (a New Jersey resident). There is a person with this (unique) name that works for Johnson & Johnson (which is located in New Jersey)

http://www.spoke.com/info/p6QfmsY/MartineBejasa

There are other NJ and Johnson & Johnson related listings in Google as well.

In addition, now that the news has broken, if Apple did secretly own the domain name, I am sure they would have forwarded it to their site by now, rather than adding a link to cancer organizations in the bottom. To me, it seems clear that the owner is trying to take advantage of the traffic for a good cause rather than to promote the new product, as Apple would surely do.

I would imagine Apple will buy the domain name, and since the owner seems like a charitable person, their favorite charities will benefit from the sale.

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Let me clarify: beware if you go on the ipad site.

Sorry about that long nasty-looking link.

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Elliot,

By the time I went on Whois, it had gone private (Net Sol, Drums, PA).

I don’t have access to the history–too cheap.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martine_Bejasa

Nice bit of luck, to register a domain over 10 years ago that becomes essential to a highly anticipated product of a huge company. If we could all be so lucky!

For fun, also check out ipads.com

ha ha not a joke for apple. they need to burn few millions now

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I see that her personal info is on Alexa.

Yikes!

It’s a good thing (for her) most people won’t look there.

Thanks, Elliot, for the search hint.

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iphone.com, ipod.com, ipad.com … these domains don’t get much traffic … check the alexa ranking for these domains!

If ipad.com is worth a million, how much is i-pad.com worth?

You can buy it now for only $3250.

i-phone.com, i-pod.com is not owned by apple…so i guess apple doesn’t want i-pad.com either!

If you read this post and end up buying i-pad.com, you definately are a domainaholic and should buy my domains domainaholic.com and domainaholics.com

MaxiPad.com is loaded with traffic right now!!! that it took down the servers.

Johnson & Johnson own Maxipad.com

I’m just saying….

Have you looked at the company name? ipad.com is registered to Enero 6 corp. “Enero” means “January” in Spanish and there’s actually a significance to January 6th related to Steve Jobs.

Also, the domain name iPad.com changed hands in April 2009. I bet it’s already been sold to Apple and Apple owns it.

@ Bill

The owner of Enero6.com is the same person as iPad.com:

http://domain-history.domaintools.com/?page=details&domain=enero6.com&date=2008-01-18

That name has been registered since January of 2008.

It could be possible, but I don’t know why they aren’t forwarding it to http://www.apple.com/ipad yet since the iPad portion of the site is now running.

Detective Bill Hartzer, on the case!

@ Bill

You may be on to something… nice digging:

Lots of January activity for Apple and Jobs.

http://www.applematters.com/article/january-6-2000-steve-turns-os-x-out/

http://www.britannica.com/facts/10/40937631/January-6-1998-Apple-Computer-acting-chief-executive

Some others right around January 6 too.

Perhaps the owner was already made wealthy

Forget the new iPad! Check out these new iGlasses! They are hot!

http://www.zazzle.com/hottopics/gifts?cg=196533222698704793

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The enero6 domain has been updated (now expires in 2012) and Martine Bejasa’s name has been removed.

Maybe the so-called Chinese hackers was just a red herring.

What a bunch of sleuths!

I certainly learned some new tricks today.

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ipad

backward

dapi

Domainers
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Just sayin!!!!

Seems like it’s maybe been owned by apple/steve jobs since ’98. They might just be waiting to have enough relevant ipad info (i.e., exact price points, user plans +) for potential consumers before forwarding the domain to ipad section of the apple site. If it is already apple’s It would be interesting to know how much the original owner did manage to get for it since it was hypothetically purchased 2 years prior to the official products launch.

[...] the person who registered the domain name (one Martine Bejasa) sell it to the Cupertino company to become an instant millionaire. Unlikely to happen, [...]

Martine Bejasa Wikipedia page was just deleted as well!

[...] the person who registered the domain name (one Martine Bejasa) sell it to the Cupertino company to become an instant millionaire. Unlikely to happen, [...]

I the owner of ipad.pe domain

[...] person who registered the domain name (one Martine Bejasa) sell it to the Cupertino company to become an instant millionaire. Unlikely to happen, [...]

http://domain-history.domaintools.com/?page=details&domain=enero6.com&date=2008-01-18

Pretty cool for those guys Im sure they will love that Steve Jobs has the same Idea. Same deal at http://www.pillidentifier.net You see how things go when the big fish get in the game lol…Peace!

Interesting…

1. The keywords for the website (in the source code) are: “consulting, eco, technology, enero 6 corp, family”

2. Google Analytics is installed

3. There is no NJ business named “Enero 6 Corp.” but there is a “ENEROP CORPORATION.” (P = Upside-down 6, and also a Corp.)

4. Enero 6 or “January 6″ is known as Three Kings Day

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5. When you search for ipad.com using Google, the information displayed for ipad.com is “concursos” which translates to “competitions” or “contests.”

FYI – this has been covered extensively (well, two posts) over the last week by the Jesus Tablet blog.

http://www.jesustablet.com/2010/01/whats-in-name-ipad-and-enero-6-corp.html

Drums, PA is where Networks Solutions is located.

J Tablet’s site has a link to the NY Department of State’s site where the Enero 6 Corp’s registration is listed. The address listed there is that of a New York City address purchased by the admin contact found on a real estate site via Google search.

I am going to compete fully head-on with my new line of product which is called iPad also: Let’s see who wins LOL:

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/39/2010/01/500x_ipadpicfancy12710.jpg

Nope. They have a bigger problem:
http://fragerfactor.blogspot.com/2010/01/why-apple-cant-buy-ipadcom-just-yet.html

Just because Apple releases an ipad product does not mean they need the domain ipad.com. Domain squatter idiots!

speculation on other domain names with the word “pad” in them? what are the best “pad” names to buy up to accompany the new name, with out infringing?

Why wouldn’t Apple have already bought this name?

>> Perhaps the prospect of buying this name for ~$1mn was more attractive to Apple when compared against the slim possibility of the previous owner revealing the name of their product before the official announcement (even though they’d inevitably have him/her sign an NDA).

I started checking the domain name ipad.com last January 20 through http://www.netstumble.com/whois-history-check.html still the same records.

By the way, this is a free service WHOIS History. You don’t need to register or pay to check the WHOIS history records. Just like a normal whois check but it keep the records for future reference just like now with iPad.com

Cheers,
EM @ KING.NET

Why would you want a iPod?

It has no USB port, DVD or Webcam so there is no videoconference and you can not change the battery.

@anunt

Iphone.com and Ipod.com and Ipod.com aren’t getting traffic? You make your comment based on your analysis of Alexa rankings? That’s a perfect reason why I never use Alexa to evaluate or appraise a domain.

If you guys really think ipad.com is worth a million dollars to apple, then how much do you think i-pad.com is worth?
You can buy it right now for only $3250.
i-phone.com, i-pod.com is not owned by apple…so i guess apple doesn’t want i-pad.com either!
iphone.com, ipod.com, ipad.com …these domain names do not get that much traffic…check the alexa ranking.
I personally think these domains are not worth that much to apple…apple don’t care…they know people will end up at apple.com

Hi, good article! Did you read about NexusOne? The .com of NexusOne is owned by someone registered at GoDaddy; Go Daddy itself owns the .net, and enom owns the .org – wonder what the outcome will be of that!

Apple’s got a new toy, and all the children are screaming to their mommies to buy them that new toy, and the toy’s name is iPad. Just kidding, it may look like a toy, but I can say I am in love with this baby. It’s elegant, it’s functional and it’s not grumpy in the morning. The iPad is a high tech PC that has integrated on-screen keyboard with a touch interface; its size is just perfect.