Big Reddit Changes Coming?

As you may or may not know, I typically watch the domain name purchases of many of the web’s biggest brands online. And I do it on a regular basis. Some of these purchases are interesting to see, an...
Big Reddit Changes Coming?
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  • As you may or may not know, I typically watch the domain name purchases of many of the web’s biggest brands online. And I do it on a regular basis. Some of these purchases are interesting to see, and some notsomuch.

    When a large group of domain names is purchases by an organization that is popular on the web, it usually indicates something big is coming. Today, Conde Nast Digital, the guys behind Reddit.com, purchased a whopping 285 domain names related to Reddit, I began to wonder if something big is in the works for Reddit.

    If you did not have specific plans for 285 domain names (which would cost over $2200 to register for one year), you normally would not purchase them. After all, these particular domain names include the Reddit brand (trademark), so if they were simply being purchased to protect the trademark, then that would not be necessary. If someone else had purchased something with “Reddit” in the domain name, then it could be recovered–either with a legal strong arm or the typical UDRP process.

    So, at this point I can only speculate. Why would Conde Nast Digital purchase domain names like ShopReddit.com, SkyReddit.com, and VideoReddit.com if they did not have plans for these domains? Apparently “something big” is coming soon, related to Reddit.

    Conde Nast Digital purchased 287 domains all at once, on the same day. Only two of them did NOT include the word “Reddit” in them. By the way, here is the list:

    activereddit.com
    alienreddit.com
    alphareddit.com
    artreddit.com
    astroreddit.com
    autoreddit.com
    baseballreddit.com
    bigreddit.com
    bizreddit.com
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    bookreddit.com
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    businessreddit.com
    carreddit.com
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    casinoreddit.com
    cityreddit.com
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    computerreddit.com
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    creditreddit.com
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    dadreddit.com
    datareddit.com
    dayreddit.com
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    findreddit.com
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    gamereddit.com
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    getreddit.com
    globalreddit.com
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    greatreddit.com
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    housereddit.com
    iamareddit.com
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    improvereddit.com
    inforeddit.com
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    karmareddit.com
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    okreddit.com
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    parentingreddit.com
    parentsreddit.com
    partyreddit.com
    photoreddit.com
    pixelreddit.com
    playreddit.com
    pointreddit.com
    pokerreddit.com
    politicsreddit.com
    popreddit.com
    propertyreddit.com
    proreddit.com
    quickreddit.com
    radarreddit.com
    realestatereddit.com
    realreddit.com
    redditadviceanimals.com
    redditart.com
    redditatheists.com
    redditauto.com
    redditbaseball.com
    redditbest.com
    redditbiz.com
    redditblue.com
    redditbook.com
    redditbox.com
    redditbusiness.com
    redditbuy.com
    redditcar.com
    redditcash.com
    redditcasino.com
    redditcity.com
    redditclick.com
    redditcode.com
    redditcomics.com
    redditcomputer.com
    redditcool.com
    redditcreative.com
    redditcredit.com
    redditdads.com
    redditdata.com
    redditdeal.com
    redditdesign.com
    redditdigest.com
    redditdigital.com
    redditdomain.com
    redditdot.com
    redditeasy.com
    redditfind.com
    redditflights.com
    redditfly.com
    redditfood.com
    redditfootball.com
    redditforlife.com
    redditfree.com
    redditfriends.com
    redditftw.com
    redditgame.com
    redditget.com
    redditgoldmember.com
    redditgreen.com
    reddithealth.com
    reddithockey.com
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    reddithost.com
    reddithosting.com
    reddithot.com
    reddithouse.com
    redditidea.com
    redditimage.com
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    redditjob.com
    redditkarma.com
    redditlife.com
    redditlink.com
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    redditloan.com
    redditlocal.com
    redditlounge.com
    redditmail.com
    redditmarket.com
    redditmind.com
    redditmma.com
    redditmoms.com
    redditmoney.com
    redditmovies.com
    redditmusic.com
    redditnation.com
    redditnet.com
    redditnetwork.com
    redditnew.com
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    redditone.com
    redditparenting.com
    redditparents.com
    redditparty.com
    redditphoto.com
    redditpixel.com
    redditpoint.com
    redditpoker.com
    redditpolitics.com
    redditpro.com
    redditproperty.com
    redditradar.com
    redditravel.com
    redditrealestate.com
    redditred.com
    redditrevolution.com
    redditscience.com
    redditscifi.com
    redditsex.com
    redditsite.com
    redditsky.com
    redditsoccer.com
    redditsoft.com
    redditsolutions.com
    redditsource.com
    redditspace.com
    redditstar.com
    reddittech.com
    redditthe.com
    reddittop.com
    reddittrade.com
    reddittravel.com
    redditvision.com
    redditweb.com
    redditwin.com
    redditworld.com
    redditwtf.com
    reddityou.com
    redreddit.com
    relevantreddit.com
    relevantreddits.com
    savereddit.com
    sciencereddit.com
    scifireddit.com
    seekreddit.com
    sexreddit.com
    shopreddit.com
    simplereddit.com
    skyreddit.com
    smartreddit.com
    soccerreddit.com
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    sourcereddit.com
    spacereddit.com
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    storereddit.com
    sunreddit.com
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    techreddit.com
    thereddit.com
    topreddit.com
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    travelreddit.com
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    videoreddit.com
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    webreddit.com
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    yourreddit.com
    zenreddit.com

    Originally published on BillHartzer.com

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