Someone grab the new domain name?

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What happened here :scream:

http://getmonzo.co.uk

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The new domain is monzo.com

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How did they know?!
Just did a quick google search of ā€˜Monzoā€™ and Starling are already the top result. :confused:

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A whois search reveals that getmonzo.co.uk was registered on 21-Aug-2016

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Another startup bank. Very much in bad taste. Very well played but bad taste.

#Monzohasamole

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Hopefully they will also get monzo.co.uk

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.com is more recognised globally than .co.uk

Monzo has a greater opportunity to go global :grin:

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Blimey, some spying gone on there

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Damn - cyber squatting at its worst, eh.

A cursory look at this Starling outfit suggests that theyā€™ve not launched anything, perhaps too busy with internet sass :rolling_eyes:

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Poor show from starling

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Bit of a low move by Starling I think - should be trying to compete on value not on buying out domain names!

For those who donā€™t know, Monzo and Starling have history:
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/06/29/2167987/app-only-bank-starling-loses-another-chief-technology-officer/

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So Starling is all bark and no bite? How did they register it on the 21st though? Interesting.

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It was quite obvious what would be the new name if you did some research. And so Starling tried to use Mondoā€™s renaming to attract some attentionā€¦ so if I understand correctly they bought many domain names before Mondoā€¦

https://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmownerid/search?domain=1&id=304331&app=0&mark=UK00003178256

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Meh.

Monzo will get big.

Then weā€™ll just buy the buggers :wink:

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Letā€™s just all click on the link all day long so they spend all their marketing budget :smiling_imp:

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A lot of negativity vis-a-vis Starling, but we want competition in the new banking sector donā€™t we? Better for us as customers.

Someone probably should have paid a few quid for www.getmonzo.co.uk immediately after the meeting in which Monzo was decided upon to be fair.

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Seems like Starling will auction it off for charity and match the donation (presumably Monzo will buy thisā€¦) so itā€™s just a bit of banter.

But also a boo-boo on Monzoā€™s side.

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To my mind there are greater sins than opportunistic marketing, and the door was left open to them by the fact the domain was left available. I read that the competitor who shall remain nameless plan to auction it off the domain for charity and match the resulting donation, itā€™s all just harmless fun.