GMO Internet , which runs Japan's largest Registrar Agent, has bought (press release) the Z.com domain from Nissan for 800 million yen ($ 6.8 million).

Jon Postel reserved all letter or number second-level domains in the .com , .edu , .net, and .org gTLDs for future Internet extensibility . In this way, these domains were registered in the name of the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority), a body that he founded and directed until his death due to complications in a surgical operation in 1998.

Even so, there were 6 domains out of a total of 144 that could not be reserved because they were already registered previously, they are the following:

q.com : Qwest Communications International Inc .

x.com : eBay Inc . PayPal. X.com Corp. was the former name of PayPal.
z.com : Nissan North America's Z sports cars. Nissan in 1999 already understood the importance of domains (Case Nissan vs Nissan )
i.net : Used by Inet Corp. , a domain registration company.
q.net : Registered by Q Networks , the last activity on this website dates from 1997.
x.org : Home page of the Open Group Foundation (now X.Org Foundation), which maintains the graphical technology of X Windows for Linux and Unix.

Nissan used the domain to promote its Nissan Fairlady Z sports car , produced from late 2002 to 2009 and replaced by the Nissan 370Z.

Z.com

Z.com is the global brand of the Japan-headquartered GMO Internet Group , which provides a comprehensive range of internet services including domains and hosting.

One of only three single-character domain names available with the .com top-level domain, Z.com represents the group's leading range of products and services and commitment to delivering added value to the lives of internet users worldwide.

Business areas

Companies that operate under the Z.com brand specialize in Internet-related services, including domain registration, web hosting, web design, software development, online trading, and cryptocurrency.