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Marlboro Parent Company Acquires iqos.com Domain

Marlboro is one of the world’s best-known cigarette brands, and its parent company Philip Morris has immense global influence. The iqos.com domain acquisition further highlights its focus on heated tobacco.

The latest news on August 2 was that Marlboro was popular around the world. According to data, the average Marlboro cigarettes consumed every minute in the world reached 1 million. As early as 1995, the brand value of Marlboro cigarettes reached US$44.6 billion.

Marlboro Cigarettes are world-renowned, but you know its parent company, Philip Morris. Philip Morris is not only the world's largest tobacco manufacturer today, but also the world's second largest food manufacturer. In addition to tobacco, it also operates food, beer, financial real estate and other businesses. It has five main operating subsidiaries and more than 100 companies of various types around the world, with operations in more than 180 countries and regions around the world.

According to foreign media reports, Philip Morris has secretly acquired the domain name iqos.com at an unknown price. Through whois information inquiry, it was learned that the domain name iqos.com was transferred to Philip Morris on July 21, 2017. As early as March 2013, the domain name was sold on the sedo platform for US$4000 (approximately 25,000 yuan).


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Now four years later, domain namesiqos.comagainAcquisition of Philip Morris Company. Philip MorrisWhy does the company want to acquireiqos.comWhat?


Late last year, Philip MorrisLaunched in the UKnewTobacco purifier“IQOS”I hope to replace my traditional tobacco products in the future. whenUsers can consume the same amount of nicotine as traditional tobacco while also avoiding toxins and carcinogens in smoke.

to protectIQOSBrand,Philip MorrisAlready pre-empted the acquisitioniqos.co/.me/.net.cnandiqoscience.comWait, where domain namesiqos.com.cois furtherPhilip MorrisEnable website building. Overview of direct sales information around the world, focusing on upgrading the parent company of "Marlboro" to acquire the domain name iqos.com. Now, even international top-level domain namesiqos.comis alsoPhilip MorrisWe got it, we can foresee itIQOSThe brand has finally achieved a perfect upgrade and is more legitimate, which is conducive to further global development in the future.

Currently, domain namesiqos.comIt has not yet been activated. I believe it will be officially replaced soon.iqos.com.co。Although, domain namesiqos.comThe transaction price for, but the domain name has been sold in the first four years.2.5Ten thousand yuan, but it is still acquired by large multinational terminals. The price should not be too cheap.


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