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 purchased 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

blogreddit.com

bluereddit.com

bonusreddit.com

bookreddit.com

boxreddit.com

businessreddit.com

carreddit.com

cashreddit.com

casinoreddit.com

cityreddit.com

clickreddit.com

comicsreddit.com

computerreddit.com

coolreddit.com

creativereddit.com

creditreddit.com

cyberreddit.com

dadreddit.com

datareddit.com

dayreddit.com

dealreddit.com

designreddit.com

digestreddit.com

digireddit.com

digitalreddit.com

domainreddit.com

dotreddit.com

doublereddit.com

easyreddit.com

expertreddit.com

ezreddit.com

fastreddit.com

findreddit.com

firstreddit.com

fitreddit.com

flyreddit.com

foodreddit.com

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freereddit.com

freshreddit.com

friendsofreddit.com

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futurereddit.com

gamereddit.com

gamesreddit.com

getreddit.com

globalreddit.com

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greatreddit.com

groupreddit.com

healthreddit.com

highreddit.com

hockeyreddit.com

homereddit.com

hostingreddit.com

hostreddit.com

hotreddit.com

housereddit.com

iamareddit.com

ideareddit.com

imagereddit.com

improvereddit.com

inforeddit.com

inreddit.com

instantreddit.com

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jobreddit.com

karmareddit.com

lifereddit.com

linkreddit.com

listreddit.com

livereddit.com

loanreddit.com

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mindreddit.com

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moneyreddit.com

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musicreddit.com

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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

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redditcomics.com

redditcomputer.com

redditcool.com

redditcreative.com

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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

reddithome.com

reddithost.com

reddithosting.com

reddithot.com

reddithouse.com

redditidea.com

redditimage.com

redditinfo.com

redditjob.com

redditkarma.com

redditlife.com

redditlink.com

redditlive.com

redditloan.com

redditlocal.com

redditlounge.com

redditmail.com

redditmarket.com

redditmind.com

redditmma.com

redditmoms.com

redditmoney.com

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redditmusic.com

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redditnet.com

redditnetwork.com

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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

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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

softreddit.com

solutionsreddit.com

sourcereddit.com

spacereddit.com

sportsreddit.com

spyreddit.com

starreddit.com

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storereddit.com

sunreddit.com

superreddit.com

techreddit.com

thereddit.com

topreddit.com

tradereddit.com

travelreddit.com

trendingonreddit.com

trendreddit.com

tvreddit.com

usareddit.com

videoreddit.com

vipreddit.com

visionreddit.com

webreddit.com

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wonderreddit.com

worldreddit.com

wtfreddit.com

yourreddit.com

zenreddit.com