# Motive's Address Is gomotive.com, Not motive.com > Motive is found at gomotive.com, the name with “go” in front. - **Source:** https://www.robbiesblog.com/gomotive-com-domain-history-motive/ - **Author:** Maggi Ferguson - **Published:** 2026-10-15 - **Topics:** Company Domains, Domain History - **Site:** Robbie's Blog (https://www.robbiesblog.com) ## Key takeaways - gomotive.com was first registered on 28 March 2005 and its registration runs until 28 March 2027. - The Internet Archive's earliest saved copy of the site is from 1 February 2011. - Crunchbase lists about $717M of total equity funding, which is money raised, not valuation. --- The company is called Motive. Its address is gomotive.com, the name with “go” in front. KeepTruckin Inc. rebranded as Motive Technologies Inc. on 12 April 2022, and launched what it called an Automated Operations Platform at the same time. Crunchbase lists Motive's total equity funding at about $717M. That is money raised, not valuation, and the figure is rounded. That puts Motive at number 453 of the 1,856 companies in the list used for this series. ## The company at a glance | | | |---|---| | Headquarters | United States | | Total equity funding | $717M raised, not valuation (Crunchbase, rounded) | ## The domain at a glance | | | |---|---| | Extension | .com | | Name length | eight letters | | First registered | 28 March 2005 | | Age | 21 years | | Registered until | 28 March 2027 | | First archived | 1 February 2011 (Internet Archive) | | Registrar | Amazon Registrar, Inc. | | Locked | Yes, against transfer | | DNS | Amazon Route 53 | | Email | Google Workspace | | Other extensions | gomotive.co.uk does not respond; gomotive.ai does not respond; gomotive.net loads its own site; gomotive.org loads its own site | ## A domain older than the rename The registry gives gomotive.com a creation date of 28 March 2005 and a registration that runs until 28 March 2027. The registrar is Amazon Registrar, Inc, and the domain carries registry locks against transfer. The current registration of gomotive.com is 21 years old. 1,362 of the 1,912 companies in the Crunchbase list use a .com address. A registry creation date is the start of the current registration, not a sale date, and the record does not name earlier holders. McKinsey describes Motive's CEO, Shoaib Makani, as having co-founded the start-up in 2013, aimed at digitising trucking. A note on Motive's own blog told customers that logins at gomotive.com would keep working after the rename. ## The archive record The Internet Archive's earliest saved copy of gomotive.com is from 1 February 2011. It has no copy for 2012 or 2015. In total it holds copies from 95 separate months. ## The other extensions gomotive.net and gomotive.org each load their own sites, and who runs them has not been checked. gomotive.co.uk and gomotive.ai resolve but returned no page. The DNS is hosted on Amazon Route 53 and email runs on Google Workspace. ## What was paid What Motive paid for gomotive.com is not on any verified public record, so no price is given. ## Sources - [Business Wire](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220412005423/en/KeepTruckin-Rebrands-as-Motive-Launches-Automated-Operations-Platform) - [Crunchbase Unicorn Board](https://news.crunchbase.com/unicorn-company-list/) - [.com registry record (RDAP)](https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/gomotive.com) - [McKinsey](https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/logistics/our-insights/logistics-disruptors-motives-shoaib-makani-on-ai-and-automation) - [Motive blog](https://gomotive.com/blog/meet-motive/) - [Internet Archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20110201210617/http://gomotive.com/) *Registry data checked 15 October 2026. Funding is from the Crunchbase Unicorn Board, which rounds its figures.* [More company domains](https://www.robbiesblog.com/company-domains/) *Domain links go via an affiliate network and Amazon links carry our Associates tag, so we may earn a commission at no cost to you. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Bids and prices change quickly; check the listing for the current figure.* ## Frequently asked questions ### When was gomotive.com registered? gomotive.com was first registered on 28 March 2005, according to the .com registry record. The registration runs until 28 March 2027. ### How much did Motive pay for gomotive.com? No verified public record was found of what Motive paid for gomotive.com, so no price is given. --- Canonical URL: https://www.robbiesblog.com/gomotive-com-domain-history-motive/ Licence: © 2026 Robbie's Blog. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL.