Hola amigos y amigas! Mexico City domain conference opens its gates today

If you thought that Cinco de Mayo is the only Mexican holiday in May, you’d be pleased to hear about INVEST. Launched in 2009, INVEST is “an international event focused on investments in domains whose evolution and diversity of attendees has become a valuable source of information to know how to take advantage of opportunities, [...]

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Yahoo shells out $1.1 billion dollars for porn-laden blogging platform Tumblr!

The board of directors at Yahoo approved the acquisition of the popular [photo]blogging platform, Tumblr, for $1.1 billion dollars. It is expected, that Tumblr’s managers won’t bargain any further as this is truly a god-sent offer. Tumblr will continue to operate “as before”, with the same corporate leadership. By having such an extreme stash of [...]

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Florida domainer wins the $590 million Powerball, plans mass domain acquisitions!

When Samuel Haggis walked into a Zephyrhills Publix early last week, little did he know that his life was about to change. The Floridian domainer and father of two young boys, came forward earlier today to claim the massive $590.5 million Powerball jackpot – the largest Powerball jackpot win in history. Accompanied by wife Tamela [...]

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You snooze, you lose: HMI .com sold for five figures

Domain investor and pilot extraordinaire, Andy Booth, was up late partying this Saturday morning; then he apparently noticed the quality domain name HMI.com being offered for sale with a BIN price. Despite receiving offers as high as $15,000, the Dutch seller held off selling, opting instead to post a buy it now price at a [...]

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Dunkin Donuts to offer free domains

Coffee and donuts shop, Dunkin Donuts, is expanding its deliciousness into new, untapped territory: domain names. Often challenged by supposedly hip and pseudo-upscale coffee shops, such as Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts is on the rise in large metropolitan areas and trucker stops alike. “We heard there is a company out there called ‘Donuts’ that are supposed [...]

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Mosquitno abuzz with failure to sting .com in UDRP

Mosquitno is a family-run business based in Kansas City, Missouri, that formed in 2009. That same year they rolled out a range of “all-natural mosquito repellent bracelets” and applied for a trademark in 2010, which was granted in 2012. They also failed to secure Mosquitno.com as it had been registered in 2005, four years prior [...]

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Pinup.com: A few thousand short of $90,000 on Flippa

The top tier domain name, PinUp.com, was put up for sale on Flippa – the smart bidder’s marketplace for buying and selling domains and web sites. Wayne, its lucky owner, has sold several premium domain names on Flippa for thousands of dollars. Such sales include Organ.com for $41,000, OAR.com for $69,000 and WeddingVows.com for $60,000. [...]

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Chiropractor’s video goes viral: Adam, here’s your answer!

A week ago, Adam Dicker of DNForum asked the following question: “What would an END user type into Google to find a company that develops websites for Chiropractors?” Adam’s inquiry was related to search terms, such as: Chiropractor websites Chiropractor website Chiropractor website templates custom Chiropractor websites buy Chiropractor website Chiropractor website designer custom Chiropractor [...]

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Waltz darling! Malcolm McLaren’s .com is a posthumous UDRP drama

Malcolm McLaren thrived in the 1970′s as a creative performer, clothes designer and was famous for managing the punk rock band, the Sex Pistols. In the 1980′s, Malcolm McLaren continued to promote art and music with the intermixing of glitzy fashion performances; he was compared by many to Andy Warhol. Malcolm McLaren died from a [...]

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Google skips version, with new Panda 3.0

Google Panda, the Damoclean algorithm to stop webmasters from rolling out nonsensical, keyword-laden advertising networks, is about to receive a sizable upgrade. Matt Cutts, head of Google’s anti-spam agency, stated: “Gone are the days that one could take a passage from Wikipedia and outsource the task of copy-spinning to Indian sweat-shops, and not get caught. [...]

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Jeff Schneider’s Metal Tiger .com is owned by Mike Mann

Jeff Schneider is a hyper-active domainer, whose daily comments adorn many a domain blog, including DomainGang. Known for his signature, intense tirades about new media and “SEO Manipulated Search Engine Marketing“, Jeff often replicates his responses across several blogs on a given day, changing few – if any – words in the process. This gives [...]

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Serbian domainer leaves monastery after seven years, returns to domaining

Goran Gogović spent seven whole years in isolation from earthly possessions, carnal pleasures and the Internet. The 29 year old Serb from Gduibostka Paresti was not in prison; after becoming a man of the cloth, he joined the Saint Atanas monastery in Vikyresti Plotz. “For seven year, I have no idea domain world change,” says [...]

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