Freedom of speech? Dot pirate new TLD in the OpenNIC universe
OpenNIC – the alternate root registry – has launched .pirate as a TLD that would appeal to free speech advocates. According to Dotpirate.me: “The .Pirate TLDis a domain space that was born out of the frustration of world governments attempting to dictate what a person can and cannot have on their websites. It’s not just [...]
Copyright © 2012 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy account holder to sue for physical injury
A GoDaddy user is getting ready to sue the biggest domain registrar in the world, reportedly for millions of dollars. The reason? Physical injury sustained while wading through dozens of pages in order to renew or order domain services. “My fingers are hurting like a person with arthritis and I’m only 29 years old,” said [...]
Copyright © 2012 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN: Relaunch of the entire com/net/org namespace feasible
ICANN might be facing problems launching the gTLD namespace, what with the TAS Labs product being meticulously repaired – but the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers isn’t short of any new ideas. “People are complaining, that even with the launch of gTLDs there isn’t enough opportunity for those born in recent years to [...]
Copyright © 2012 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bad news? Brazilian Internet infrastructure getting better
These days, anything related to Brazil brings back memories of the Brazilian brothers behind SaveMe.com.br and their pending UDRP at the WIPO to wrestle SaveMe.com away from Rick Schwartz. While we’re awaiting the proceedings with intensive interest, news of an improved Internet infrastructure in Brazil indicate the country is trying to improve its image and [...]
Copyright © 2012 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Canadian domainers celebrate 25th anniversary of .ca
It was 1987 when .ca – the ccTLD for Canada – was allocated by one of the godfathers of the Internet, Jon Postel. The first .ca domain was registered by the University of Prince Edward Island in January 1988. That’s right, the first Canadian domain was not sex.ca or anything generic for that matter. Happy [...]
Copyright © 2012 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Pooper Scooper: Elliot rolls out new money-maker web site for dog lovers
Popular domain investor, Elliot Silver, is not content with past laurels, acquired through the development of web sites. After the recent roll-out of personals for his DogWalker.com web site, Elliot sat and worked hard on the strategy for Q2 of 2012. This brainstorming, despite his added duties as a new father, produced an exciting new [...]
Copyright © 2012 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Just reported 10 trademark violation auctions on Flippa
After a year plus of allowing the listing of blatant trademark violations at its marketplace, Flippa.com – the Australian auction house for domains and web sites – finally decided to utilize a filtering mechanism. The method of disallowing certain strings in domains was welcomed by DomainGang. So exactly how is it implemented these days? We [...]
Copyright © 2012 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.BuyDomains wishes you HappyMothersDay dot com
Yet another generic, HappyMothersDay.com, is currently undeveloped and parked; at least, it’s offered for sale by BuyDomains for only $10,200 and hopefully someone will one day develop it to its full potential. DomainGang would like to extend our very best wishes to all mothers around the domain world Tweet This Post
Copyright © 2012 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.New presidential movies this season – Snatch the .com!
With the upcoming release of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter on June 22, there are plenty of opportunities for more presidential movies. The official web site of the movie resides at the mouth-watering URL AbrahamLincolnVampireHunterMovie.com Yikes! We went ahead and selected the top 10 potential presidential movies of all time, based on the history and popularity [...]
Copyright © 2012 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Frank Schilling’s DomainNameSales knows the negotiation game!
Frank Schilling has done a remarkable job with the communication form available through his domains parked at Internet Traffic. When a visitor interested in a domain fills out the contact form – which requires a phone number – the following things happen: An email is sent with a an encoded link to confirm the validity [...]
Copyright © 2012 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.PC.net – How much did it sell for?
Per Christensson – the developer/musician with the unique initials “PC” – acquired PC.net two weeks ago. Having successfully solved the riddle at his previous personal web site, Sharpened.net, Per was kind enough to give us a report on the price he paid to acquire, PC.net. Upon inquiring, Per communicated with us that due to an [...]
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