WTF? Ready to spend a penny for every .XYZ domain?

Posted by DomainGang on May 31, 2016, at 4:17 pm

As Daniel Negari disclosed in our parody post, the biggest .XYZ domain promotion in the universe is underway. For a limited time, until June 2nd, you can get .XYZ domains via Uniregistry for ONE CENT. You read that right, $0.01 dollars per .XYZ domain; that’s 100 .XYZ domains for every dollar. 😀 Next year you’ll […]

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Uniregistry : June 1st is your lucky day to kick off the domain Summer

Posted by DomainGang on May 31, 2016, at 2:19 pm

Uniregistry wants everyone to know that June 1st is their lucky day. Correction: June 1st to June 7th is every domainer’s lucky week of the summer, as Uniregistry announced a hefty discount for their gTLDs. For $0.85 per domain you can grab many Uniregistry gTLDs. That’s less than a dollar, and you save 15 cents […]

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RIP : Today is the last day of the Internet

Posted by DomainGang on May 31, 2016, at 1:21 pm

Today is the very last day of the Internet as we know it. Back in April, we shared the bad news of how a bunch of scholars want to change the way the Internet is written. No more capitalization of the first letter, as if it were a lowly network unworthy of praise. And yet, […]

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Chinese domain market report : Tumblr blocked in China, Elequa sells more chips

Posted by DomainGang on May 31, 2016, at 11:38 am

The Chinese government works like this: China’s officials wake up every morning, determined to find something to censor, any online resource that seems to pose a cultural or political threat to them. And now, Tumblr is being blocked in China, despite belonging to Yahoo, that owns a large stake in Alibaba. The latter, is being […]

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Domaining Europe : Good things come in small packages – Conference photos

Posted by DomainGang on May 30, 2016, at 10:13 pm

Domaining Europe did not set new records in attendance, but provided rewarding sessions to those who were present. A European domain conference taking place in The Hague, The Netherlands, between May 29 and 31st, Domaining Europe 2016 closed its first day with an attendance of approximately 150 people. Dietmar Stefitz, founder of Domaining Europe, told […]

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DNF.Game : Chinese giant Tencent grabs popular acronym domain

Posted by DomainGang on May 30, 2016, at 4:50 pm

The acronym “DNF” has been synonymous with DNForum for more than a dozen years. Canadian domain investor, Adam Dicker, sold DNF.com a few months ago, to a Chinese company that appears as “Domain Name Fund.” There is a bigger buyer in the DNF letters, however: Chinese tech behemoth, Tencent. A controversial, 122 billion yuan company […]

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Sedo sells domain Purple.co.uk for six figures!

Posted by DomainGang on May 30, 2016, at 12:39 pm

Sedo has just sold the domain Purple.co.uk for an astounding 108,000 GBP, or approximately $157,927 dollars. Senior domain broker at Sedo, Dave Evanson, announced the sale earlier today. There was no details about who the buyer might be, as the domain has yet to change hands. With the recent demise of mega-idol Prince, the color […]

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Internyet : Russian government eager to control online access in Russia

Posted by DomainGang on May 30, 2016, at 12:11 pm

I say Internet, you say Internyet. The Russian government is getting ready to police its citizens’ Internet access, in a move aimed at controlling free speech within Russia. A new bill to be voted into a law will ensure that a “Russian Internet” will be filtered in ways the government decides. The Russian segment of […]

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Daniel Negari : Now a Buddhist, .XYZ CEO ready to visit Tibet

Posted by DomainGang on May 30, 2016, at 11:43 am

Daniel Negari, .XYZ founder and CEO, was on a blitz trip to China last week, to establish extended relationships with the Chinese domain registrars. Eager to expand the .XYZ empire beyond the Great Firewall of China, Negari broke the big news on Memorial Day: “I’ve discovered a new faith recently, and it’s not domain names. […]

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Telepathy beats Turkish company’s UDRP against Fakir.com

Posted by DomainGang on May 30, 2016, at 10:09 am

Telepathy, Inc. beat an aggressor’s UDRP against the generic, aged domain Fakir.com. The Complainant is Fakir Elektrikli EV Aletleri Diş Ticaret Anonim Şirketi of Istanbul, Turkey who claimed a number of trademarks for “FAKIR” dating back to the 1960s and in various countries. Telepathy, Inc. sought a very reasonable $18,000 dollars for the domain; a […]

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Chinese beer company grabs SnowBeer.com domain via UDRP

Posted by DomainGang on May 30, 2016, at 12:22 am

A Chinese beer manufacturer that proclaims to be the “largest in the world,” produces a beer called “Snow Beer.” The holder of the domain SnowBeer.com was hit with a UDRP, for a domain they registered in 2003. The Complainant, who operates from SnowBeer.com.cn, asserts that they produce the beer since 1960 under that brand. Wikipedia […]

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Chinese domain market sales : China’s wives give good directions

Posted by DomainGang on May 29, 2016, at 1:33 pm

China never ceases to amaze, as the world’s second largest economy expands on its unique “Communist Capitalism” in ways Cuba could not achieve for half a century. Instead of isolation, Chinese markets are thriving in volume, just about a year after the big stock market crash. China’s consumerist society is hungry for wealth through financial […]

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