#Domain sightings : OCFL.net delivered free #Coronavirus protection masks and hand sanitizer!

Posted by DomainGang on May 21, 2020, at 12:47 pm

Domain sightings are random (or planned) encounters with domain names in the physical realm. We categorize them into .com sightings, and then there’s everything else. This time around we came across the official domain for the OCFL – the Orange County Government in Florida – that operates from the domain name OCFL.net. The .net was […]

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Fake #Patagonia : How scammers use cheap #domains to spread #counterfeit products

Posted by DomainGang on May 21, 2020, at 11:47 am

Selling counterfeit products is easy-peasy, as long as your initial investment is low. Scammers achieve that by registering very cheap domains, and there are some TLDs notorious for their cheap promos. Quite often, some domain Registries partner with Registrars and discount domains in the sub $2 dollar range. How is profit made? From that arrangement, […]

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Unterscheidung! Media Options dropped one

Posted by DomainGang on May 21, 2020, at 10:58 am

German words can be intimidating, and when you hear someone say “Unterscheidung!” you might feel an urge to say “bless you!” back. Media Options is known for picking up domains in auctions and via direct – and highly private – acquisitions. In the case of Unterscheidung.com however, they dropped that one. The German keyword means […]

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Walmart shutting down Jet.com it paid $3 Billion dollars for!

Posted by DomainGang on May 20, 2020, at 1:11 pm

Jet.com will be shut down by Walmart, four years after it paid a massive $3 billion dollars to acquire the business and domain. The original Jet.com company was formed in 2014, after the domain was sold by domain investor, Garry Chernoff, in a deal brokered by Igloo.com (now Domain Advisors.) When Walmart made its acquisition […]

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Seven with #Sedo : The Keyword #Domain Auction begins tomorrow!

Posted by DomainGang on May 20, 2020, at 12:09 pm

Sedo, our premium sponsor, is gearing up for its first ever Keyword Domain Auction. Featuring domains comprised of one (and two) dictionary words, the Sedo auction begins tomorrow May 21st, 2020 and will last until May 28th. There are almost 200 domains in this auction, and we’ve selected 7 domain names from the lot for […]

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#Sedo #domain sales for the week of May 18, 2020 topped by ElectricCar.com at $180000 dollars

Posted by DomainGang on May 19, 2020, at 4:07 pm

Sedo weekly: Top sale is that of ElectricCar.com at $180,000 dollars. Welcome to the latest edition of reporting on the Sedo domain sales; this time we cover the week ending on May 18, 2020. This information has been provided by Sedo.com, sponsors of DomainGang. Please read a current notice on the listing ban of Coronavirus […]

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Deadbeat #domainer : Looks like #DropCatch user “bbb888” did not pay for Tema.com

Posted by DomainGang on May 19, 2020, at 2:57 pm

Tema.com was auctioned off for a sizable six figures last week but DropCatch did not receive any payment within the designated period. Auction winner, user “bbb888” on DropCatch apparently jerked everyone around, bidding up to $128,938 dollars all the way up from five figures. That asshole move representative of a deadbeat domainer led DropCatch to […]

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Three Best Rated : Aussie #domain UDRP gets a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking

Posted by DomainGang on May 19, 2020, at 2:37 pm

The Australian domain ThreeBestRated.com.au delivers reports on local businesses: “You deserve only the best in life. Three Best Rated® (AUSTRALIA) was ridgy-didge in 2014 with a simple goal to find you the top 3 local businesses, professionals, restaurants, health care providers, etc., in any city. Our employees handpick the top 3 local businesses. We check […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with RDNH, Three Best Rated, ThreeBestRated.com.au, UDRP, reverse domain name hijacking

Denise Garner : #Arkansas politician gets her #domain name back from the #Russians

Posted by DomainGang on May 19, 2020, at 1:23 pm

Denise Garner is a politician, and a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives with the Democratic party. The matching domain to her name, DeniseGarner.com, was owned at some point by Huge Domains. Between 2017 and 2018 the domain was operated by Denise Garner’s campaign in Arkansas, but it dropped at the end of 2019. […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Arkansas, Denise Garner, DeniseGarner.com, Domainers, Domains, NAF, UDRP, grant transfer

Facebook #Avatar : Singular and plural #domains are already taken

Posted by DomainGang on May 18, 2020, at 6:55 pm

Facebook announced yet another time-waster today, the Facebook Avatar. What is basically a cartoon construct of one’s likeness, this new range of graphic images can be used to express emotions all over Facebook, depicting the person. With that in mind, both domains FacebookAvatar.com and FacebookAvatars.com have been registered for a while, and not by Facebook, […]

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Fake #Sedo app on Google Play might steal your login credentials!

Posted by DomainGang on May 18, 2020, at 5:44 pm

There’s a fake Sedo app on Google Play, and it’s NOT by Sedo. The app will most likely steal your legitimate Sedo.com credentials, or worse! The fake Sedo app for Android features a copycat layout of Sedo, the logo and tagline (“Buy.Park.Sell.Domains”) and its description is listed as: “domain listing and parking and buying website. […]

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#Covid19 : Trump Death Clock surpasses 50,000

Posted by DomainGang on May 18, 2020, at 5:10 pm

Covid-19 is hurting the US economy, but the human loss is bigger. Until today, more than 1.5 million confirmed cases in the US have resulted in an unprecedented loss of human life. More than 90,000 people have died in the US, and more than half are being attributed to president Donald Trump‘s lack of timely […]

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