RIP James Bond: Sean Connery actually owned his matching .com #domain

Posted by DomainGang on October 31, 2020, at 10:57 am

Sean Connery, by far the most popular James Bond, has passed. The prolific Scottish actor with the distinct ability to captivate his audience for decades, was 90 years old. One little known fact about Sean Connery is that he actually owned and operated the domain SeanConnery.com – with the help of his wife Michelle. That […]

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CryptoKey.com : Former #CertiVox domain asset auctioned off for $9,011 dollars

Posted by DomainGang on October 30, 2020, at 5:11 pm

CryptoKey.com was auctioned off at DropCatch, with the auction attracting bidders from all over the world, including China. The auction ended at $9,011 dollars, with DropCatch user “latedomainer” winning it. Better late than never! 😀 A great pair of keywords related to cryptography or even cryptocurrency if you may, the domain was registered in 2005 […]

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ElectronicDomains.com : Another serial #domain spammer

Posted by DomainGang on October 30, 2020, at 3:39 pm

Unsolicited email is bad enough, but scams via mass spamming of domains is even worse. This week’s scamming spammer is ElectronicDomains.com, that sends out fake invoices seeking collection of payment for services that never took place. The mass email spamming of domain contacts contains the following message in part: We have actually not obtained a […]

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Company applies for WUR-COM #trademark without the Telepathy #domain

Posted by DomainGang on October 30, 2020, at 10:25 am

A company has applied for the registration of WUR-COM as a trademark at the USPTO. Wurtec, Inc. operating from Wurtec.com, filed the application citing September 29, 2020 as the date of first use in commerce. The mark’s application is for “Elevators and parts of elevators.” Meanwhile, Telepathy owns the matching three letter .com domain, WUR.com, […]

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Why did the #domain AlexGorbatchev.com sell for $8,351 dollars?

Posted by DomainGang on October 29, 2020, at 5:39 pm

The domain name AlexGorbatchev.com sold for $8,351 dollars at DropCatch.com, and it’s not related to the former president of the USSR. So who is “Alex Gorbatchev” and why did the domain sell for this much? Apparently, Alex Gorbatchev is a programmer with a global recognition in the programming community, and a senior front-end engineer with […]

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Sedo : #GreatDomains auction results topped by Fewo.com at 30000 Euro

Posted by DomainGang on October 29, 2020, at 2:14 pm

Sedo, our premium domain sponsor, announced the sales results of its recent GreatDomains auction. Here are the results ordered by closing price – all domains sold at four figures and up are bolded: fewo.com 30000 EUR regal.de 25000 EUR drones.net 5000 EUR alaa.com 4999 $US kopfkissen.de 4900 EUR coches.org 2999 EUR traveller.co 1600 $US detectives.org […]

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Deutsch NY: Squatters failed to sell #domain as agency splits offices

Posted by DomainGang on October 29, 2020, at 12:45 pm

Deutsch Inc. has announced that it’s splitting its world-renowned agency into two separate agencies, one in New York and the other in Los Angeles. The ballsy move is seen as the new norm in a difficult year; the transition is made to allow regional independence and to emphasize each office’s distinct personality and character. Sounds […]

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Invest in #Pokemon cards instead of #domain names?

Posted by DomainGang on October 29, 2020, at 10:41 am

Pokemon cards as investments are performing better than domain names this year, apparently. In 2020, the total domain sales revenue is down considerably compared to the year prior, at least for reported sales. Investor interest in Pokemon cards has been phenomenal, driven by celebrities who are “pumping” the market with ludicrous spending. Rapper Logic paid […]

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#USPTO issued trademark guidelines following Booking.com decision

Posted by DomainGang on October 28, 2020, at 2:35 pm

Since the decision by SCOTUS on the Booking.com case, many registrants of generic domain names have applied to register marks. These marks contain the fully qualifying domain, including the TLD. We keep track of these applications, and report on them. With all these applications pending, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has released […]

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You say EIYO I say AYO : #Ayolabs wins #UDRP for a dot .EU #domain name

Posted by DomainGang on October 28, 2020, at 12:28 pm

Two “lab” companies clashed in Europe under the .EU ccTLD, citing phonetic similarities of the domain Ayolabs.eu to the EIYOLAB mark. Eiyolab, France, represented by Coblence & Associés, France, went ahead with a UDRP against the Spanish team operating Ayolabs. The latter, is an acronym of its founders first names: A – Adrien, Y – […]

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Kau.com surpasses $100,000 in #DropCatch auction!

Posted by DomainGang on October 28, 2020, at 10:46 am

The ongoing auction for Kau.com, the youngest LLL .com in the world, has just surpassed $100,000 dollars. Ending in 4 hours, the DropCatch auction attracted many bids, some of which are from the usual suspects: Chinese domain investors. Yesterday, the auction for Kau.com peaked in the $90k range, and today’s high bid stands at a […]

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#Sedo #domain sales for the week of October 26, 2020 topped by RCV.com at $53000

Posted by DomainGang on October 27, 2020, at 4:10 pm

Sedo weekly: Top sale is that of RCV.com at $53,000 dollars! Welcome to the latest edition of reporting on the Sedo domain sales; this time we cover the week ending on October 26, 2020. This information has been provided by Sedo.com, sponsors of DomainGang. The Sedo marketplace sells great domains 24/7, such as the recent […]

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