MontanaDakota.com: Dispute centered on historic utility brand
MDU Resources, a North Dakota-based utility founded in 1924, contested the registration of MontanaDakota.com by a Vietnamese registrant. The company operates under montana-dakota.com for its Montana-Dakota Utilities subsidiary, serving more than a million customers in the region. The panel noted that “Montana Dakota” had acquired unregistered trademark rights through decades of continuous use. The disputed […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Sedo : Domain sales report | August 26, 2025 — Haggle.com sold for $150,000
Sedo Domain Sales report: The domain Haggle.com — sold for $150,000 dollars — tops this week’s list of sales at the Sedo marketplace. This is the latest domain sales report by Sedo.com, for the week ending on August 26, 2025. Information in this report has been provided by Sedo, premium sponsors of DomainGang. The original […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The Million Dollar Homepage project has just turned 20 years old!
On August 24, 2005, Alex Tew, a student from the UK, registered MillionDollarHomepage.com and, within two days, launched the pixel-selling experiment that would capture the internet’s imagination. Tew’s 1,000 x 1,000 pixel grid offered advertising slots at $1 each, and the idea went viral almost instantly. In just 138 days, every pixel was sold, earning […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DirtyHarry.com UDRP: Warner Bros defended Harry Callahan’s legacy
Warner Bros. Entertainment went after the domain DirtyHarry.com, arguing that the domain was identical to its DIRTY HARRY film franchise mark and acquired in bad faith. The Respondent, a domain investor, said he bought it at auction in 2020 for use in a home-flipping venture, likening “Dirty Harry” to tackling “dirty” houses, and claimed the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DropCatch auctions: Select domain results—August 25, 2025 | FootballBets.com sold for $36,001
DropCatch is a top-tier backordering platform built to secure expiring domains the instant they drop. With the backing of hundreds of ICANN-accredited registrars, the service maximizes success by sending rapid-fire registration attempts the moment a name is released. If more than one user has placed a backorder, the domain moves to auction—where investors and end-users […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain Days Dubai 2025 marks its 3rd year as the premier Middle East domain & hosting event
Domain Days Dubai 2025 is set to make its return on October 22–23, 2025 at the Marriott Resort Palm Jumeirah, bringing together domain investors, registries, registrars, and web-presence professionals from across the Middle East and Africa. The two day event will cover everything from domain investing and monetization to hosting, cloud, Web3 domains, WordPress, cybersecurity, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bastards.ai: The Domain King’s new AI project?
In recent weeks, Rick Schwartz has both registered and acquired some interesting domain names. Known for his ever-increasing interest in .AI domains, the Domain King is the world’s top supporter of .com domains! In the month of July, Rick’s domain registrations included the following domains: bettythinktank.com thebettyaiproject.com thebettythinktank.com bimbos.ai pathetic.ai bettyaiproject.ai balling.ai brawling.ai rickie.ai blowme.ai […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Seven with Sedo: GreatDomains auction with Presidents.net, UUI.com, Loyalty.net & 214 others
Sedo, our kind sponsor, is holding a week-long GreatDomains auction, featuring a variety of domain names from August 21-28, 2025. These domains were hand-picked for their qualities and arrive in a variety of TLDs and ccTLDs. A total of 217 domain names are included in the Sedo auction with each domain having its own reserve […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.How to buy domains cheap—Not! Guidelines from 2011 ripped to pieces
Back in 2011, a so-called “insider” shared a guide on how to acquire domains “on the cheap,” pitching a step-by-step strategy built around lowball offers, feigned scarcity, and playing the role of a budget-strapped buyer. The guide appears as a lengthy comment in a post about domain names. The comment begins thus: “Okay, Kids, Here […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.BrandBucket sees 30% revenue growth after leaving Afternic
In March, BrandBucket officially cut ties with the Afternic distribution network, and the results appear to validate the decision. According to the company’s CEO, Margot Bushnaq, since removing its inventory from Afternic in March, BrandBucket has seen transactions rise 15% and revenue climb between 25–30%. Prior to rolling out the policy, the team tested multiple […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DropCatch auctions: Select domain results—August 22, 2025 | Win123.com sold for $13,845
DropCatch is a top-tier backordering platform built to secure expiring domains the instant they drop. With the backing of hundreds of ICANN-accredited registrars, the service maximizes success by sending rapid-fire registration attempts the moment a name is released. If more than one user has placed a backorder, the domain moves to auction—where investors and end-users […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Profoot.com UDRP: Domain predates trademark rights—What happened?
Tommie Copper IP, Inc., owner of the PROFOOT brand of insoles and foot care products, filed a UDRP against Profoot.com, arguing the domain was identical to its marks and was being used in bad faith through a parked page with links to competitors. The Complainant claimed its predecessor had used the PROFOOT brand since the […]
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