Squadhelp to Atom: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Posted by DomainGang on April 17, 2024, at 5:48 pm

Domain rebranding isn’t easy but it happens to address a number of issues affecting an existing brand. The announcement that Squadhelp is rebranding to Atom, operating from the domain Atom.com, is both exciting and baffling. To push forward with a fresh domain and brand, one or more of the following reasons must be present: Market […]

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A eulogy in memoriam of Howard Neu

Posted by DomainGang on February 29, 2024, at 9:20 am

Attorney Howard Neu passed away this past weekend, after a brave, multi-month long battle with an aggressive form of cancer. Our deepest condolences go out to his wife, Barbara, and son, Ray, who always stood by his side. Howard’s demise leaves those of us in the domain community with a mix of deep sadness and […]

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Official update on the SnapNames auction refunds

Posted by DomainGang on February 9, 2024, at 3:24 pm

SnapNames was on the receiving end of auction winner backlash, after it reversed the outcome of more than a dozen domain auctions and issued refunds. After communicating the issue with the SnapNames support team, its team lead supervisor got in touch with an explanation of what took place. We now have the official response that […]

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SnapNames auction refunds: Rare glitch or protectionism towards private domain sellers?

Posted by DomainGang on February 7, 2024, at 9:26 am

SnapNames is the sister company of NameJet; both marketplaces share the same domain inventory and even use the same front-end interface. In recent weeks, a series of domain auctions ended up being reversed, after the winners paid for the domain names. To each individual auction winner, SnapNames support claimed that each reversal incident was rare […]

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Bug squashed: Dan.com fixes glitch with PPC landers

Posted by DomainGang on January 24, 2024, at 1:20 pm

Dan.com provides “hybrid landers” that offer PPC revenue share; the feature was introduced in 2020, prior to its acquisition by GoDaddy. At the time, Dan.com was using Bodis as the PPC provider. Things changed in the summer of 2022, after Dan.com was acquired by GoDaddy; Bodis was dropped and the PPC revenue share option switched […]

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Trading premium domains: Is this type of exchange worthy?

Posted by DomainGang on January 17, 2024, at 12:09 pm

Money is the universal token that can be exchanged for goods and services, having been such a neutral medium for thousands of years. Selling domains for money is the straightforward approach that most domain investors take. Whether it’s a negotiated deal or a BIN exchange, money goes into the seller’s pocket and the domain is […]

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BTC ETFs are live; How about a Domain ETF then?

Posted by DomainGang on January 11, 2024, at 4:27 pm

Today was Day One of BTC ETF (Exchange Traded Funds) after the SEC gave the green light to 11 of them! But how about a Domain ETF? Creating a Domain ETF could provide a range of benefits to investors, especially those who might face a challenge affording high quality, thus expensive domain names. So here […]

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Domaining: An “unethical business” ?

Posted by DomainGang on January 1, 2024, at 8:20 pm

Happy New Year! As a community of domain investors colloquially referred to as “domainers,” there are times when outsiders target us. It’s not just the lack of knowledge about the mechanics of domain investing; quite often, these accusations and epithets fly due to underlying malicious intent. Common references to “not adding value” due to holding […]

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Merry Christmas and a Happy Domaining to all!

Posted by DomainGang on December 25, 2023, at 7:55 pm

It’s December 25th and an important holiday to many of us. When I was a kid, Christmas meant a few things that remained standard: No school, time with friends and close family, and time to visit or get visited by extended family. Of course, having lots of good food and special desserts that were abundant. […]

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Great things happen to domain investors who persevered!

Posted by DomainGang on December 13, 2023, at 3:59 pm

Yesterday, we shared a post showcasing the 20 most influential people in the domain industry, as determined in 2007. The list contained an unknown hero, you. The average Joe Domainer who faces challenges and difficulties on a daily basis, with no promises about a substantial return on their investments. But worry not, for given time […]

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It wasn’t so hard now, was it?

Posted by DomainGang on October 3, 2023, at 9:00 am

Dan.com announced via Twitter that a fresh release of its platform code fixes the lack of a switch for the estimated value, or GoValue as GoDaddy calls it. The changes add a switch that toggles the view on and off. While this appears to work, there are a couple of issues: First, the switch’s logic […]

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Domains with “X” are cool but the Twitter rebranding is horrendous

Posted by DomainGang on July 25, 2023, at 2:30 pm

Using domains that contain the letter “X” has always been rather cool and against the norm. Maybe due to the political impact of Malcolm X, or the intro to religion, cyberspace, and afterlife by Norman Spinrad and his Deus X novel. Whatever your drive is to register or acquire domains that consist of the letter […]

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