ICANN76: List of accomplishments at the big conference in Cancun
The most recent session of ICANN, referred to as ICANN76, closed its gates in Cancun, Mexico. The event attracted a large number of professionals familiar with the well-established multi-steakholder model. It was one of the biggest events ever organized at ICANN, according to one participant still in recovery from the event’s alcohol intake. He promised […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain investor baffled by “outrageous fees” on Dan.com
A domain investor was hit with a 30% commission fee after selling a domain via Dan.com. The sale completed after the buyer accepted a counter-offer of $3,500 dollars, thus triggering a sale via the GoDaddy-owned platform. The Europe-based seller was baffled when the payout was just $2,441.25 after fees and taxes. The effective 30.25% commission […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Saw.com founder comments on the AI.com brokerage
Jeff Gabriel, co-founder of Saw.com, has achieved an impressive record in domain sales: Almost half a billion ($500 million) dollars’ worth of brokered deals. As a senior domain broker, Jeff Gabriel was involved personally in the sale of AI.com and while the sales amount is under NDA, it’s rumored to be worth eight figures USD. […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Spaceship.com: Rocket by Namecheap launched
Twitter broke yesterday thanks to rocketman genius, Elon Musk, all while Namecheap successfully launched its own rocket, Spaceship.com. The fun domain isn’t about space, zero gravity, or the exoplanets, so it doesn’t compete with SpaceX: It’s about domain names, web hosting, and secure email. Spaceship.com outlined its services in four separate categories: Spacemail: Choose from […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ON.com: Premium LL .com domain a major brand upgrade
ON.com, a premium two letter (LL) .com domain, has been reported as sold. Registered almost 30 years ago, ON.com is now in the possession of On Holding AG, a Swiss company that operates under the stock market symbol $ONON. Domain investor and financial analyst, George Kirikos, discovered the domain’s transfer: “Another elite 2-letter dot-com domain […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.I block all .xyz advocates
A Korean domain investor with an impressive record of .com sales is taking on what he calls “.xyz advocates” whom he blocks from interacting. Domainer James Kim operates from BlakNames on Twitter, where he shared the following message with an obvious anti-xyz bias: I block all .xyz advocates. I spend a lot of time providing […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese brands in the wild: No matching domain names, but who cares!
Quick fact: Chinese products sold internationally are designed to use brands that are discoverable using search engines, without the need for domain names. Whether you use Google, Amazon, or Alibaba, Chinese brands don’t follow the Western “generic” keyword approach. For a while now, China’s government is going the extra mile of subsidizing the cost of […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.010.com: Rare drop of a binary NNN .com sends auction into six figures
The domain name 010.com (zero one zero) dropped recently, after its Korea-based registrant, KT Corporation, failed to renew it. It’s unthinkable that KT Corporation dropped 010.com intentionally as they are in the possession of more than 2,000 domain names, the majority being .co.kr and .kr and therefore of lesser value. Originally registered in 1998, 010.com […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain portfolio scalability: It’s what Dan.com does best
Dan.com moving into the GoDaddy group of companies was the news of the day, yesterday. The European start-up is a DomainGang sponsor and has been the domain selling platform for domainers by and large, increasing its inventory at a steady rate: 2.2 million domains currently use the Dan.com DNS. And there lies the secret of […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The FBI shut down SSNDOB Marketplace criminal platform, seized domains
The FBI has shut down the SNNDOB Marketplace and seized its associated domain names. The illicit marketplace made an estimated $19 million dollars by selling the personal data of about 24 million US citizens, according to the Justice Department. The acronym SSNDOB stands for Social Security Number and Date Of Birth; it operated through a […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Mike Mann is ready for Domain Battles!
Domain investor, Mike Mann, likes to refer to himself as the “king” – the internet pioneer and entrepreneur is known for taking on his opponents during investment battles. A recent post by Elliot of DomainInvesting could have hit a nerve with many domain investors, what with Elliot sharing his competitive attitude among domainer friends even. Elliot […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Insane domains: What do these #DropCatch auctions have in common?
We’ve been following some DropCatch auctions and they all have something in common. These expired domains dropped and were auctioned off for 3 days at DropCatch, the 800 lbs gorilla of domain-catchers. Many domain investors are using the service to catch domains that were not renewed. One of them appears to have an insanely large […]
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