Exclusive interview with Peter Kay, owner of Twitch.com
When we broke the news of the huge purchase of Twitch by Amazon to the domainer community, some appeared shocked by our statement that Twitch .com has become a seven figure domain name. The $970 million dollar all-cash purchase of Twitch and Twitch.tv is indisputably a punch in the face of Google, that was also […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Twitch .com owner hits jackpot as Amazon buys Twitch for $970 million dollars
The owner of the domain name Twitch.com hit the proverbial jackpot yesterday, as Amazon announced the acquisition of Twitch Interactive for $970 million dollars in an all-cash deal. There is one minute detail: Twitch operates from Twitch.tv. Evolving from Justin.tv, a personal broadcast medium from 2007 to Twitch.tv in February of 2014 was the result […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Should Google or Amazon rule the dot .Music gTLD ?
The battle for the control of the premium money-maker of a gTLD, dot .Music rages on, with Google and Amazon being two of the applicants. Constantine Roussos, CEO of Music.us is another dot .Music applicant, pushing for the characterization of the gTLD as a community application. Roussos has been fighting the giants like David against […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Top domains acquired by 10 Major Corporations today!
With billions of dollars in steady revenue, large corporations engage in constant domain asset investment; the Wall Street wizards are well aware of the power of the .com and other TLDs. We often wonder, which domain names were bought by Fortune 500 companies on a given day? Thanks to some crafty research in the zone […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Move over PayPal: Amazon launches Amazon Payments in direct competition
In direct competition to PayPal, Amazon has launched a new service today, aptly named “Amazon Payments.” Operating from AmazonPayments.com the new service charges 2.9% from each transaction, plus 30 cents. Users can shop online, being able to both send and receive money to Amazon and thousands of other web sites. By rolling out Amazon Payments, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.BREAKING: Amazon vastly expanding beyond its corporate limits
David Heard, special correspondent to DomainGang, reports on this breaking news: The governments of Brazil, Bolivia and Peru announced today their merger with American retailer Amazon.com in a move that will be sending shock waves through the world’s financial and political centers. In a short joint statement, the governments said the new “CorpNation” would be […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Amazon: Jungle love from 76 gTLD warriors
In our open course detailing the biggest players in the gTLD arena, we’ve covered so far Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry, Paul Stahura’s Donuts, Inc. and the almighty Google. All of them have spent millions of dollars applying at ICANN for dozens of gTLDs, at $185,000 a pop. Coming right below Donuts, Inc. and Google in terms […]
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