What’s that smell and pigeon feathers all about?
Just a few weeks ago we were talking about how Rick Schwartz has been using the term “pigeon shit” quite often, to describe domains that cannot be monetized and without reselling value. Of those that took our poll about whether Rick should trademark this phrase, 62 per cent said that yes, Rick should trademark the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Protesting low PPC rates, domainer deletes LLL .com
When Joseph Yummer received April’s paycheck from his PPC provider, it was the straw that broke the camel’s back. His once best performing domains produced cents on the dollar. Citing the ‘bad economy‘ as an excuse of lowering PPC rates and payout percentages, parking companies are generating record profits regardless. “I hate those bastards. I […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domainer Multipass Ticket: The new Conference Paradigm arrives
Not too long ago, TRAFFIC was the only conference to attend if you were a domainer. Despite its launch as a VIP event by invitation only, TRAFFIC now opens its gates to everyone with a credit card and at several locations worldwide. Nowadays, there are almost a dozen national events every year catering to domainers, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Hank Alvarez calls it quits – gets ready to leave the country
It appears that today’s news of Bido exiting the domain auction market has hit a nerve with domainers worldwide, as yet another sign of a ‘bad economy‘. Sahar Sarid’s decision and subsequent announcement to close down the Bido platform was received as “shock and awe” by the domain media. Hank Alvarez, involved in an embezzlement […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.President Obama ruins the Future of a Valuable LLL .com
Everybody seems to love our president, Barack Obama, despite little progress with regards to the job market. The US president has promised there is “light at the end of the tunnel“, but for the operators of a premium LLL .com domain and business, things aren’t looking so rosy. On Thursday, president Obama delivered both his […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Verisign to start charging for ‘www’ use in Domain Names
The WWW prefix – a relic from the early days of the ‘world wide web’ – is about to become more expensive to use. Citing skyrocketing operational costs, Verisign announced that it will not automatically enable the prefix for new domain registrations, unless the registrant explicitly requests it; for a fee of course. “We examined […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.IRS & Google Earth – Now it’s the time to order that cloaking device
The IRS is using a new weapon in its on-going battle against those that fail to declare substantial income: Google Earth. Let’s just say that if you have recently built an Olympic sized pool in your back yard and yet collect unemployment benefits due to the bad economy, you might be getting a letter in […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Ammar Kubba Steals Frank Schilling’s Thunder with $5,664 for ‘Child Support’
About a month ago we wrote how uber-domainer Frank Schilling retains a solid stronghold of the ‘deadbeat dad’ market, with the domain name DeadbeatDads.com The domain is yet another money-maker for Frank as apparently, the number of fathers who failed to make at least one child support payment has increased by 27% since last year. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.More Domainers return to 9 to 5 day jobs
In a shocking reversal of a trend that lasted for at least the past two years, more domainers than ever are returning to their previous 9 to 5 day jobs. Citing a case of a “bad economy”, an astonishing 43% of people delving in domains on a daily basis have dropped domaining in the past […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Desperate call to 911 by distraught domainer lands a sale
Billy Rae Richardson had a rough year thus far: his wife of 8 years divorced him, he is about to lose his house to the bank and most important, he hasn’t pitched a domain sale in the entire 2009. But all this changed after a single phonecall. On a foggy November morning, Billy Rae was […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Depressed Domainers now have a friend in domain monetization
Hello my friends. I want your domains, and I’m also looking for a few select domainers that are caught in today’s financial doom and gloom. I’m not going to sugarcoat it for the squeamish among you, my friends. The domain economy is like the Big Depression of the 1930’s. We are in it for a […]
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