Elequa portfolio – Part 4 : Weekend domain sales report with LLL .com emphasis!
We’ve been covering the massive listing of LLL .com domains by Elequa, founder of Future Media Architects and a prolific domain investor. Every single day this past week, LLL .com domains under Elequa’s ownership are being moved to a domain brokerage in China. With random “bad letters” being all the rage thanks to the Pinyin […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN : Chinese government gears up for tight domain industry regulation
If your domain sales to Chinese domain investors are red hot currently, this might soon change. The Chinese government is currently working on a tight regulatory process that will evaluate all domain Registries and Registrars. According to a report issued by the Hong Kong based agency BrandMa, the reach of the Chinese government will extend […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Mother of all Chinese Domain Market reports : 31, MKM, 5500, EVC and more short domains
The Chinese Domain Market report demonstrates activity in short domains in China, namely two and three letter .com and two and three letter/character .CN. We also add two, three and four number .com and .CN domains to the mix. Such activity indicates either a sale, or a change in ownership, or availability to acquire the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain name Wifi.com appears to have been sold for 7 figures USD
The domain name Wifi.com appears to have been sold or moved to new ownership in China. First notable sale of the domain was for $225,000 dollars in 2006 via Sedo, according to Namebio. Wifi.com is a premium, short .com matching a very common, popular technology term, widely used in communications; the latter, is properly spelled […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy wins pair of phishing, password-stealing domain names in UDRP
GoDaddy filed and won a UDRP for two domain names that were used as part of an elaborate email phishing scheme. As we pointed out in December of 2014, several domain names bearing the “GoDaddy” keyword and trademark, were registered at eNom. Their Chinese registrant used them in email phishing campaigns, in order to fool […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain Cybercrime: Who is trying to hack DomainGang ?
With more than 2.8 million pageviews and 1.8 million unique visitors in the five years since our launch, DomainGang serves domain news and related content to almost every nation around the world. Having installed Google Analytics from the very beginning, we obtain dependable data about our traffic and content reach. And yet, despite all this […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Riots in China over ‘Punch a Domain Thief’ day
Violent riots erupted in China this morning, as Americans observe the 1st annual National Punch A Domain Thief Day. Thousands of protesters, many of them affiliates of rogue domain registrars, took to the streets, smashing windows and settings cars on fire. “We no like punch face, call no thief!” yelled a protester, while another one […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese email inquiry deemed suspicious due to perfect grammar
Reports of a well-written email from China, inquiring about domains that you might own, are making the rounds. The suspicious email raised many an eyebrow among domain investors that are looking to flip their large portfolios of four letter .com domains, which are otherwise gathering moss. “When I received that email from a QQ.com address, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Rise of the Dragon: Domain theft in China is gaining momentum
China is a technological giant and a rapidly developing economy; the country is changing at unprecedented rates, unknown to most western economies. Facing this extreme financial growth, the Chinese have acquired a lethal attraction to consumerism and luxury. The ability to spend creates the desire to want and seek goods, services and digital assets, including […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Father Domainicus: Do not let China steal all the good numeric domains for a piece of bread
Greetings and salutations, my brothers and sisters in domaining; this is Father Domainicus, on a busy, productive and exhilarating Sunday. It is my understanding that this very electronic publication has completed its 5th year of journey, and I would like to bless it and its operators, readers and other alumni and members of the Domain […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domainers: The ultimate guide to Chinese culture, names and numbers
To make it or break it into the lucrative Chinese domain market, savvy domain investors must understand the Chinese culture a little better. Our very own Attila Steven, who spent several years in China and other Asian countries, knows quite well the mechanics of Chinese business. It’s not a secret that many Chinese do not […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese registrant of .CLUB domains attempts to rationalize Cybersquatting in UDRP
The Chinese registrant of dot .CLUB domains that match famous trademarks or corporate names, attempted to define alternate meanings, using the Chinese language. That very “clever” approach of an apparent cybersquatter was presented in a UDRP for the domain names Stregis.Club, Westin.Club and WHotels.Club. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., Sheraton International IP, LLC, Westin […]
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