China : Domain investor arrested for buying “non-premium” letters
In a clear display of government authoritarianism, police in Beijing, China, arrested a domain investor last week. Xiao Ping Guo, a Chinese domain investor from Shanghai, was taken to the local police station for interrogation. The official charges: “Registration of domain names that do not conform to the Pinyin protocol and ethics, in accordance to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Two letter domain NR.com sold : Rebrands to Numerical.Recipes
Fresh off the LL .com sales report: The aged two letter domain, NR.com, appears to have been sold. Registered in 1993, NR.com is one of the oldest continually existing web sites on the Internet. The NR acronym stands for Numerical Recipes, and by apparently selling the domain, the software maker has switched over to a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.BREAKING: Non-Chinese domainer bought domain full of “bad letters”!
Quite possibly winning the award for the most shocking domain news of the week, a domain investor has acquired a domain name, in full knowledge of its “bad letters”. Gino “Sharky” Quattro of Brooklyn, NY, spent a small fortune on the domain, comprising of X, J, C, Z and Q – in that order. “So […]
Copyright © 2024 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 © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese Domain Market report for April 3, 2015
There are so many short domains, letter or numeric, ending up in the hands of Chinese domain investors these days, that we have to create an – almost – daily report. This way, epic posts like this will happen less often, in order to help alleviate the backlog of domains. Today’s Chinese Domain Market report […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain market update – Part 2
There were too many domain acquisitions that were made by Chinese domain investors during the past 30 days; domain investor, George Hong, of Guta.com described our previous coverage to be the “tip of an iceberg.” Fair enough, so this is Part two of the most recent Chinese domain market report. 😀 Starting off with the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Not just numerics: China gobbling up LLL .com domains as well
The appetite of Chinese companies for numeric domains is definitely increasing; the sale of 360.com to Qihoo for $17 million dollars is merely the tip of the iceberg. It’s not just the volume of numeric domains and their acquisition prices, but the overall business attitude that dictates that a company must own its matching .com […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Lucky domain: Number 8.CO auction at $36,000 currently
The auction for the premium numeric domain 8.CO is ongoing at the Heritage Auctions; the current bid of $36,000 dollars is a clear indication of its anticipated result. To any potential Chinese domain investors, domains with the number “8” are considered very appealing, as the number 8 is associated with the Chinese equivalent for “prosperity” […]
Copyright © 2024 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 © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain theft special: What the hell is going on at Ename?
The Chinese domain registrar, Ename.com, also provides a domain name marketplace for the ever expanding Chinese market. All this growth comes at a price, as Ename is quickly becoming the domain venue of choice for thieves laundering stolen domain names. Despite being an ICANN accredited registrar, Ename.com is resisting pressure from legitimate transfer requests for […]
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