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 © 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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Tesla Motors assumes control of Tesla.CN and Chinese trademark
Tesla Motors, the makers of the electric power car, has come to an agreement with Chinese businessman Zhan Baosheng. The Chinese entrepreneur registered the Tesla name as a business in China, and operated the web sites Tesla.cn and Teslamotors.cn. Tesla Motors is seeking immediate expansion in China, and that agreement – the terms of which […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Lightly.com update: Domain thief accepted offer on 4.CN
The stolen domain name Lightly.com was not removed by 4.CN officials, despite their notification by its rightful owner, Ms. Patricia Clason, about its status. After reporting the theft, the founder of the Center for Creative Learning gave the domain thief a taste of their own medicine, by placing a bid on 4.CN for her own […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ALERT: Stolen domain Lightly.com listed for sale on 4.CN
This is an “amber alert” for the domain name, Lightly.com, which is currently stolen. The domain was unlawfully taken out of a GoDaddy account on June 10th and moved to the Chinese registrar, ename. The stolen domain Lightly.com is currently listed for sale on the Chinese domain auction house, 4.CN. Lightly.com was registered in 1997 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Breaking news: 4.CN rebrands as 8.CN
The story regurgitated more often than a goat’s dinner, is that Chinese love numbers. Numeric domain names are thus used as coinage, more or less retaining their intrinsic value, but not all numbers are created equal. Chinese domain name marketplace, 4.CN, is taking a bold rebranding move, as number four means “death” in Chinese. “It’s […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.When is a two-digit .com domain not worth millions?
If you owned a two-digit .com domain you’d be sitting on low seven figures. With the Chinese domain market gobbling up numbers like hard boiled eggs, any .com less than one hundred would be worth a small farm full with animals. We were surprised to see one offered for sale for just $125,000 dollars over […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .Beijing surpasses 1 billion domain registrations on launch day!
Big news from China: they are now the most populous digital nation in the world. With more than 1 billion domain registrations for the brand new dot .Beijing gTLD, China now has more domains in the root than all other countries combined, four times over! “Market special, and free so better .CN because no rule […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .CN: WalMart’s new Top Level Domain a surprise to many
WalMart – the grocery super giant that many despise – won’t be applying for its own gTLD any time soon. “We are reviewing our strategy for 2014 and beyond, and have come to an agreement with the People’s Republic of China to lease full rights to dot .CN for the next 99 years”, said WalMart […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.WAN.com reportedly (re)sold for $800,000 to gaming network
The domain name WAN.com – a term that means “playing games” in Chinese – was reportedly sold for $800,000 dollars to online games giant, Changyou. The transaction appears to have completed at the end of December 2013. According to Changyou.com: “Changyou.com (NASDAQ: CYOU) is a leading developer and operator of online games in China as […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Confirmed: Banana.com moved to China, pending sale price currently under NDA
We have received confirmation from Michael Castello, that the lengthy, seedless, mostly yellow fruit known as banana has been tentatively sold in its .com incarnation. Following our article “Banana Disappeared!” that pondered on the current status of the domain name, Banana.com, Michael Castello commented thus: “The big banana is in Asia. haha Will have more […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Banana disappeared!
A San Francisco monkey, Banana Sam, has passed away at the ripe age of 19. Rest in peace, Sam. 🙁 In other news from the domain jungle: Banana.com does not appear to be in the hands of the Castello Brothers any more. When did that happen??? This amazing fruit, apparently changed hands in May this […]
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