Domain rebranding shocker : GoDaddy moves to Go.com !
GoDaddy announced that effective December 1st, they are moving away from the all-familiar brand at GoDaddy.com. Citing the need for a domain franchise reboot, the biggest registrar in the world is bidding GoDaddy.com farewell. “It’s only natural that we’d use a real short, generic domain name, and moving to Go.com is the perfect evolution for […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.What are “Generic Country Code Top Level Domains” to Google?
There are more country code top level domains (ccTLD‘s) than actual countries in the world. In fact, there are several active ones for obsolete countries, such as dot .SU for the former Soviet Union. When it comes down to search engine visibility of ccTLD domains, not all are created equal. Google, the quintessential search engine, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.10 reasons why gTLDs truly suck bad!
Most savvy domain investors stay away from those fancy-schmancy new gTLDs, and it’s common knowledge in the domain community that only pansies register them. After 18 months of operation, there are probably only a handful of active gTLD domains and most likely no more than 10 thousand gTLD domains altogether. That’s a sign of suckiness […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Angela St. Julien nails two more non-COM sightings!
Domain investors aren’t all about work and no play. Angela St. Julien, founder of Brand.Bar, has been busy locating and documenting non-COM domain sightings in the wild. She finds this activity of snapping pictures of non-COM domains – primarily in Texas – very entertaining. Our list is expanding, for sure; check out the previous installment […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.MrWho : Instant domain gratification for only $99 dollars!
Many web sites promise to sell you the perfect domain brand, and charge thousands of dollars for it. By using MrWho, you’ll be cutting through badly made logos that come from most other services, and skip to what matters most: the domain name itself. MrWho offers a large inventory of quality brandables, at wholesale prices. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Brandable domains at NamesCon: Namerific, YourBrand, Logo.com and Catchy.com
On the final day of NamesCon, the biggest conference for domain professionals, one of the most interesting workshops was about brandable domains and selling them via boutique points of sale. Richard Lau presented his new venture, Logo.com, that aspires to be a place where a domain marketplace meets home staging. Joined on stage by Adam […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot Com versus gTLD domains: Mike Mann responds to Paul Stahura
It’s bagels vs Donuts, if you pardon the pun; domain investor and entrepreneur, Mike Mann, is responding to Paul Stahura’s article on the future of gTLDs. We are posting Mike’s entire response verbatim, it’s great to listen to both sides of the argument: PS – New .COM quality is abysmal. The quality of newly registered […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bulc.Club wants you to join the good fight against viagra and louis vuitton spam
The new dot .Club gTLD has been promoted by uber-celebrity, 50 Cent, as the TLD of choice for night life entrepreneurs and club owners. Breaking the mold in more than one way, is the Bulc Club, operating from Bulc.Club, obviously. Not only do they forward BulcClub.com to the spiffy new brandable, but they have a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Food for thought: British supermarkets at the mercy of ‘Cybersquatters’
An article over at The Grocer, an electronic publication for the British food producers, cites The Trademark Clearinghouse as the source of a rather bold statement. According to that source, Britain’s biggest supermarkets, such as Tesco, are at the mercy of ‘cybersquatters‘, who are setting forth to ravage every known gTLD. Jonathan Robinson, a TMCH […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Shock, horror! On the Internet, all the good company names are taken
The tech sector in San Francisco is booming, and two thirds of all the office space is used by technology corporations. That constant growth has led to a less obvious revelation: all the good company names are long gone. With more than 112 million dot .com domains in active registrations, it is clear that the […]
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