NameJet : Back in domain auction business after hardware failure
NameJet is once again fully operational, after an outage that occurred yesterday. The domain auction venue announced that the issue was purely due to technical difficulties related to some type of hardware failure. No user data or accounts were breached. The full announcement from NameJet follows: Dear NameJet Customer, As of this morning, the NameJet […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Who stole my life : Swindling a friend out of a domain name is just not cool
How do you gauge the worth of a friendship? By testing whether your friend can keep a secret, or a plan that you shared details of. Domainers have some great ideas, and industry entrepreneurs often hint about upcoming projects to their closest friends. Sometimes, that type of friendship is unveiled as non-existent, and walls come […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy SMS code numbers win multi-million dollar Lotto jackpot!
An incredible story of luck and fortune unfolded during the 4th of July weekend, as a domain investor won a state lottery jackpot. Gary Sbignew of Grand Rapids, Michigan, used the numbers provided in a two-way authentication SMS for GoDaddy for his selection of lotto numbers. “I played them in pairs, 28/14/12 and provided three […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Page Howe : Los Angeles residents should get a .LA domain
Domain investor Page Howe has been an early adopter of new gTLDs; a year after the Internet name space expanded to hundreds of new extensions, Howe is working on a different kind of brand. As the Chief Engagement Officer of dot .LA domain ccTLD that serves as a brand and locale indicator, Page is promoting […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .XYZ registrations dip below 800,000 domains “in the zone”
We’ve been following the performance of the .XYZ gTLD and post weekly reports on its numbers. The news is that dot .XYZ domains have now less than 800,000 registrations, dropping from 803,856 to a new total of 791,038 XYZ domains. The numbers represent the number active domains that exist in the zone file, and therefore […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Webmaster Radio : Attorney David Weslow interview on domain theft and China
Attorney David Weslow was recently interviewed on Webmaster Radio, by Cyber Law and Business Report expert Bennet Kelley. The discussion spanned almost an hour of covering the reasons behind an ongoing spike in domain theft and assorted cybercrime, pointing out the Chinese domain market as a factor. David Weslow mentioned on the subject of the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN .WTF ? New web site on WHOIS privacy reform issues
ICANN is about to taste some of its own medicine, after opponents of a pending WHOIS privacy reform launched a protest web site. Operating from ICANN.WTF, the web site contains a letter addressing ICANN on the issue of privacy, mirroring the public letter drafted by civil rights groups. Naturally, the WHOIS info of ICANN.WTF is […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Pool.com “Hotlist” email contains a pair of despicable domains!
An eagle-eyed DomainGang reader spotted something truly shocking in today’s “Hotlist” email from Pool.com. The domain drop-catching service, sends out a daily list with domains that are deleting, and a link to backorder them on Pool.com. So far so good. Perusing today’s email one finds some questionable domains such as ultraxxpasswords.com and dailybabesblog.com, but those […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Indian domain market and start ups : Do you really own your domains?
Indian start-ups are enjoying an increased availability of angel investment capital, in an emerging market. Many seize this opportunity to spend money on brand development, including the acquisitions of premium domain names. While numbers differ in India in terms of absolute numbers, spending 30% of one’s budget to achieve brand awareness and secure a domain […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.New gTLDs : 5 Things social media marketers should know
The impact of dot brands on social media and digital marketing, is an important analysis for professionals and end-users alike. Wolfe Domain, via its founder Jennifer Wolfe, has been analyzing current data, trends and industry shifts as they apply to the marketing and branding communities. A new two minute video video that animates Jennifer Wolfe’s […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Greenberg & Lieberman acquires EscrowHill online escrow application
Domain escrow veteran, Andee Hill, announced that her company, Escrow Hill Limited has moved forward with some corporate changes. In particular, Escrow Hill Limited and EscrowHill.com have announced that the law firm of Greenberg & Lieberman has acquired their online escrow application. Andee Hill stated to DomainGang: “I am excited that the law firm of […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Lawsuit filed over stolen numeric domain 256.com
An “in rem” lawsuit has been filed in Virginia to recover the domain name 256.com, alleging that it was stolen in December 2014. The lawsuit, details of which were uncovered by domain investor George Kirikos, is filed against the property itself. According to Wikipedia: “In rem jurisdiction (Latin, “power about or against ‘the thing’”[1]) is […]
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