Should the Ebola.com sale be recorded at $50,000 dollars instead?
Today’s big news was covered by Elliot, in a post about the sale of Ebola.com; the valuable tip came from Canadian domain investor, George Kirikos. The domain name received plenty of – mostly negative – coverage recently, from higher-than-thou reporters with obvious personal agendas. Mr. Jon Schultz is probably laughing all the way to the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Acme Billing Company files federal lawsuit for 14 stolen domains
A federal lawsuit has been filed by Wiley Rein, a law firm specializing in intellectual property matters, on behalf of Acme Billing Company of Florida. The lawsuit is brought against several Defendants, for a total of 14 domain names that have been stolen, and are being monetized by individuals in China; the lawsuit is seeking […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Shark Tank ‘spinoff’ to go live without securing the dot .com
The highly entertaining TV show, Shark Tank, utilizes the different personalities of five angel investors, judging the viability of entrepreneurs seeking capital. Yesterday, ABC that it was moving forward with a spin-off titled Beyond the Tank, which will follow up on the results those that received investments by the show. Beyond the Tank is a great […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Media.net founder Divyank Turakhia learned how to pilot helicopters in a week!
A new article in the economic section of The Times of India describes Divyank Turakhia‘s passion for flying airplanes and helicopters. The founder of Directi and Media.net has a passion for flying which materialized in 2008, when he bought a Cessna172 plane and learned how to fly for that very reason: “I didn’t know how […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .Crap LLC to bring equilibrium in the Domain industry as a new, affordable gTLD
The apparent collective failure of gTLDs to deliver meaningful domains for end-user web sites, is leading to the creation of even more gTLDs. Despite the huge success of dot .XYZ – a top level domain with more than a billion active web sites – the total numbers of all other gTLDs combined are quite paltry. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Reports: New gTLDs rank as ‘exact match domains’ in Google searches
A pair of new independent reports on search engine – read: Google – rankings, claim that gTLDs give a boost to your web site, raising it several spots in searches, over traditional TLDs. German SEO specialist firm, Searchmetrics, examined the effect that dot .Berlin domains had on local searches. The study claims that dot .Berlin […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.New York City drama over “welcome to the Bronx” dot .NYC domains
The dot .NYC gTLD launched with much fanfare, and a direct order for non New Yorkers to stay the hell out. New York City is bigger in population than many small nations, so there’s always a chance that some friction will occur among its numerous, multi-cultural inhabitants. An incident involving threats on Facebook, appears to […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bob Parsons: We’ll undo the gTLD injustice against the Marines!
Outspoken GoDaddy founder, Bob Parsons, is very passionate about the US Marine Corps, where he enlisted fresh out of high school. In 1969, Parsons served as a rifleman in the Delta Company of the 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, during a tour of duty in Vietnam. The latest launch of the military gTLDs, .Army, .Navy and […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.New service on Domaining.com : Disappearing headlines
Francois of Domaining.com introduced a new service today, as a “media option” of its established brand: Disappearing headlines. Inspired by such popular apps such as SnapChat, the DDH service (Disappearing Domain Headlines) is a must in today’s fast-paced domain industry. Here’s the reasoning behind this service: “When say, you are mad, ok, and friend or […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Was your domain name stolen? Be vocal about it!
Domain theft is a ‘hot potato‘ among domain investors and business owners currently; recent mass breaches and hijackings of domains reaffirm one thing: When your domain gets stolen, don’t keep quiet about it. Several great to premium domains are currently in the hands of cyber thieves, who employ a variety of techniques, mostly via phishing […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Baltimore.com up for sale at Heritage Auctions; Positive media coverage!
Finally, some positive coverage about domain sales, by the Baltimore Sun. In an article titled “Here’s your chance to buy Baltimore.com“, writer Julie Scharper alerts the local business community about the availability of Baltimore.com, a premium geodomain. The domain is being auctioned via Heritage Auctions, under the expert management of Aron Meystedt. “Baltimore.com and other […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Hilarious! Charles Esten domain cybersquatted by ‘elderly couple’
This is one for the UDRP books. American actor, comedian and musician Charles Esten is famous for his participation in the successful TV series, Nashville. In 2011, someone from China registered CharlesEsten.com and set up a web site on it, displaying the photo of an elderly couple and the note: “Welcome to the homepage of […]
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