It’s Donuts against Famous Four for runners’ dream gTLD
If you’re one of these early morning risers that put more miles on your shoes than your car, then the dot .RUN gTLD might be for you. Currently in contention between Donuts, Inc. and Famous Four Media, dot .RUN appears to be aimed at runners, marathoners and the like. There’s not doubt that running is […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Warren Royal to launch dot .Heads abandoning Bobbleheads.com
These days, we cannot keep up with new gTLD launches by ICANN’s money making machine. Despite having domain tools such as Calzone to fall back to, plenty of times things fall through the proverbial cracks. Warren Royal‘s new venture, dot .Heads, is about to materialize, after successfully applying for the .Heads gTLD in June. “ICANN […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Focus on making music: Mike Mann forms rock band
Domain investor and serial entrepreneur, Mike Mann, is well known for his love for quality rock music. The reference to “quality” would thus have to restrict the music to the late 70’s, 80’s and mid 90’s, as things deteriorated from there. Mike’s about to make a huge turn in his career, abandoning the tiring task […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Porn.XYZ : Was it sold in a private transaction by the XYZ Registry?
There are very few keywords that carry over their worth across every TLD, gTLD or ccTLD – one of which is “porn.” While Porn.xxx was sold by the ICM Registry for an undisclosed amount in the hundreds of thousands, the new gTLDs are so far non adult, and their Registries have retained “porn” as part […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Victor Pitts ties the knot!
As Father Domainicus might say, “it’s time for jubilation” in the domain community, as Victor Pitts of Domain Masters fame got married. A beaming Victor rocked his tuxedo and teal vest, while wife Carla wore a beautiful pearly white wedding dress. Several domainers were granted access to the private ceremony in Ft. Lauderdale, that was […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Jihadi John – Suspected ISIS terrorist’s moniker gets registered in dot com
“Jihadi John” is the nickname given by the media to the ISIS terrorist that gruesomely killed American Journalist James Foley. It is not known who coined the name, perhaps as a form of alliteration and to emphasize that the terrorist had a British accent in the released execution video. Regardless, the term “Jihadi John” began […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Lightly.com : Chinese registrar Ename uncooperative in stolen domain case
We have received an update on the stolen domain name, Lightly.com. The Chinese domain registrar, Ename, is not cooperating with requests to return the stolen domain name, Lightly.com, to its lawful owner. The former registrar, GoDaddy provided ample evidence that the domain was transferred out unlawfully but Ename won’t return Lightly.com, alleging that everything was […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Flappy Bird author returns with ‘Swing Copters’ and no need for a domain!
The huge success of Flappy Bird, a frustratingly difficult to beat video game for smart phones, prompted its author to return from a self-imposed hiatus. Despite claims that Flappy Bird was a rip-off of Piou Piou, the Flappy Bird author returned with the release of “Swing Copters.” The new game, involves equally impossible physics, that […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Blast from the Domainer past: Skenzo, DNZoom and Moniker at TRAFFIC
It’s strange what one finds while opening some old boxes in the garage 😀 Accidentally, we opened a box of memorabilia from previous domain conferences; this particular one was from TRAFFIC 2008 in Orlando, Florida. It was a great experience! Some great people attended the conference, among which Monte Cahn, founder and then still CEO […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bob Brewsinski ready to hunt down and fight gTLD ‘wussy’ domainers
Bob Brewsinski was barely 19 when he got drafted for Vietnam; the Wisconsin farmer, war veteran and domain investor still carries his military experience within. “Fought for 96 hours straight one time, the commies were coming onto us in waves, shot every god**** vietcong twice, those were the days man!” says Brewsinski, polishing his replica […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Should Google or Amazon rule the dot .Music gTLD ?
The battle for the control of the premium money-maker of a gTLD, dot .Music rages on, with Google and Amazon being two of the applicants. Constantine Roussos, CEO of Music.us is another dot .Music applicant, pushing for the characterization of the gTLD as a community application. Roussos has been fighting the giants like David against […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Video: Bob Parsons gets squeaky clean for ALS ice bucket challenge
GoDaddy founder, Bob Parsons, took on a full 10 buckets of ice water, for the ALS ice bucket challenge. Totaling several gallons of ice water, the feat was recorded on video, particularly as every bucket represented $10,000 dollars for a grand total of $100,000 dollars donated. Wow. That’s a lot of wasted water, Bob! Just […]
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