Dot .BANK enters general availability with 3,000 applications
According to a release by the Registry managing dot .BANK domains, during the first 10 minutes of General Availability more than 3,000 applications were received. That’s in addition to the 782 applications for .BANK domains that were reserved during the Sunrise Period, for banks whose names have previously been registered in an international trademark directory. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domainer Cruise : Riding on the Chef Patrick ‘DNCruise’ coat-tails ?
Chef Patrick might have retired from active domaining and onto new ventures in real estate, but his positive legacy lives on. Everyone should recall the well-received DNCruise voyages in 2010 and 2011, that took many domainers on a trip to the Gulf and delivered domain education and entertainment. Patrick Ruddell’s decision to change his primary […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Wrongside : Cleveland.Rocks is an overpriced domain at $55,000 dollars
Rightside is getting some positive publicity with the sale of Autism.Rocks for a reported $100,000 dollars. Let’s not forget Elliot Silver‘s cause-driven registration of TeamSilver.Rocks to benefit the Dana-Farber cancer research institute. While the use of “rocks” is rather outdated, we still like this late 90’s buzzword, as much as “far out” from the 70’s […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Silly domainers : ioioio.io and dododo.cn
Ah, the funny sounds domainers make in their heads, when they register domain names. No, we aren’t talking about “Ka-ching!” although that would be a good guess; after all, the idea is to make money from domains. Right? Naturally, some domain investors simply want to have some fun, so check out this domain registration we […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Get flipping at Flippa with a 6 x Domain credit
Flippa‘s 6th year anniversary is this month, and they are totally flipping one freebie promo after another. The latest promotion from Flippa delivers $60 dollars worth of credit, to be used by June 24th, at a minute before midnight Pacific Time. Whoah! That’s what we’re talking about. 😀 What can you do with the $60 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.It’s captcha time : Uniregistry adds math challenge to contact forms
Looks like Uniregistry is tired of spam offers from spambots, and they are responding in kind. Domains parked at Domain Name Sales with a Contact Form instead of the usual PPC ad page, will now get an improved contact form that contains a captcha. The challenge is mathematical: a pair of additions or subtractions of […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Who needs .SUCKS? I love ALDI .com taken via UDRP
Imagine this: you can register a dot .SUCKS domain to vent off your sentiments as a consumer, but god forbid if you register “I Love …” alongside that brand! ALDI is an international discount supermarket chain, with headquarters in Germany. It is very popular in Europe and lately in the US. Their products are generic, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Golf.com.br domain : Brazilian generic ccTLD lost in UDRP
Gotta love words with secondary meaning. The domain Golf.com.br, a Brazilian ccTLD, was lost in UDRP, after its owner tried to sell it for $100,000 dollars. It’d be great to do so if the content at Golf.com.br were related to golf – the sport. Unfortunately, the Complainant in this UDRP is the German automotive corporation […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Startup names : Spend $11 bucks for a .LINK instead of $85,000 dollars for a .COM
The new Internet namespace has proven to be valuable for startup companies; limited budgets save a lot of money for development, versus domain names. Before the launch of several hundred new gTLDs tailored to many different specific uses, companies would be stuck with secondary tier domain names. In the past, once these companies raised more […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Father.com : Quiet launch of apparel brand for Father’s Day
The premium generic domain Father.com has changed its content and mission statement, in the days before Father’s Day. Once parked with affiliate content, the mega-keyword domain is now a joint venture between two established entrepreneurs. Their new representation and use is as “Father Brands” : A boutique brand group specializing in direct sales to Target […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dylann Storm Roof : Domains of the “Last Rhodesian” Charleston killer
The evil insanity behind the mindless murders of innocent Americans in Charleston, South Carolina, is still unfolding; suspect Dylann Storm Roof will have a lot of questions to answer in the coming weeks. Calling himself the “Last Rhodesian“, after the former apartheid-led name of Zimbabwe, Dylann Roof registered the domain name LastRhodesian.com on February 9, […]
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