#Epidemic .com : Yet another mass disease #domain up for sale

Posted by DomainGang on April 9, 2020, at 8:04 pm

Domain investors should be familiar by now with two Greek words related to disease: Epidemic and pandemic. There’s a third one, endemic, that describes the initial stages of the Covid-19 virus, that started as a local disease in Wuhan, China. The matching .com domains are extremely synced with current news, as the Coronavirus moved outside […]

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#Domain law : Which countries file the most #UDRPs at the #WIPO?

Posted by DomainGang on April 9, 2020, at 10:25 am

The ongoing push for brand protection has grown into a battle for more litigation, and domain names form a big part of corporate brand strategy. For example, Philip Morris and its IQUOS brand, filed hundreds of UDRPs in 2019. What is the geographical spread of UDRP filers at the WIPO last year? According to a […]

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Should the #ICANN president, Göran Marby, resign?

Posted by DomainGang on April 8, 2020, at 2:38 pm

ICANN president and CEO, Göran Marby, delivered his seal of approval for the deal presented to Verisign, managers under contract of .com and .net domain names. In exchange, ICANN will be bestowed $20 million dollars over 5 years, to perform DNS infrastructure improvements. In effect, ICANN gave no real consideration to thousands of comments by […]

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#NNNNN : More than 2,000 five number .com #domains auctioned on a #Chinese platform

Posted by DomainGang on April 7, 2020, at 3:42 pm

If you are after numeric domain names that are affordable, forget the four digit range: Five digit .com domains (NNNNN .com’s) are the next best thing. Chinese auction platform, 4CN, announced that they are auctioning off more than 2,000 NNNNN .com domains. Here’s what the announcement looks like: 2,169 great 5 number .COM domains are […]

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Downtime at #eNom reveals a handy TLD, gTLD and ccTLD chart

Posted by DomainGang on April 7, 2020, at 3:24 pm

Domain registrar eNom is having a scheduled downtime for some of its functions currently. In particular, the following activities are offline at the time of this post: Availability Checks Whois Services Domain Purchases Domain Renewals Domain Updates That’s pretty much anything you need to do with managing your domains at eNom! 🙂 But wait, there’s […]

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UTA .ro : Cradle or acronym domain? #UDRP decision favored Respondent

Posted by DomainGang on April 6, 2020, at 11:03 am

The beauty of acronym domains, such as the LLL type, is that there is a very large number of matching word combinations. In the case of UTA.ro, the domain was challenged at the WIPO by UTA Romania Services SRL, on behalf of the Germany mother company, Union-Tank Eckstein GmbH. The Romanian respondent claimed two things: […]

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Father Domanicus : A holy message to all #domainers on Palm Sunday

Posted by DomainGang on April 5, 2020, at 8:37 pm

Greetings and salutations, my beloved brothers and sisters in domaining – this is Father Domainicus on a rainy day here in Florida. A lot of New Yorkers have been arriving to the friendly Sunshine State in recent days. The Coronavirus pandemic is ousting those poor souls and where else to go to, when Florida has […]

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It looks like Media Options owns the premium #domain name Pandemic.com

Posted by DomainGang on April 4, 2020, at 12:02 am

A month ago, we noted how the domain Pandemic.com would soon be making headlines. As a matter of fact, we raised our concerns about NamesCon 2020 taking place in late January, again using the word “pandemic” as a cautionary reference. At the time, some domain investors laughed and downplayed our concerns. Others, such as Drew […]

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#Sedo 4 letter .com auction ends tomorrow; here’s the Top 10 bids

Posted by DomainGang on April 1, 2020, at 10:51 pm

Sedo‘s week-long auction of 4L .com (LLLL .com) domain names is coming to a close tomorrow. Several domain names have bids and with a low reserve of 99 USD/EUR/GBP these domains will sell. Out of a total of 188 domains, many have bids matching the reserve, or above. Here’s the Top 10: avvv.com – 1500 […]

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#Sedo @ Home : #Domain industry operations in the era of the #Coronavirus

Posted by DomainGang on April 1, 2020, at 2:47 pm

Three weeks ago, Sedo moved its staff from offices to 100% home-based operations. Planning began as early as in January, and the popular domain industry company who is also our sponsor, has been reaping the results of its careful planning every since. This unprecedented transition to 100% home office activities required careful planning and execution […]

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Today only: The #Domain King’s #Coronavirus survival kit special for #domainers

Posted by DomainGang on April 1, 2020, at 11:21 am

The Domain King, Rick Schwartz, has been extremely proactive with regards to the Coronavirus pandemic. Rick canceled the Asheville meetup early on, saving domainers both money and anguish: no canceled flights, no wasted hotel booking, and no anti-Covid19 mask expenses. He then bought plentiful provisions, such as nonperishable food, toilet paper, Italian spring water, toilet […]

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#CentralNic : “Internal Leadership Restructuring” and new staff appointments

Posted by DomainGang on April 1, 2020, at 10:45 am

CentralNic has gone through a corporate shuffling – they call it “Internal Leadership Restructuring” and here is what has changed: CentralNic Group PLC (AIM: CNIC), the fastest growing company in the domain name industry, with over 45 million domains using its platforms, is pleased to announce an internal leadership restructuring, including key new appointments. Appointments […]

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