#Domain sightings: Finally, a REAL pigeon domain in .US!

Posted by DomainGang on August 5, 2021, at 4:08 pm

The Domain King talks about “pigeon domains” and we just came across a domain sighting of a REAL pigeon domain! The remarkable encounter with Pigeon Freight and their domain, PigeonFreight.us, marks a rare sighting of the .US TLD. Pigeon Freight Services Inc is a transportation company based in Illinois that was opened in 2013 by […]

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#NFT madness: Drew goes “ape” with ApeWorld.com acquisition

Posted by DomainGang on August 5, 2021, at 1:00 pm

The NFT craze has penetrated the very core of many domain investors, and a popular NFT art set is that of the Bored Ape Yacht Club. Featuring 10,000 “randomly” generated ape illustrations, these collector’s items are based on the non-fungible token approach: they are unique within the set. Bored Ape prices in the secondary market […]

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Wine fans rejoice: Moscato.com coming up!

Posted by DomainGang on August 4, 2021, at 9:45 am

Fans of wine and Moscato in particular, rejoice: Moscato.com has been acquired and is under development as a wine portal. What is Moscato, for the uninitiated? Moscato (pronounced mo-ska-toh) is a sweet Italian wine known for its fruity notes. Made from the Muscat grape, Moscato is a white wine typically thought of as a dessert […]

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Is Frank Schilling a billionaire?

Posted by DomainGang on August 3, 2021, at 3:00 pm

Frank Schilling is perhaps the most successful domain entrepreneur in recent memory. The Uniregistry founder sold the bulk of his domain portfolio, along with Uniregistry to GoDaddy last year; since then, Frank Schilling has switched the scope of his investments to real estate development in the Cayman Islands. Frank Schilling is also expanding into air […]

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CollegeFresh.com: Reverse Domain Name Hijacking found in UDRP

Posted by DomainGang on August 3, 2021, at 10:14 am

The registrant of the domain CollegeFresh.com was hit with a UDRP. The domain was registered in 2005 all while the Complainant formed five years later. In 2016 they failed to acquire the domain from the Respondent, and five years on (2021) they filed a UDRP. That’s “Plan B” said the WIPO panelist, denying the domain’s […]

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Fortini.com: UDRP shows $350,000 asking price for “common surname”

Posted by DomainGang on August 3, 2021, at 9:36 am

Dutch company N.V. Nutricia, producers of a food supplement product called “Fortini,” filed a UDRP against the domain Fortini.com. The Respondent in this case is Epik founder, Rob Monster. Epik is simply the registrar and not the Respondent in this case. Fortini.com was registered in 2012 and the Complainant has acquired the registration of trademarks […]

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Twitter sinks its #fleets and dozens of squatted #domains are now useless

Posted by DomainGang on August 2, 2021, at 4:12 pm

Twitter has pulled the plug on Fleets—ephemeral tweets designed to compete with Instagram Stories, Facebook Stories, and Snapchat. The feature didn’t catch on, and Twitter is now sinking Fleets, effective tomorrow. Although fleets is the plural of fleet, Twitter Fleets is a portmanteau of “fleeting tweets.” When Twitter announced the launch of Fleets last November, […]

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Numeric domains: 996 is not a great number in China

Posted by DomainGang on August 2, 2021, at 8:54 am

The Chinese utilize a combination of numbers to denote words and phrases; the system works well with numeric domain names, making them appealing to domain investors in China. How does this work exactly? Words for numbers are homophones for other words, so for example: In Chinese, number five is pronounced wu, which sounds like wo, […]

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#DropCatch user begs domainer community to let him win “one damn domain”

Posted by DomainGang on July 28, 2021, at 1:27 pm

It must be hard being a sore loser, and Stan Gambino knows that all too well. The domain investor from New Mexico has yet to win a single domain auction at DropCatch, the quintessential drop-catching service. “I bid on domains no-one should be bidding on, just to get a win but nothing works! I’ve bid […]

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#GoDaddy : Domain sales report for February 2021 topped by AVA.com at $792,000

Posted by DomainGang on July 28, 2021, at 10:42 am

GoDaddy has released its latest domain sales report, with data curated from February 2021 sales. The list is inclusive of all channels and the price listed is the final price paid by the buyer. Topping the list is AVA.com, selling for an amazing $792,000 dollars. It’s one of 7 sales that cross into six figures! […]

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Strong middle-of-the-year performance for Escrow.com

Posted by DomainGang on July 27, 2021, at 10:38 am

Escrow.com has just released its half-year results where GPV was an all-time record with $475.3m, up 48.0% on pcp or US$366.7m, up 73.3%. The second quarter was particularly strong, with an all-time record GPV of $270.5 million (up 75.0% on pcp, unaudited) or US$208.5 million (up 105.5% on pcp, unaudited). Ex-China, GPV was also at […]

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Gail.com: A 2006 #UDRP led the registrant to create an insane disclaimer page!

Posted by DomainGang on July 27, 2021, at 9:19 am

The registrant of the domain Gail.com, matching the female first name “Gail,” was hit with a UDRP in 2006. The domain was registered in 1996 as a present to the registrant’s wife. The ensuing anguish caused by a Brazilian company asserting rights to the GAIL mark, led the registrant to create a landing page full […]

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