Footballmedia.com : Domain transferred after joint venture fallout via the #WIPO
FootballMedia.com, a domain registered in 2003, became the apple of discord between two former business partners. After their joint venture went south, the ensuing splitting of assets was incomplete without the domain name. The UDRP that followed involves a Pakistani and a British individual as the Respondent and the Complainant respectively. The WIPO panelist ordered […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Kau.com : Was this six figure domain auction win a fake?
When the auction for Kau.com ended, the youngest three letter .com in the world had a new owner : the person who bid $100,350 dollars at DropCatch. Several days later, there is no WHOIS change for the domain Kau.com, that was last updated on October 25. The auction itself ended at 3:00 PM Eastern on […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Endurance International: Some stakeholders not happy with the $3 billion deal
Endurance International is being sold in a $3 billion dollar deal to the Clearlake Capital Group; the company’s public stock price is being used as a gauge for the sale price. In essence, NASDAQ-listed EIGI is being valued with a 64% premium above its closing price on Friday ($5.81 per share) but apparently some stakeholders […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Absofruitly : When you can’t get the matching .com #domain
What happens when you come up with a brand and the .com was registered decades ago? Obviously, the options are as follows: Buy the domain, if it’s for sale Change the brand altogether Or, incorporate the brand into a similar domain In the case of Absofruitly, a Florida seller of acai and other fruit bowls […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.CryptoKey.com : Former #CertiVox domain asset auctioned off for $9,011 dollars
CryptoKey.com was auctioned off at DropCatch, with the auction attracting bidders from all over the world, including China. The auction ended at $9,011 dollars, with DropCatch user “latedomainer” winning it. Better late than never! 😀 A great pair of keywords related to cryptography or even cryptocurrency if you may, the domain was registered in 2005 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.You say EIYO I say AYO : #Ayolabs wins #UDRP for a dot .EU #domain name
Two “lab” companies clashed in Europe under the .EU ccTLD, citing phonetic similarities of the domain Ayolabs.eu to the EIYOLAB mark. Eiyolab, France, represented by Coblence & Associés, France, went ahead with a UDRP against the Spanish team operating Ayolabs. The latter, is an acronym of its founders first names: A – Adrien, Y – […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Verisign : Bad LLLL .com #domains will receive upgrade
There’s nothing worse than a bad LLLL .com domain and Verisign – managers of .com – is about to help you change that. “All domains contain microcode that can be tweaked and improved through system upgrades,” said chief microcode engineer at Verisign, Charles Babbage. “We are rolling out updates all the time, and this is […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Jo20.com : The Presidential candidate with the shortest #domain name
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are on the final stretch, as millions of Americans have been voting or are about to vote at US Elections. Memorable domains are needed for presidential candidates, as Election Day looms in on November 3rd. Most Americans will vote either for the Democratic or the Republican […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Secure #domain transactions: Happy 21st, Escrow.com!
Escrow.com is officially “of age.” The de facto domain name escrow service celebrated its 21st birthday. Founded in 1999, Escrow.com provides secure transaction services for domain names, and for consumer items such as cars and even luxury watches. Note: Escrow.com is a premium sponsor of DomainGang. The great people of Escrow.com celebrated the 21st anniversary […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bodybuilding.com was sold for “just” $20,000 dollars in 1998
It’s a little known story: The domain Bodybuilding.com was sold for just $20,000 dollars in 1998, and the buyer’s intuition led to an eventual multi-million dollar sale of the business. Two years before the anticipated “end of the world” in 2000, amateur bodybuilder Ryan DeLuca was able to strengthen his supplement business with the acquisition […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Wines.com : Alleged private sale from 2004 has been removed from #NameBio
The NameBio sales entry of the domain Wines.com has been removed. The “private sale” allegedly took place in 2004, and the listed selling price for Wines.com was $2.9 million dollars. Obviously, that sale did not take place, as a lawsuit involving Wines.com indicates that the domain’s registrant didn’t change for 24 years: From 1994 to […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Adam Dicker on #NamePros: “I made a mess and it’s time to clean it up”
Adam Dicker, Canadian domain investor and former owner of DNForum, returned after a long hiatus to NamePros, where the most lengthy exchange of the forum takes place. In a series of comments, Dicker acknowledged that he “made a mess and it’s time to clean it up.” In doing so, Adam Dicker promised to spend the […]
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