Cappuccino.com : Two #domainer owners later, #coffee company gets premium #domain name

Posted by DomainGang on April 16, 2020, at 11:55 am

Cappuccino.com was the highest domain sale of the week at Sedo, with a $49,000 dollar price tag. Not bad for a caffeine loaded keyword, and the new owner is Spanish restaurant chain Grupo Cappuccino. Operating from the domain GrupoCappuccino.com, the Palma de Mallorca group acquired Cappuccino.com as a redirect to its brand. It doesn’t seem […]

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Porrua.com #UDRP : Mexican book publisher gets #domain after 22 years at the #WIPO

Posted by DomainGang on April 15, 2020, at 11:33 am

Porrua.com, a domain name registered in 1998, has been given to a Mexican publisher via the UDRP process at the WIPO. The Respondent alleges that it licensed the domain between 1998 and 1999 to the Complainant, and that from 2000 onward the renewal costs were paid by the Complainant. From 2004 to 2011 the domain […]

Filed under Domain Law · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, UDRP, WIPO, porrua.com

#Sedo #domain sales for the week of Apr 13, 2020 topped by Cappuccino.com at $49000

Posted by DomainGang on April 14, 2020, at 5:18 pm

Sedo weekly: Top sale is that of Cappuccino.com at $49,000 dollars. Welcome to the latest edition of reporting on the Sedo domain sales; this time we cover the week ending on April 13, 2020. This information has been provided by Sedo.com, sponsors of DomainGang. Please read a current notice on the listing ban of Coronavirus […]

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#Domainer careers : Wesley Martin heads over to #GoDaddy from #Uniregistry

Posted by DomainGang on April 14, 2020, at 12:36 pm

Domain industry professional, Wesley Martin, has moved to GoDaddy after three years as a domain broker with Uniregistry. The career change is due to the acquisition of parts of Uniregistry by GoDaddy, which includes the expert domain brokerage team. Wesley describes his focus as follows: “As a domain broker, I work with both buyers and […]

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#CentralNic announced the waiving of RGP fees for expired #domain names

Posted by DomainGang on April 14, 2020, at 11:24 am

CentralNic announced that it has made available an RGP Restore Fee Waiver Program, in support of registrants facing financial or other difficulties due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The fee is paid when an expired domain is past its grace period, and the Registry imposes a restore fee that can be quite sizable – up to […]

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Domains and #pandemic : Mascarillas.com switched to #Digimedia DNS

Posted by DomainGang on April 13, 2020, at 1:51 pm

Mascarillas means “masks” in Spanish, and the matching domain, Mascarillas.com just got an upgrade. The Reflex Publishing domain asset might not be for sale, per the WHOIS information. Digimedia appears to have a limited partnership with Reflex, and the domain was switched to DNS servers operated by Digimedia. Previous content was generic links provided by […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Digimedia, Domainers, Domains, Reflex publishing, mascarillas, mascarillas.com, pandemic domains

#Domain privacy : Twitter data sharing opt-out option removed for US customers

Posted by DomainGang on April 13, 2020, at 10:13 am

Don’t believe corporations that promise data privacy; they can revoke this expected condition at any time. Twitter is the latest offender from a growing list of social media companies. In a recent change to terms and conditions, Twitter removed the ability for its US-based customers to turn off data sharing with third party advertisers, such […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, GDPR, Twitter data, domain privacy, twitter

Father Domainicus : #Domain sermon on this special #Easter 2020

Posted by DomainGang on April 12, 2020, at 1:26 pm

Greetings and salutations, my domainer brothers and sisters – this is Father Domainicus celebrating Easter Sunday 2020. Many a domainer faithful have asked me about the true meaning of Easter Sunday for our Domain Church. The essence of our religious convergence is to bring men and women of faith together in the spiritual plane. Alas, […]

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Economic Impact Payments : #Tax services provider grabs keyword #domains

Posted by DomainGang on April 11, 2020, at 4:18 pm

Get ready for your Economic Impact Payments arriving soon from the US Government. The payments, also referred to by some as stimulus payments, are automatic for most taxpayers. Delivery of the stimulus checks comes in two flavors: for non-filers, and those that file taxes with the IRS. The phrase “economic impact payments” is not a […]

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A bunch of seized #domains are now being monetized via PPC!

Posted by DomainGang on April 11, 2020, at 10:50 am

The Department of Homeland Security Investigations, along with Europol, seized several domain names in 2017. These domains were used to solicit the sale of unlicensed pharmaceuticals, among other violations. It seems that a lot of these domains are now monetized, on what appears to be a Czech server. The WHOIS information does not indicate that […]

Filed under Domain News · Tagged with Domainers, Domains, Europol, FBI, Seized domains, domain crime

Donald Trump: Happy Good Friday – courtesy of #HugeDomains

Posted by DomainGang on April 10, 2020, at 4:44 pm

US president, Donald Trump, appears to be wishing everyone a “Happy Good Friday” via Twitter today. There’s nothing “happy” about Good Friday, however, as it’s the most somber of all the days in Christian Easter. Today commemorates the day that Jesus was crucified among two thieves atop the Golgotha hill. His eventual Resurrection comes next, […]

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#Brands and the #Coronavirus: Online threats are turning viral with #domains

Posted by DomainGang on April 10, 2020, at 1:07 pm

The Coronavirus pandemic is creating additional headaches for popular brands, with the registration of domain names. Thousands of domain names latching onto the pandemic are being registered. Those that resolve to active web sites, may offer brand knockoffs, that can hurt a company’s image. For example an influx of fake 3M masks from China, fake […]

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