Reactions to ICANN announcing the new gTLDs in 2012
In an article from January 12, 2012, Tom Espiner of c|net announced the intention by ICANN to roll out its new gTLD program. Titled, “ICANN: Time to register your generic domains“, the article concludes that the move “could trigger a dramatic expansion of the Internet”, as stated by ICANN at the time. It is interesting, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain infographic: XYZ registrations at Network Solutions
As far as Network Solutions is concerned, the party of .XYZ domain robo-registrations is over. The month-long fanfare by XYZ has dissipated to inaudible levels, and it seems that it’s a common secret what the bulk of .XYZ domains with Network Solutions is about. Here’s a quick domain infographic about the current state of daily […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Vantablack: Darkest black ever created absorbs the thought of registering the dot .com
British scientists created the darkest black ever, a hue that absorbs almost all but 0.035% of light – and they dubbed it “Vantablack.” Surrey NanoSystems created the material almost a year ago, but somehow the press release got delayed, leading to recent coverage by the media. Vantablack was created using carbon nanotubes, which are 10,000 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NamesCon 2015: Six months away!
The biggest new domain conference of the year took place in January 2014; NamesCon broke new records, both in attendee and presentation numbers. Most importantly, it presented a clear vision of the domain industry, as it expands in the coming years to embrace brands, gTLDs and exciting new products. Having reached the half-point through 2014, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Winner of the 2014 World Cup Adidas Brazuca contest!
It’s finally over, and we have a winner! The much-coveted Adidas Brazuca contest that coincided with the World Cup 2014 in Brazil has found a new home. Earlier today, out of four entries that had guessed the World Cup winning team, Germany, correctly, one was picked at random. Without further ado, the lucky winner of […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.BleachStains.com: UDRP fails to take generic domain owner to the cleaners
We thought we’ve seen it all with regards to the ingenuity of Complainants attempting to wrestle generic domain names away from their owners. In a case involving the domain names Bleachstains.com and CarpetBleachStains.com, an individual with an obscure claim to a patent and vague claims to a common law trademark, tried to take the owner of […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Beats sues the Chinese for billions; targets domain names
Beats, the multi-billion dollar arm of Apple’s audio department, is tired of Chinese counterfeiters and will take them to the cleaners. Capitalizing on the rather expensive headphones’ popularity, Chinese manufacturers set up shop on hundreds of web sites, selling counterfeit wares at discounted prices. Beats is going after their bread and butter, the proceeds of […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.And the winning domains of this World Cup are …
The World Cup 2014 in Brazil is over – Germany is the winner! Congratulations to all German domainers that will be celebrating the title and trophy. 😀 A big day for the biggest sport in the world – football – or “soccer” to Americans. Due to the result, there are a couple of winning domains […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.What is missing in the domaining world?
Living and breathing domain names on a daily basis, one probably comes across that point sooner or later: a feeling that something is lacking. A very interesting thread over at DNForum attempts to address just that, asking fellow domain investors what is missing in the domaining world? Most answers are single words, and yet define […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Moniker receives prestigious domain registrar award
Moniker LLC, dba Moniker.com is part of KeyDrive SA and its registrar group, Key-Systems/ Moniker (KSM-Group). In a short ceremony earlier today, the well-established domain registrar received the prestigious “Registrar most likely to Move Domains Away from” award, shared only with Registerfly. “This award, however painful of a reminder it might be, energizes us all […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Canadian invention: Youngest element name sold in remarkable domain flip
And you thought the days of making money selling domain names for profit are over! The name of the youngest chemical to be invented was sold today, making its proud domain registrant, Charlie Pound of Ontario, Canada, about $75 dollars richer. “I read the newspaper every day and between the hockey news and the gossip […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Brazuca contest results: 48 hours to go!
Today’s the big day for the fans of Brazil and Holland, while Germany and Argentina face off in the World Cup final tomorrow. Which means that the results of our Adidas Brazuca ball contest will be announced two days from now! 😀 That’s right, after much blood, sweat and tears, one lucky winner will take […]
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