Obnoxious pimp of ‘Cherokee letter’ domains sends out a press release
Last summer, in an article about the obnoxious “Cherokee letter domains” pusher, we got this great quote from Rick Schwartz: “Sorry, I don’t even consider these of “Pigeon Shit” quality which until right now was the lowest form of worthless domains. We now have reached a new low.” Apparently, these pseudo-IDN domains are up for […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Capture that elusive buyer: Domain Name Sales rolls out the ultimate lander
Everyone in the domain industry is raving over the performance of parking landers at Domain Name Sales. Both the PPC and CTR of domains parked at Frank Schilling’s Internet Traffic outfit, produce massive payments; Sedo, once a pioneer, is clearly lagging behind. An armada of new “for sale” landers is about to arrive from Frank’s […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DotCo lovers: GoDaddy still the cheapest .Co registrar!
We know that some of you have a love/hate relationship with GoDaddy. The largest domain registrar in the world, grew in leaps and bounds during the past decade; mostly due to the personality of its founder, the illustrious Bob “elephant killer” Parsons. These days, GoDaddy has skirted away from using eye candy on its homepage, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Save me! Rick Schwartz quietly celebrates one year of #Winning against Brazil
How time flies! It was a year ago, when Rick Schwartz unleashed the ‘kraken‘, by winning a monumental reverse domain name hijacking decision against Brazilian entrepreneur, Márcio Mello Chaves. The SaveMe.com decision confirmed Rick’s full authority over a domain that pre-dated any later claims for a trademark in the land of samba and tiny bikinis. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Garbage domain KaidenceDondaWest.com : Kim’s baby is named ‘North West’ instead
The secret registrant of KaidenceDondaWest.com caused plenty of domainer drama a couple of nights ago, after renegging on a $100 sale via the Bodis marketplace. The seller then raised the price to $1,000,000 in an apparent attempt to capitalize on some rumors that celebrity parents, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, had named their firstborn by […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Greek government still holds .GR domain hostage!
NERIT.gr, a domain registered by a private individual, remained hijacked by the Greek government, more than a week after its registration. By instructing ForthNet – the Greek domain Registry – to alter the “A records” for the domain, the Greek government rushed to keep NERIT.gr offline, in an apparent attempt to silence the opposing television […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain safety: Which domain Registrar is the most secure?
Today’s both a Friday *and* the first day of summer; with .net and .org prices pinching at the end of the month. What a better time to take a poll about domain registrar security. Moniker had a rough day yesterday, rushing to reset thousands of account passwords ‘pro-actively’. While there was no indication that any […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.LLL .com domain auctions: Use a reserve, damn it!
It goes without saying that when you are auctioning off a valuable domain asset, such as an LLL .com, you can’t just leave things to luck. Unless you acquired the LLL .com in the early days for a piece of stale bread, chances are that you spent a minimum of $4k in the hopes of […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Security breach: Most popular domainer password list revealed!
A recent security breach at an unidentified domain registrar, has raised concerns about password security among the brightest minds of domaining. Speaking at a recent security conference, Matt Beowulf of Black Chalice Networks, Inc. explained: “Domainers are susceptible to repeating the same passwords, such as names of their dogs, their wife’s birthdays or how many […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.TDNAM & Sedo to get local competition as 123-reg launches domain marketplace
123-reg, a British registrar and web hosting provider, launched “Sell My Domains“, a new service that aims to simplify the process of buying and selling domains. Sitting atop a tested hardware and network infrastructure, the “Sell My Domains” marketplace invites 123-reg customers to search for domain names and select from those listed in the marketplace. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Google and Gmail to begin offering PRISM-free accounts
Google, already the titan in search engine volume, stores information about trillions of web pages and other private communication, such as email. Gmail was included on the PRISM list, the secret initiative by the NSA that allegedly processes mass amounts of raw data in real time. If you are concerned about your privacy online, particularly […]
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