Update: CCT.com has been retrieved – No longer a stolen domain!
Great news for Dean Vlahos, legitimate owner of the domain CCT.com – it has been returned to his possession, and it has been transferred back to Network Solutions. CCT.com had been reported stolen in mid December, and had been transferred to Ename.com, a domain registrar popular with domain thieves in China. It is almost certain […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Porno.com domain seller now an unemployed degree holder!
Life just isn’t fair. The student who sold the domain Porno.com to Rick Schwartz in 1997 for $42,000 is now an unemployed engineer, struggling under the current bout of bad economy as a homeless man. Eighteen years ago, Lawrence Morgan “mad dog” Jones was a promising college student that researched the Internet as a pastime. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Well-done USPTO: US Patent and Trademark Office web site redesigned
At long last! After years of displaying a mediocre web site, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) sports a spiffy, well-designed web site. The layout utilizes sharp, clean font types and a contrasting color scheme to deliver lots of well-organized content about trademarks, service marks and patents. Most major links are one click away, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The Domain King’s numeric domains: A fine collection of NNN .com and others
The numeric domain market is on fire, after reports of the biggest domain sale of all time place 360.com at the #1 spot for $17 million dollars. Just days before that announcement, the Domain King, Rick Schwartz, revealed through his sale of Porno.com for $8,888,888 dollars that he’s about to put some of his numeric […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Zero to One: Innovation discussion with PayPal creator, Peter Thiel
Startups.CO, the entrepreneur hub launched by Fundable founder, Wil Schroter, is hosting a live talk this coming Monday, February 9th at 7:00pm EST. Peter Thiel, creator of PayPal and innovation investor, will join the Startups.CO discussion, to talk about his new book, “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future.” “The […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.China on fire: Two new transactions engage NNN .com domains via 4.CN
The numeric domain market is currently on fire, all while the dust from a recent sale of 360.com to Qihoo for a reputed $17 million dollars has yet to settle. Two domain names, 400.com and 440.com appear to have changed hands very recently. First, 400.com appears to have been sold by the holding account at […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Singapore property company 99.CO gets seven figure investment
Leading venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, invested $1.6 million dollars in 99.CO, a Singapore based company focusing on real estate. Valued at $8 million USD, 99.CO announced that Facebook co-founder, Eduardo Saverin, contributed part of the investment as well. The company takes a stab at the regional market of Singapore and its direct competition, by […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese government: Punished web sites for violence, gambling and lewd material include Qihoo
The Chinese government is cracking down on gaming and other portal web sites in China, including some operated by online giants Qihoo, Tencent and Baidu. Citing the promotion of excessive violence, gambling, and “lewd” content, the platforms were fined and ordered to delete the offending mobile games and apps. China’s Mininstry of Culture, announced yesterday […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.360.com update: Record-breaking domain sale was for $17 Million dollars
Sex.com has just lost its #1 position as the most expensive domain ever sold; various sources are confirming that 360.com went to Qihoo for a staggering $17,000,000 dollars. Hardly unexpected as the company has a $7 billion market capitalization, and the seller – Vodafone – is bigger by a factor of 16. The news was […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Someone is selling the entire domain WHOIS database – all 160 million records of it!
By using the WHOIS tools provided by the domain Registries, one agrees not to extract data and use it for commercial purposes. But who gives a rat’s ass, right? With more than 350 gTLDs available, the total number of traditional and new TLDs exceeds 160 million domain names. Some ‘smart entrepreneur‘ is currently selling the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Did 360.com sell for $16,000,000 dollars?
Speculations are running wild about the sale of 360.com, a perfect, round number; the domain was sold by telecom giant Vodafone to Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd in China. The buyer, ‘upgraded’ their brand from 360.CN to the globally recognized dot .com equivalent. George Hong, of Guta.com – a premium domain investor and brokerage firm […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Name.com drops Verisign VIP Access for Google Authenticator
Name.com announced that it’s switching its two-factor authentication system, from that of Verisign VIP Access, to the Google Authenticator app. The change is effective on March 5th. According to the email notifying Name.com customers of this change: Name.com is changing its Two-Step Verification service on March 5, 2015. On that date Verisign credentials will be […]
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