Ammar Kubba sells iceberg & aftermarket domain to the Igloo Eskimo
Thought Convergence CEO and founder, Ammar Kubba, was beaming from ear to ear earlier today, after the announcement of a corporate asset sale involving a humongous shipment of arctic ice. “For years I’ve been trying to sell this North Pole iceberg in the aftermarket and it finally materialized, all thanks to the assistance of my […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Kilt Alliance: Scottish domainers declare ccTLD independence
A group of Scottish domain investors, led by the owners of Glasgow.com, Edinburgh.com and Dundee.com, have formed the so-called “Kilt Alliance“, seeking the independence of Scotland as a ccTLD, and its immediate secession from .co.uk. “Th’ lads an’ ah hae decided tae abandon stoatin Britain as uir soorce ay guidance,” said Angus McFirlin of Dundee.com. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Guitars.com : The majority says it’s a “priceless” domain name
A week ago we ran a poll on the current value of Guitars.com, a domain name that was hand-registered for $35 dollars in 1995. Its registrant and original owner since then, Gruhn Guitars, had the epiphany to spend $35 dollars on top of their corporate name, registering Guitars.com less than a week after Gruhn.com. This […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .Vegas Domain names now available for anyone to register
We received an industry press release about the official launch of Dot .Vegas, the geo-gTLD that primarily targets residents and businesses in the Las Vegas area. However, anyone in the world can actually register a Dot .Vegas domain name. Here are the juicy details about the Dot .Vegas availability: Las Vegas, NV — Owning a […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Update: Group of stolen domain names including 002.com are now reclaimed
In July, we shared an owner’s plea about the theft of a valuable domain portfolio that included 002.com; the domains were moved from eNom to GoDaddy. The domains are now back in their legitimate owner’s possession, according to an update that they relayed via a friend: “We caught the thief and pushed him returned the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Photos from the dot .Vegas launch
Richard Lau, founder of NamesCon, is an active member of the tech community in Las Vegas; NamesCon 2015 takes place in ‘Sin City’ not too long from now. Richard was present at the unveiling of the new geo-gTLD, dot .Vegas, yesterday and wanted to share some of the photos taken during the event. Wish we […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain ownership: ICANN must change its antiquated system ASAP!
ICANN has gained a lot of traction in its recent motion to enforce a globalization of Internet control. The current focus seems to be reaching “obsession” status, with a large part of the ICANN conference agendas debating the “multi-stakeholder model” process. ICANN’s antiquated domain ownership system, however, leads to dozens of domain thefts, most of […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.MannQuotes – Chapter IX: The Money-making machine Mann
When we started the MannQuotes list more than a year ago, little did we know that it’d be such an ever-giving source of wisdom about domains, entrepreneurship, and life in general. Domain investor, Mike Mann, not only possesses some unique business skills – he actually shares his modus operandi with the public, on a regular […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Network Solutions rolls out ‘XYZ’ tool to help delete free dot .XYZ domain names
As part of its redesigned domain services, Network Solutions has rolled out a new tool that allows domain owners to get rid of all free, unwanted dot .XYZ domain names they never asked for. At the click of a button, the XYZ Omega tool terminates all free domains that were added as part of an […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain Obituary: Carlos González is a dead(beat) domainer
This is a Domain Obituary for Carlos González, with an email address of carlitos.music@hotmail.com and a phone number in Mexico +5215534115001, from the IP 189.208.28.4 On September 1st, 2014, after placing an offer of $2,500 which was accepted on Domain Name Sales, Carlos González unfortunately did not follow up with payment at Escrow.com. It is […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Time sensitive: Official TRAFFIC ballot sent to domainers
It’s time to vote for your favorite domainers and domain companies at TRAFFIC. The official ballot was sent out to registered voters only, and it’s time sensitive; all votes must be cast by replying to the email by September 19th. Here are the categories and nominees for the official TRAFFIC 2014 Awards: Developer of the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Global Internet Domain Name Association : Part time domaining is illegal
The Global Internet Domain Name Association (GIDNA) that supervises domainer activity across the Internet, is one layer below ICANN. Established in 2004, the quasi-government agency is responsible for the definition of rules and regulations pertaining to domain buying and selling activity. In its most recent meeting in Los Angeles, California, the Global Internet Domain Name […]
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