Chinese domain market report : The strategy of bidders ‘First’ and ‘TwoTwo’ on NameJet
We’ve previously covered the activity of a popular duo of Chinese domain investors, who are prolific on NameJet. NameJet users ‘First’ and ‘TwoTwo” are in fact multi-member accounts, able to leverage large funds. In a humorous approach, we suggested a winning method: pool one’s family funds together. 😀 Funny stories aside, there is a pattern […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain market sales : Alibaba stock holder sells billions
In recent years, China‘s financial markets have become the new Wild West East where fortunes are made, or one’s own shirt is lost. Just a year ago, the loss of $5 trillion dollars in stock valuation was China’s largest stock market bubble burst. Recently, SoftBank Group Corp, the largest investor in Alibaba Group, sold off […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain history : Where was GoDaddy.com registered at?
Domain registrations that occurred during the early days of the Internet utilized the services of the sole registrant at the time, Network Solutions. At least, as far as .com, .net and .org domains go; national registrars managed the ccTLD domains in the 1980s and during the 1990s. Today, there are 2129 ICANN accredited registrars, according […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain market : Party like it’s June 4th, 1989
June 4th marks the anniversary of a dark moment for humanity, and China. The Tiananmen Square massacre staged students and unarmed civilians against the military sent by the Communist Party of China. During the month-long uprising, up to 3,000 people died nationwide, and thousands more were injured in the clashes. The iconic image of the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain crime : ADE.com is a stolen domain name
The premium three letter domain ADE.com has been reported as stolen. ADE.com changed hands sometime in January, leaving the control of its lawful owners, KLA Tencor corporation. The company has been made aware of the domain’s status as a stolen domain asset. KLA Tencor acquired ADE.com in October 2006, by acquiring ADE Corporation. Since then, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ZFBot.com : Domain research tool dumps Flash, expands options
ZFBot, the domain research tool that scans millions of domain records within TLD zone files, has been drastically revamped. Not only is the new version of ZFBot faster and better than ever, it also waves goodbye to Adobe Flash. Ken Greenwood, developer of the ZFBot tool and its assorted app for iOS, shared the news […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Undeveloped : Domain auction of hand-picked domains goes live today
A list of hand-picked domain names begins its auction course today, May 24th until June 14th, as a sidekick to Domaining Europe. Undeveloped.com, managers of the domain auction, shared with us the following information: “Undeveloped’s first curated premium domain auction has started! You now have the opportunity to get your hands on one of the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Uniregistry : DomainNameSales.com listed for sale on Sedo!
Uniregistry has completed the massive integration of its Domain Name Sales platform and Uniregistry Registrar, into the highly-acclaimed Uniregistry Market. DomainNameSales.com is currently still active, in order to facilitate the full transition of users that are still using it. In the future, the domain might serve a different purpose for Uniregistry, but someone apparently jumped […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Merlin Kauffman’s domain, Projects.com : Where is it now?
Around this time last year, we watched in nail-biting agony as the aged, premium domain Projects.com did not renew. Projects.com, a 1995 registration, was in the possession of domain investor and entrepreneur, Merlin Kauffman; he inexplicably failed to renew it. In the domain auction that ensued, the winner of Projects.com failed to submit payment. After […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Spamhaus : World’s top 10 “most abused domain registrars”
Spamhaus aims at maintaining a variety of lists, in an effort to combat spam and malicious content related to domains, IPs and web sites. A new list that was released by Spamhaus, reveals the world’s top 10 most abused domain registrars. According to Spamhaus, the methodology used to determine this negative status among domain registrars […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain market sales : ZZZZzzzz is all premium letters
Chinese domain sales have slowed down to a standstill, even with our recent addition of .Net domains to the range we cover. We started this series last year, reporting sales of short (2-4 characters) domains in the .CN and .COM TLDs. While 2015 was stellar, the Year of the Monkey has been a complete sleeper […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain sales : LL .com among group of domains
The Chinese domain market has been slowing down for several weeks now. Early predictions for a glorious performance have yet to come to fruition, unfortunately. The problem isn’t the lack of Chinese domain investors, who remain active as ever, but the realization that the lack of end-user sales affects prices. We’ve seen that with the […]
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