Chinese domain sales market : The army of minions
Billions of dollars in speculative investments were lost in China, during the big stock market crash last summer. Thousands of investors went bankrupt, after being told to buy hyped stocks that crashed and burned to oblivion. If there’s a lesson to be learned from this in a domain-related analogy: never invest in stocks or domain […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain crime : 14491.com is no longer a stolen domain asset
It took nearly four months for the owner of the domain 14491.com to get it back, after Chinese cybercriminals stole it. In November 2015, we covered the domain theft incident that involved seven valuable numeric and short domains. With the assistance of the losing registrar, GoDaddy, six of the seven domains were returned in a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN56 : Get ready for Helsinki, Finland in June
The ICANN55 conference has completed in Marrakesh, Morocco; this was the last ICANN conference during the tenure of outgoing president and CEO, Fadi Chehadé, who’s moving on with his own company. With African nations currently free from the evil stigma of the Ebola virus, the next ICANN conference – ICANN56 – takes place in the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain market sales : Huge drop in China’s exports
The Year of the Monkey is carrying on its crazy, downwards spiral in China. The footprint of the Chinese economy is massive in volume and any fluctuations bear a tremendous impact across the Asian stock markets. China’s February exports to key trading partners suffered a huge drop: South Korea: 19.2% loss European Union: 19.8% loss […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .CO in Austin and SXSW via Tech.CO
The dot .CO Registry is an avid supporter of entrepreneurship; since 2010, the TLD has been adopted by thousands of corporations, start-ups and individuals. With more than 2 million .CO domains registered, the .CO Registry is proud to be a supporter of start-ups and its Tech.co Startup night takes place on Sunday, March 13th, during […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICM Registry drops its adult gTLD pricing to as low as $7.85
The ICM Registry announced that it’s dropping its pricing, for the quartet of adult gTLDs: .XXX, .Porn, .Sex and .Adult. The promotion is for a limited time only, and prices start from as low as $7.85 dollars on all generally available domains. To search for available domains, go to Buy.XXX. In addition to this promotion, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain sales : Will massive layoffs affect investments in China?
Another day, another yuan in China; at least, that’s the general idea among investors. With the Chinese economy hitting a plateau and growth tumbling, the alarms are ringing loud for the communist state’s government. For the first time ever outside of a war situation, the Chinese workers are preparing for layoffs at a massive scale. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain sales : Lowest PMI in China since 2011
Things don’t look too great in China, and the economy is stagnant, despite the sheer size of the Chinese market. While this sounds absurd, growth numbers are failing to impress even the most conservative financial analysts, and the latest PMI report is quite shocking. The Purchasing Managers’ index (PMI) is an indicator of the economic […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Halifax.com and Cowboys.com : Using the “Gay” reference in domain negotiations
After the Dallas Cowboys, winners of the Cowboys.com TRAFFIC auction claimed they weren’t familiar with its true price-tag, the domain was placed in limbo and a group of domain investors bought it later on. Cowboys.com was subsequently used as a “gay personals” web site, perhaps due to the Brokeback Mountain movie about a pair of […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.WIPO shocker : Halifax.com geo-domain ordered to be transferred to the Complainant!
A few months ago we covered the pending UDRP filed against the owners of the domain, Halifax.com. The Bank of Scotland Plc. filed the UDRP in December, and the decision was disclosed today. According to the latest update as published on the WIPO web site, the domain Halifax.com along with HalifaxCarFinance.com and HalifaxLiving.org were ordered […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain Concierge : Escrow.com takes over the domain, so is it worth it?
When buying or selling domain names, the function and legacy of Escrow.com as a safe and secure transaction facilitator is indisputable. Thousands of domain sales have been handled over the years by Escrow.com, which not only went through a complete redesign, but introduced a new service recently. In a recent interview with Jackson Elsegood, the […]
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