Former owner of SputnikNews.com had no idea about the buyer’s wealth!
SputnikNews.com, the newly launched web site about Russia, attracted global media attention after Russian news agency, RIA Novosti, announced its rebranding. We uncovered who the previous owner was, using DomainTools, and speculated on the selling price for the domain. A Russian publication unveiled today that the sale of SputninkNews.com by its owner, Ukrainian citizen Roman […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Spam scum: Chinese registrar IISP.HK sends out .XYZ spam to harvested WHOIS emails!
Two years ago, the Chinese domain registrar IISP.HK (NiceNIC) casually copied two dozen DomainGang articles verbatim. After we complained, they took that content down. Today, they sent out a spam email, promoting $2 dollar .XYZ domains to email addresses directly harvested from the WHOIS information of domains. According to Japan-stationed domain investor, David J. Walker, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Uniregistry launches new marketing campaign
Uniregistry is warming up its irons for what appears to be a record year in domain sales and registrations, with a new marketing campaign. Borrowing elements from the viral success of the recent “Alex from Target” photo and meme, Uniregistry intends to present one new face every week. “Everyone knows me, but I’d love to […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Don’t mess with the Iron Man: Robert Downey Jr. wins UDRP
Robert Downey Jr. is a world class actor, and a money-maker for Hollywood’s blockbuster movie industry. As the 4th chapter in the Iron Man series is slated for production, some idiot registered the domain RobertDowneyJr.actor. The Respondent had the audacity to attempt to use the actor’s fame, by making the assertions he will be using […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Charlie Harper Sucks: Red herring about Name Administration from a decade ago!
Two and a Half Men was already great a decade ago, and the “Last Chance to See Those Tattoos” episode aired on December 13, 2004. Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen) searches Google for his name and discovers a web site full of unflattering photos and info, set up by an unknown owner. Time Warner, producers of […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Is the Post Office open on Veterans Day?
Let’s face it, we check our mail boxes every day, and somehow expect the Post Office to be open at least six days a week. Although during the holiday season Post Offices are scheduled to deliver on Sundays as well, there are certain times of the year that a Post Office might not be open. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Top tier three letter dot com DNS.com moved away from Moniker
Recently, we covered the change in ownership of the domain name DNS.com, which was used in the past by DNS by Comodo. The company rebranded to DNSbyComodo.com, letting DNS.com pointed to its servers for a while. That message was removed recently, and DNS.com was moved to Domain Name Sales, where it is listed “For Lease” […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Marathons, China and geodomains: UDRP against domain failed
There are plenty of marathon races around the world, and it seems these days several companies take advantage of a purely geographical term, that of the Greek city of Marathon. If anything else, Marathon – or, Marathonas, in modern Greek – should sue each and every company making use of its historic locale. Apparently, there […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Happy Veterans Day! A discount coupon from Minds+Machines for this special day
Minds+Machines is offering a Veterans Day coupon for domains registered today. According to their promo: “Show your love for our country and help us give back to our vets. Honoring those who fought for our country, Minds + Machines is offering 30% off standard .country domain names. Coupon code: vets2014 Valid through Nov 12th 12:00am […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.SputnikNews.com: From parked domain to Russian propaganda portal
For several years, the domain name SputnikNews.com remained parked; after changing hands a few times, it ended up in the possession of a Ukrainian, Roman Korneev. Korneev set up a web site aggregating news, such as the ones displayed on his other news portal, NewsAtNews.com. Most likely of Russian background like many Ukrainians, Korneev owns […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Uniregistry wins battle of finger-pointing among domain registrars in See.com case
When See.com got stolen for the first time, it was in the mid-2000’s; an Iranian hacker known for his social engineering skills infiltrated Network Solutions and gained control of it, temporarily. That time around, See.com owner, Mike Loucks, involved legal motions from his immediate family that are law professionals. In the recent escapade that involved […]
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