Chinese domain market report : China’s exports plummet

China is the 2nd largest economy in the world, but the recently released financial data for September look rather dismal. Exports fell by 5.6% on an estimated growth of 2.5%. Imports grew only 2.2% when estimates were anticipating 5.5%. China’s Trade Surplus was 278B yuan, about 24% less than the 365B yuan that was forecast. […]

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What time is it at Uniregistry?

Domain investors eager to sell domain names via the Uniregistry Market, often require phone support. Uniregistry doubles as a Registry and Registrar, and that triple function extends its role as a domain aftermarket. So what time is it at Uniregistry, when you’re in various parts of the world? Domain brokers work out of the Caymans, […]

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It’s just words, folks : Donald Trump phrase lead to .com registration

Yesterday’s 2nd presidential debate began with a question related to Donald Trump’s latest “feat.” Referencing a 2005 tape about grabbing women by their genitals, the question was downplayed by Trump, who called it “locker room talk” and then concluded with the phrase: “It’s just words, folks – just words.” Naturally, this triggered yet another domain […]

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auDA : More than 1000 bogus .au domains will be deleted

The entity ruling over the registrations of .au domains is called .au Domain Administration Ltd (auDA.) The company is the policy authority and industry self-regulatory body for the .au domain space. A domain reseller of an accredited registrar allowed registrants from China, Eastern Europe, North America and Asian countries to use fake Australian business details […]

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Pizzazzed Paper : Dot-Com domains β€œin the wild”

Lots and lots of businesses, from small to large, rely on a good-old .com domain to expand their online presence. We often come across such “real life” instances of .com domain usage, and we share them with our readers. Last time it was That Sharpening Guy, now’s the turn of Pizzazzed Paper, a unique jewelry […]

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DomainGang : Seven years of pure domain madness!

Time flies when you’re having fun, but come on – SEVEN YEARS? Where did they go? πŸ˜€ It was a slow day in 2009 when DomainGang was launched, as a repository of wacky stories about domain names. From the get-go we covered real industry news, along with parody variants, and each year since has been […]

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Dot .Game vs. Dot .Games : And the winner is …

In May, we compared two upcoming, at the time, new gTLDs, catering to the multi-billion dollar game industry: .Game vs. .Games. Uniregistry was about to roll out dot .Game, and things looked equal; then, at launch, the pricing was unveiled to be a rather shocking $1 dollar per day. In the weeks that followed, the […]

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Frank’s dot

The argument over “left of the dot” and “right of the dot” values, has been polarizing domainers, since the introduction of new gTLDs. Whether one is an old school domainer willing to acknowledge only .com, .net and .org domains, or a new Internet namespace advocate supporting the new gTLDs, there’s no real difference. Sometimes, the […]

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ZFBot domain research tool : Registration is free

ZFBot, the domain research tool that taps into hundreds of millions of domain records, has received an upgrade. Although still free on the desktop, the updated tool now requires a quick registration; one can also log in with their Facebook account. The latest update offers the ability to save queries. Suppose, for example, that we […]

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Bhavin Turakhia and Flock : Better than Slack for enterprise messaging

Indian entrepreneur, Bhavin Turakhia, is one half of the Turakhia brothers, and the founder and CEO of Flock – an enterprise messenger trying to win over Slack customers. Workspace communication and collaboration tools, such as Slack, have attracted a lot of venture capital during the past 18 months, but the space is far from overcrowded. […]

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Chinese domain market report : Get ready for a tumultuous Q4

China‘s economy is not doing great, and the stock market of the world’s largest economy is demonstrating a falling trend. While it’s not as bad as the summer of 2015 that led to a massive crash, the Chinese economy follows the other Asian markets closely The Hong Kong Hang Seng Index (HSI) faced a drop […]

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NamesCon 2017 : Special 50% off pricing, act now!

The clock is ticking for NamesCon 2017 in Las Vegas, and if you don’t believe us, click here. The biggest domain conference in the industry is expected to set new records in attendance, once again. Ticket pricing goes up as we head closer to the conference dates, and now it’s the time to buy your […]

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