Do a 380 : James Booth performs a pair of major #domain transactions

Posted by DomainGang on November 30, 2017, at 8:51 pm

Domain broker, James Booth, lives currently Down Under; the British expat and founder of BDQN.com likes to work hard and party hard. Skydiving is risky, especially when there are two major domain transactions to be completed. Still, James Booth pulled everything off nicely, including the tandem jump. So what are the two major transactions James […]

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Amazon’s #GuardDuty launched with no matching .com; #Sedo to claim #domain sale

Posted by DomainGang on November 29, 2017, at 1:03 pm

When you’re as huge as Amazon is, it’s all about your brand; GuardDuty is one of the latest products in the highly profitable AWS range. It’s no secret that Amazon is making the bulk of its money from AWS, its successful galaxy of cloud services. The market place is competing against mega-retailer Wal-Mart, driving prices […]

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#Bitcoin users: Ten thousand dollars per BTC? This guy was right!

Posted by DomainGang on November 28, 2017, at 5:07 pm

Bitcoin crossed the $10,000 dollar threshold today. The most popular cryptocurrency in the world, has appreciated more than 1,000% in 2017. Whether you buy Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, or invest in domain names that are related to crypto, you probably fall into one of several categories of Bitcoin users. In a hilarious video, created by […]

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NamesCon 2018 : Tropicana Las Vegas offers a Cyber Monday $39 special rate!

Posted by DomainGang on November 27, 2017, at 11:17 am

NamesCon 2018 is coming up in January, and the Cyber Monday deals are getting bigger. Not only is NamesCon offering 50% off its regular ticket price today only, Tropicana Las Vegas – the conference’s venue – is dropping room prices to as low as $39 dollars per night. According to an email we received from […]

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Cyber Monday : Your last chance to get 50% off the NamesCon 2018 ticket!

Posted by DomainGang on November 26, 2017, at 4:02 pm

Tomorrow it’s Cyber Monday, and whether you shop for electronics or domains, it’s the final day for NamesCon 2018 discounts. Get a hefty 50% off the ticket for the biggest domain industry event of the year! With the savings, you can upgrade your flight to Las Vegas to business class, or at least, buy an […]

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Sedo gems: The worst domain name ever auctioned – in your life!

Posted by DomainGang on November 25, 2017, at 10:46 am

There are domains, and there are sucky domains. To find out if your domains are real turkeys, check out our Thanksgiving special. Something tells us that no matter how bad is your domain, it’s still not the worst domain ever auctioned. That title goes to a domain placed for sale at Sedo, which is strange, […]

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Corporate domains : 01.org is a two-digit domain owned by Intel corporation

Posted by DomainGang on November 24, 2017, at 9:35 am

Tech giant, Intel, acquired the two digit domain, 01.org, a few years ago. According to Namebio, Intel paid $25,000 dollars in 2011 to get 01.org, a domain signifying the basis of all things digital: zero and one. What is 01.org being used for? Here’s what Intel says: 01.org is where we pull together open source […]

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HyphBot : Ad scam used 34,000 domains to reap $500,000 dollars daily

Posted by DomainGang on November 21, 2017, at 5:36 pm

A sophisticated scam involving 34,000 domains reaped up to $500,000 dollars in advertiser’s traffic, a day! Bot traffic driven by cybercriminals created more than a million URLs, in an attempt to fool advertisers into buying ad traffic that supposedly originated from big publishers. This technique is called “domain spoofing,” and the bot traffic was then […]

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After 16 years, DigiPower.com is lost in a UDRP

Posted by DomainGang on November 21, 2017, at 10:02 am

DigiPower.com, a domain registered in 2001, changed hands via the UDRP process. The Complainant is Maurice Mizrahi / Mizco International, Inc. They operate a battery and assorted electronics business, from the domain DigiPowerSolutions.com. That domain was registered in 1998. In 2000, the Complainant filed a trademark application for DIGIPOWER, which was registered with the USPTO […]

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Legal Zoom grabs ZoomLegal.com via the UDRP process

Posted by DomainGang on November 17, 2017, at 11:35 am

Reversing the domain keywords of a popular legal assistance web site, had a bad effect for the registrant of ZoomLegal.com, as Legal Zoom Inc., filed a UDRP against the domain. According to the case’s particulars: “The Complainant is a provider of online legal services for small businesses and consumers, providing legal document services, attorney listings, […]

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HeidiPowell.com : Original registrant getting billed by GoDaddy

Posted by DomainGang on November 15, 2017, at 12:29 am

Heidi Powell, the original registrant of the domain HeidiPowell.com, is livid; the loss of her domain, HeidiPowell.com, in a much publicized legal battle, wasn’t the end. After the domain was transferred away from her possession at GoDaddy, the registrar kept the charges going. As ludicrous as it seems, GoDaddy’s billing system continued to charge for […]

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Religious domain names : Pricing soars, following proof of afterlife

Posted by DomainGang on November 9, 2017, at 12:44 pm

Prices of domain names related to religion soared early Thursday, following statements that proof of afterlife’s existence has been established. Jeronymus Bosch, chief pastor of the New Tijuana Presbyterian church made the announcement yesterday: “The afterlife, not only it is in the holy scriptures, it’s also demonstrated in recent documentaries, such as ‘Flatliners 2017’ – […]

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