Chinese domain market : Will China’s stock market crash affect it?
The Chinese domain market is a wild beast, and it has witnessed an explosive growth in 2015. While there are fortunes to be made in any emerging market, domain investors are advised to proceed with caution. As with any investment market, past performance does not guarantee future results. In a well-researched article for Domain Name […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DomainGang : Our 7th year and beyond
Happy New Year! It’s 2016! Holy molly! 😀 All of us at DomainGang would like to extend our best wishes to the great people of the domain industry. What started as a repository blog for thoughts, news, and funny (or not so funny but quirky) stories, has evolved in the past 7 years into an […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Frank Schilling : First domain sale of the year matching .com via DNS
Frank Schilling is preparing for a massive co-launch of the Uniregistry / Domain Name Sales platform in January. Most likely to be presented during NamesCon, the unified domain registration, parking and selling venue is the most anticipated event of the year, thus far. Barely into 2016, domain sales are already showing just how hot the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Quartet of stolen LLLL .com domains was recovered by GoDaddy
A quartet of four-letter .com domains that was stolen from its legitimate owner in November 2015, has been recovered by GoDaddy. The case involved the following domains: RYLN.COM, BMRD.COM, RDBY.COM, LLCY.COM. The domains were stolen by Chinese cybercriminals and were moved to Ename, where they were auctioned. Their legitimate owner engaged GoDaddy’s dispute team, which […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domainers : 8 Good reasons NOT to attend NamesCon 2016
NamesCon 2016 is one week away, and as much as we’re heading to Las Vegas for the biggest domain conference of the year, it’s just not for everyone. For the 3rd year in a row, NamesCon is expected to break attendance records, and that’s a great thing. Richard Lau and his hard-working associates are preparing […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese corporate domains : ZI.com moves to China
Two letter .com domains form a special category of premium, short domains, aimed at corporate use primarily. Not to be confused with the overflowing gamut of other domains lately presented as “market opportunities“, these beauties come with a seven figure price tag. Sure enough, another two letter .com sale was just revealed; domain investor, George […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain crime : Anticyber- squatting Consumer Protection Act used to recover 256.com
For the second year in a row, the number of domain theft incidents continued to present a serious challenge to domain owners. Since early 2014, the requirement by ICANN for registrars to present registrants with contact verification methods, generated a huge increase in mass email phishing. Domain theft, the unlawful change in ownership of domain […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.– The Domain Force Awakens in 2016 –
Welcome to 2016. This is the time to spread the word about the Evil Forces threatening the good people of the Domain Empire. Domainers around the known cosmos are under attack. We need your help to use the Light Side of the Force, to share education in the domain industry. The Dark Force is lurking […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Stinkiest domain UDRP of 2015 a big win for Respondent
We’re at the very end of 2015, a year with numerous frivolous UDRP cases brought against domain owners. Good guys win in the end, and we’re hereby presenting you the stinkiest domain UDRP of the year. A hockey club from Massachusetts that calls itself “Stinky Socks Hockey“, attempted to wrestle away the domain StinkySocks.com from […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Stir in the CHIPS market : Non AEIOUV domains dropped en masse by Chinese investor
A Chinese domain investor that has spent $2.9 million dollars investing in short .com domains that do not contain the letters A,I,O,U and V is causing a major stir in the domain market. Xiang Gong Fu of Shanghai, China, is dropping his entire domain portfolio of several thousand domains to focus on other ventures. The […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Turkish delight : UDRP against Sarten.com defended by Howard Neu
We follow UDRP filings closely, and as part of our observations we’ve noticed an increase in UDRP filings by Turkish companies. In a case involving the domain name Sarten.com, IP attorney and THE Domain Conference founder, Howard Neu, successfully defended the domain on behalf of the Respondent. Stanley Pace, domain investor and owner of Sarten.com, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain companies to be grateful for : ESQwire
It’s almost 2016, and this is the best time of the year to send out our sincere thanks to companies in the domain industry that stood out above the rest, for the products and services they provide. After being grateful to Escrow.com, DomainTools, and Uniregistry, it’s the turn of ESQwire. The domainer-friendly lawfirm has been […]
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