Dumbass domain flops at Flippa
Funny domain names can become traffic magnets, when populated with viral content, such as videos of unfortunate incidents or pranks. With that in mind, the seller of Dumbass.TV set forth to conquer the Flippa fans, announcing its sale: “JACKASS ESC! Perfect for VINES and DAFT videos! 30,000 monthly searches!” Unfortunately, such “great” opportunity was passed […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Hacked : CVSphoto.com announces loss of customer credit card information
CVS has joined the pantheon of compromised retailers; after Target and Home Depot, CVS has apparently succumbed to a hacking attack. The online photo department of CVS is operated independently, and it’s now temporarily closed down. Currently, at CVSPhoto.com the following announcement is displayed: “We have been made aware that customer credit card information collected […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.WordPress penetrates 48% of the CMS market’s domains
WordPress, the content management system (CMS) used by many web sites around the world, broke new records recently. According to statistics released by BuiltWith, WordPress installations gained 7% among all CMS installations, increasing the market share of WordPress to 48%. This translates to an additional 1,149,956 domains running web sites on WordPress, in the first […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.WIPO : It takes some ‘balls’ to squat on a lawyer’s domain name!
We thought we’ve seen it all, but this UDRP at the WIPO takes the prize – for the most ballsy domain registration of all time. It’s one thing to go after trademarks, brands and other intellectual property that belongs to commoners or companies. When you register the name of a law firm, however, you have […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.French domainer : Francois unveils fresh photo while on vacation
Ah, the French – they know everything about the good life: long lunch breaks, crunchy bread, strong-smelling cheese and scrumptious wine, olives, grapes, strolls on the beach, long naps. It’s the summer, after all, and life in beautiful south France is at the peak of its majestic revelation. French domain investor, Francois of Domaining.com fame, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Yoyo Email Ltd. loses UDRP over TDBank trademark domain name
With over 4,000 registrations of dot .email domains, Yoyo Email Ltd. has been hit with UDRP cases in record numbers since last year. Unfortunately, to this date there has been no public demonstration of the business model’s manifestation; with every UDRP, the Respondent proclaims that the service is to act as a “courier”. In the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NameDrive customer discovers $25,000 dollar bonus in account!
NameDrive‘s acquisition by ParkingCrew came as no surprise to many; the former KeySystems asset reached its peak performance about 10 years ago. The announcement email contained the following message from the ParkingCrew team: “According to our information, you do not appear to have actively used your NameDrive account for quite some time. If you are […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The Pirate Bay loses Armenian ccTLD domain dot .am
For the past few years, The Pirate Bay has been hopping from one ccTLD to the next. After being exiled from the Swedish ccTLD dot .SE, the folks behind the largest database of torrents related to pirated material moved on to more exotic destinations. In May, a “Hydra” logo was unveiled, along with the announcement […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain Academy : Ryan Colby announces gTLD acquisition instead of .com
Outcome Brokerage founder, Ryan Colby, operates a closed Facebook community named “Domain Academy.” So far, the web site for the community has been using the domain DomainAcademy.net, as the .com is owned by an unrelated party. In the ever expanding Internet name space, there are plenty of options available, and Ryan Colby seized one such […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Networked Solution : Domain registrar sends out 1440 expiration reminders a day!
Waking up and finding your domain being auctioned on GoDaddy, NameJet or other expired domain marketplace, can be shocking and devastating. Some domain investors have been complaining about not receiving domain expiration reminders from their registrars. All this can be addressed by sending out more email reminders about one’s domains that are expiring. One domain […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domainer interview : Meet Edward Zeiden, Senior Director of NamePros
With almost one million members, NamePros is the largest domainer community forum on the Internet. We are pleased to be interviewing Edward Zeiden, Senior Director of the community, who shares with us a lot of details about his background, function and the future of NamePros. DomainGang: Edward, please share some information about your background as […]
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