Lawyers For Human Beings – Patent trolls, trademark bullies, and cybersquatters need not apply ®
Rick Schwartz’s acquisition of the domain name Cybersquatter.com via Flippa for $3,000 led us to the obvious question: is the term ‘cybersquatter‘ generic or trademarked? These days, one never knows, and we just had to look the term up at the USPTO. As it turns out, there is no such trademark, but a related trademark […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.FBI Cyber Division forgot to renew key domain used in domain seizures
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is very busy dealing with cybercriminals, and often invite capable individuals to apply for the job. In a case of remarkable bureaucratic slip-up, they lost control of a key domain used in federal seizures. CIRFU.net, a domain that stood as an acronym for the FBI Cyber Initiative and Resource Fusion […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Rick Schwartz acquired the domain Cybersquatter.com on Flippa
It was a wild guess, but it turned out to be 100% accurate: Rick Schwartz, the Domain King, has acquired the domain Cybersquatter.com on Flippa. Exactly as we predicted yesterday, Rick’s acquisition of Cybersquatter.com is an instant pointing of the domain to Hall Of Shame, a repository of shameful UDRP cases involving Reverse Domain Name […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Top 10 Odd Locations domainers might sell domains via Domain Name Sales
Since its public launch in 2012, Domain Name Sales has made it easy for domain investors to provide quotes and sell their domain names. The use of templated messages provide sellers with extraordinary capabilities to respond in the shortest amount of time. Negotiating and closing domain deals is easy peasy. Thanks, Frank! 😀 Here are […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Elequa LLL .com domain sales Part Deux
Yesterday we published a large stash of LLL .com and NNNN .com domains being sold by legendary domain investor Thunayan K. AL-Ghanim, also known as Elequa. Future Media Architects, Elequa’s domain asset holding company, was known for holding domain names for years without selling. Apparently, now it’s time to cash in those gems at a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.THE Domain Conference : Hands on WordPress sessions announced
THE Domain Conference opens its gates on September 26th, 2015; the familiar Florida family of Howard Neu announced an extended WordPress workshop today. The sessions will take place on September 28th and 29th, with Brett Napoli leading the presentation. Brett is the Founder & CEO of Ambition Insight, a Web Development and Media company specializing in WordPress websites, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Cybersquatter.com – How much did the domain sell for at Flippa ?
The domain name Cybersquatter.com was sold on Flippa, after being listed for a few days; during that time, its seller changed the BIN several times, and added a portfolio of other domains as ‘freebies.’ The term ‘cybersquatter‘ is considered extremely insulting to domain investors, and it’s a leftover from older times when anyone registering domains […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Elequa : Tapping the Chinese LLL .com and NNNN .com domain market
Elequa is a world-famous domain investor, whose investments include several premium and short domain names. How short? It doesn’t get any better than i.net, the private domain Registrar that manages many of Elequa’s domain assets. Last year, Future Media Architects, the company founded by Elequa, temporarily lost several premium LLL .com domains during the Moniker […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Overture : The demise of a great tool and domain in the hands of Yahoo!
Overture was an once great keyword search tool, having formed in 2001 after GoTo.com renamed itself to Overture Services, Inc. In the years that followed, Overture ‘swallowed’ both Altavista and AlltheWeb, and in 2003 it was itself acquired by Yahoo! for $1.63 billion dollars. So what has happened to Overture.com ? The domain is currently […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN : Chinese government gears up for tight domain industry regulation
If your domain sales to Chinese domain investors are red hot currently, this might soon change. The Chinese government is currently working on a tight regulatory process that will evaluate all domain Registries and Registrars. According to a report issued by the Hong Kong based agency BrandMa, the reach of the Chinese government will extend […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Flippa : How much will Cybersquatter.com sell for ?
One of the most controversial domain names to be made available over a third party auction venue, is Cybersquatter.com. Currently at Flippa with a day to go, the dreadful “C-word” domain has reached $2,150 with 110 bids. Wow. Actually, those automatic bids were made by three bidders in total, two of which are currently suspended. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain Spammers : Volume 1
There’s nothing lower in the domain food chain than spammers that scour the WHOIS info of domain registrants and send them junk email. Even when the target domain is under WHOIS shield, these scumbags mass-mail their wares – ranging from cheap web services to fake SEO and domain renewal claims. We’re starting a new service […]
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