Global Digital Summit 2023: Tech-centric event takes place in Wuxi, China
Chinese domain investors, rejoice: Global Digital Summit (GDS) is a multi-discipline, international conference taking place in Wuxi, China. The event takes place from June 14-16, 2023 and includes the following focus segments: Domain Names Cloud Computing Digital Marketing Artificial Intelligence Anticipated attendance exceeds 2,000 people, more than this year’s NamesCon. With 30 “keynote speeches” the event’s […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Entrepreneur chatter: Here are two domain sales never reported before!
Following entrepreneurs talking online about potential and past domain acquisitions can lead to the discovery of domain sales. In a long thread that Daniel Vassallo started about SmallBets.com, a domain he’s been trying to get from Francois Carrillo, two previously unreported domain sales were mentioned. Speaking about negotiation techniques, entrepreneur Erik Kaiser spent $30,000 dollars […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.StarSpangled200: Maryland pays up to get expired #domain back
Maryland has stopped promoting gambling in the Philippines, which is a positive development. State officials announced on Friday that they have successfully reclaimed the domain name StarSpangled200.org, which is printed on 798,000 commemorative license plates, putting an end to an embarrassing situation. The domain was initially intended to honor the bicentennial of the War of […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Looks like Dan.com will be going down soon
Dan.com has been a great domain aftermarket platform for several years, first as Undeveloped and then as Dan.com. The company was acquired by GoDaddy almost a year ago, sending domain investors in panic about the future of the platform. Dan.com raised its commission to 15% from 9% starting February 1st. It seems that Dan.com will […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Two letter .com domain im.com under new ownership
Premium two-letter .com domain name, im.com, has changed hands, per the domain’s most recent WHOIS. This ultra-high quality LL .com domain is now under the control of DNStinations, the acquisition unit of MarkMonitor that often performs stealth acquisitions. Canadian domain investor, George Kirikos, noted the WHOIS changes and invites those with a guess about the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Verisign: Total domain registrations inch up 1% year to year
Verisign, operators of the .com Registry, have released a “Domain Name Industry Brief” since 2004. The latest edition spans Q1/2023 and here are the highlights: The first quarter of 2023 concluded with a total of 354.0 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), reflecting an increase of 3.5 million registrations or 1% compared […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Seller of Candida.com finally got paid by Epik 2.0!
It’s been a long nine months for the seller of the domain name, Candida.com. Nine whole months after the transaction closed on Epik’s escrow, Kathleen Kalaf received $91,000 dollars via bank wire today. Ms. Kalaf went through numerous emails, public sharing that included a YouTube video, and even talks to the FBI. Epik came up […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese domain seller rages about the 25% fees at GoDaddy-owned Dan.com
A domain seller who found out that he stands to receive 25% less of his sale’s price left a scathing review for Dan.com. The GoDaddy-owned marketplace seems to be taking a whip, all thanks to an outrageous policy enforced by GoDaddy on February 1st. In a nutshell: When domains are listed on Dan.com or Afternic, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Sav.com updates authentication methods, adds online chat service
Domain registrar, Sav.com, has quietly rolled out important upgrades to its domain management system. Note: Sav is a premium sponsor of DomainGang. The current upgrades include the introduction of a solid layer of two-factor authentication (2FA) that involves the use of authenticator apps. This method is considerably more secure than email and SMS authentication methods, which […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.PayPal.zip UDRP a reminder of Google’s risky domain names
The domain name PayPal.zip was involved in a UDRP; dot .zip is one of two risky gTLDs assigned to Google’s Registry. Along with .mov domains pose the risk of being used in phishing campaigns, as they are associated with .zip and .mov files respectively. In the case of PayPal.zip, the domain is already blacklisted by […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DLAPiper.esq: First #UDRP involving a new .ESQ domain name
Google rolled out several new gTLDs recently, including dot .ESQ. The latter is a representation of “Esquire,” a title used by law professionals. We came across the first UDRP (URS) involving a .esq domain name: DLAPiper.esq. The domain was registered on May 10th and a week later the law firm DLA Piper LLP filed a […]
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