Epik.hosting lost via the UDRP process
A Canadian company using the domain Epik.hosting lost the UDRP that was filed by the well-known registrar, Epik LLC. The domain was registered in 2016 and at some point it provided hosting services. The Complainant asserted that it also provides hosting services under the Epik brand, along with holding a registered trademark for EPIK. It’s […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Old Epik moves to New Epik as far as ICANN is concerned
Epik Inc., founded by Rob Monster, has reportedly transferred its ICANN accreditation to Epik LLC, a new entity unrelated to the original company. In doing so, Epik LLC is now an ICANN-accredited registrar: A press release from the (new) Epik states in part: Since the acquisition of Epik’s assets on June 2, 2023, ICANN has […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN: We got your back, Epik customers!
ICANN wants you to know that they got your back, if you’re having issues with Epik. Whether it’s Epik, Epik 2.0, or Epik 3.0, the domain registrar is still ICANN-accredited. With great power comes great responsibility, however. As a domain registrar, Epik.com must take the funds its customers provide and renew their domains fully and […]
Copyright © 2024 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 © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Epik post claims company was sold, lawsuits were settled
A lengthy post from “Epik LLC” at NamePros yesterday claims that the company was successfully sold, all while 3 pending lawsuits were released as the plaintiffs were paid. It is not clear who is the person writing the post that begins with several points: JJE, TVT, and Adkisson were all paid today and released lawsuits. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Epik still owns a piece of DNForum!
Epik took over DNForum in 2021, announcing with plenty of fanfare the grand plans it had for the domain forum. Special Announcement! It is with great excitement that Epik also announces its acquisition and planned integration of DNForum. As the oldest community of domain investors and collectors in our industry, we recognize the tremendous opportunity […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DNForum: Annual membership of $750 a shocker to existing members
DNForum is reportedly going to roll out memberships costing $750 dollars per year, in a shock to existing members who already paid for memberships. These paid members (Exclusive, Gold, Silver) will be losing both visible and invisible benefits, such as the ability to have signature images and access to exclusive domain trading sub-forums. The new […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Adam Dicker’s “biggest fan” has acquired #DNForum from Digital Candy
Host Maria owner, Helmuts Meskonis, sent out a press release on his acquisition of DNForum, the oldest, most times sold domainer forum on the planet. An apparent fan of former owner, Adam Dicker, Meskonis has now followed up on his recent acquisition of British sleeper forum, Acorn Domains, by snagging DNForum. Meskonis stated he spent […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Swiss Bank of Domains doesn’t pay its Masterbucks debt in dollars
Epik, the self-proclaimed “Swiss bank of Domains,” doesn’t seem to be able to pay investors holding onto its Masterbucks tokens. One could say that the “bank” is facing an existential crisis, much like that of the real banking system. Months after the new CEO promised to make whole an escrowed transaction involving the domain Candida.com, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Has DNForum been sold?
Veterans of the domain community are familiar with the great days of DNForum, the oldest domain name forum. After being sold several times for increasingly higher amounts of money, DNForum.com or DNF as it was once known, ended up in the lap of Epik. The domain registrar and multi-discipline tech company founded by Rob Monster, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Candida.com seller talked to the FBI about Epik
Kathleen Kalaf, sold the domain Candida.com expecting to receive $91,000 dollars out of a $100k sale conducted using Epik. Soon, she found out that the balance had been turned into useless “masterbucks” that could not be converted into real currency. By locking the balance in her account, Epik essentially kept the full $100,000 dollars it […]
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