Domainer poll: Who is best suited to become the new CEO of Epik?
Yesterday ICANN added Epik LLC as an accredited domain registrar, thus removing Epik Inc. from its roster. The new company announced in a press release that neither founder Rob Monster or transitional CEO, Brian Royce, are part of the new company that still operates from the domain name Epik.com. The latter is creating issues with […]
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.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 & Masterbucks hit with lawsuit involving the sale of Nourish.com
Epik.com, Masterbucks, its founder Rob Monster, and the current CEO, Brian Royce, are defendants in a lawsuit that involves the domain name Nourish.com. In this lawsuit filed in Washington state, Plaintiff Matthew Adkisson alleges that Epik and its founder, Rob Monster, failed to deliver the domain name Nourish.com following the receipt of $327,000 dollars. The […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Epik: Domainers are not our core customer
If you’re a domain investor, take notice: Epik does not consider you a “core customer.” Facing challenges and a blown up Masterbucks economy, Epik CEO Brian Royce made this statement on Twitter, in response to a comment that demonstrated the fall of Epik as a domainer-centric registrar: “Domainers are not our core customer. They represent […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Epik: Pakistani orphans to get 1/2 of warehoused #domain’s auction proceeds
An epic thread over at NamePros about an expired domain at Epik has all the ingredients of a soap opera: backorders kicking in at 15 days past expiry, accusations of clickbait and thuggery, and a domain auctioned off with half of the proceeds to go towards orphans in Pakistan. This incredible exchange is now 4 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Epic, Epik, Epyc, Epyk: Identity rebranding and #domain names
Epic, epik, epyc, epyk: When it comes down to branding, the brand’s potential to confusion or dilution is important. Take for example the word “epic” that comes from the Greek epos (Έπος) – a story that is spoken or sung. The matching word for “epic” is epikos (Επικός.) It comes in 3 genders and as […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Republican Party of Texas addresses #Epik data breach
The Republican Party of Texas uses Epik as the registrar and the web host for its domain, TexasGOP.org. Following the events of the Epik data breach, several high profile organizations apparently lost the privacy of important data, including WHOIS records. The Texas GOP issued a statement addressing the Epik data breach: On September 11, 2021, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Researchers digging into the #Epik domains
As the Epik data leak incident enters its second week, many security experts and investigative journalists are peeking into the data. Domain sales that apparently took place with the assistance of Epik as the handling escrow appear to include ultra-valuable domains, such as 503.com, 450.com, and 795.com among others. Most of those who are digging […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DNForum and NamePros on the alleged #Epik data breach
Users of domain forums, DNForum and NamePros are actively debating the alleged data breach at Epik, a much publicized incident involving Anonymous. Epik, operating from Epik.com, is a domain registrar that is known outside of the domain investing community for “providing services to websites that host far-right, neo-Nazi, and other extremist content.” In recent days, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ProLifeWhistleblower.com: Epik takes in aborted GoDaddy #domain and web site
Domain registrar, Epik, has taken in anti-abortion domain ProLifeWhistleblower.com. While the domain resolves, it displays a WordPress Geofence blocking page. The hosted domain’s IP address resolves on the Epik network, which means that Epik is providing some type of virtual hosting space currently. The domain’s DNS changed a few hours ago after GoDaddy gave Texas […]
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