Who owned the #domain SayCheese.com and why is it a hot auction at #DropCatch?
The domain SayCheese.com dropped, and its expired auction is in the final hours at DropCatch. The popular phrase “say cheese” is a reference to a photographer’s prompt to their subject, in order to get the “perfect smile.” More than 320 million results in Google for “say cheese,” so why did such an ultra common phrase’s […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#ShiShiCai .com : Chinese lottery #domain auctioned off for mid seven figures!
The expired domain ShiShiCai.com was auctioned off on a Chinese domain platform and the ensuing auction ended up at mid seven figures RMB. As shared by user YouName.com on Twitter, who apparently followed the auction for ShiShiCai.com: “Can you image [sic] Shishicai.com is bidding closed at 4,625,069 RMB today, in dollar it’s equal $685,195. That’s […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Why did #Lexar let a 22 year old #domain, Lexr.com, expire?
Jot this down as a lesson in corporate asset management; Lexar let the domain Lexr.com expire after 22 years. It sounds crazy, but it’s true: the technology giant with billions of dollars in revenue could not keep control of an intellectual property asset it held since 1996. The domain Lexr.com expired and dropped, then was […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain crime : Expired and dropped #domains in the hands of credit card phishers
Domains that drop or expire and become available for a small fee, often get picked up for their existing traffic. In the past, such pickups were made by domain investors, who’d park the domains with related keywords, earning PPC revenue. Domain parking has suffered big blows in the past decade, and now these domains are […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#DropCatch now offers #domains in pre-release auctions
DropCatch has been making a killing by auctioning off expired domains that dropped, then caught by its ultra fast servers. We’ve been following some auctions and many end up in the thousands of dollars, all for a few microseconds of CPU time and network latency, in order to catch these domains! Very nice. The great […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#OVGuide .com is about to sell for big bucks – and here’s why
The domain OVGuide.com is about to sell for big bucks; the dropped domain was caught by DropCatch where it’s being auctioned. With only 30 minutes to go, OVGuide.com is already at $5,149 dollars. There are 85 bids from 41 bidders over at DropCatch.com. Why would OVGuide.com, a non-generic domain name, reach this price range at […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.REO #Speedwagon : Music legends dropped dictionary #domain registered in 1996 !
Legendary rock group, REO Speedwagon, are still popular to this day. Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 70’s and achieved significant commercial success throughout the 80’s. REO Speedwagon operates from the domain name REOSpeedwagon.com, which has a registration date of 2001. Around the same time, they acquired the domain Speedwagon.com from […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#GoDaddy auctions : Who will pick up the domain #Theranos .com?
RIP Theranos. The technology corporation known for its false claims to have devised blood tests that only needed very small amounts of blood, is closing its doors permanently. Theranos founder, Elizabeth Holmes, is now facing criminal charges, alleging that the company defrauded investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars. The company’s dissolution will definitely […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Lies or ignorance? #GoDaddy rep claims expired #domains can’t be transferred out
A frustrated domain investor was told that expired domain names at GoDaddy aren’t officially his. This incredible statement came from a GoDaddy representative, when domainer Dan Sanchez asked to obtain the authorization codes for expired domains in his account. Unlike what the official domain transfer policy at GoDaddy states, Dan Sanchez was told that the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#GDPR victim? #ExpiredDomains .net no longer offers email notifications of #domains
The effect of GDPR is reaching far outside of Europe, and Germany-based ExpiredDomains.net apparently is being affected. Beginning tomorrow, May 9th, ExpiredDomains.net will no longer send out emails with domain search results. In a blog post made yesterday without additional explanation, the one liner stated: “The E-Mail Update Service for Saved Searches will be discontinued […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.From the “scandal” department : Is Pheenix warehousing domains?
Domain aftermarket and auction platform, Pheenix, received a barrage of unsavory comments over at NamePros. Coming fresh from the drop of several of its satellite registrars, Pheenix appears to have angered a customer, who claims they are “warehousing customers’ expired domains.” The Pheenix customer is livid over the fact that his winning bid did not […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NameJet drops pricing to $39 for some domain backorders
NameJet announced that it’s dropping the price of some domain backorders to $39 dollars. Normally, the price is $69 dollars, so that’s a considerable discount. According to the latest news from NameJet: “While most of the domains on NameJet still start at $69, you will likely see more and more domains starting below this amount. […]
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