Czech Republic no more: The owner of the domain Czechia.com struck gold!
It’s 2016 and a country in good old central Europe is about to change its official name. The Czech Republic, one part of the former Czechoslovakia that split in 1993, is renaming – yet again. The new name, Czechia, is actually centuries old. The country will retain its full name but Czechia will become the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Exotic names and geodomains : China imposes new policies on naming
Domain investors savvy with the Chinese domain market, most likely invest in the following categories: Numeric domains Short domains Pinyin domains Chinese geodomains The latter category, geographical names, is the focus of a new upcoming policy in China, by the ever-controlling Chinese government. According to China Daily, the Chinese government is moving to ban “exotic” […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Aspen, Colorado on Flippa : And you totally redeem yourself!
Aspen, Colorado. The destination of choice for Harry and Lloyd, the common-sense challenged duo from the 1994 classic, “Dumb and Dumber.” Would you have done the same, if a Mary Swanson were the object of your desire? Meanwhile, in domain land: What a coincidence, as the domain, AspenColorado.com, hit the auction block on Flippa. Ripe […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Cambridge.com being brokered for seven figures
Cambridge.com, the aged geo-domain providing information on both the US and the British cities of Cambridge, is up for sale. Just days after clearing a UDRP obstacle at the WIPO, the domain is being brokered exclusively via Igloo.com. According to this landing page, the asking price is a minimum of $1,000,000 dollars. Not a bad […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Nepal.com domain traffic spikes after earthquake devastation in Nepal
The web site hosted on the domain Nepal.com is witnessing an apparent spike in type-in traffic, after a devastating earthquake flattened large areas of Nepal; thousands of lives were lost. It’s times such as this that one expects the matching country .com to be an official source of information, provided by the Nepalese government. Nepal.com […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Marathons, China and geodomains: UDRP against domain failed
There are plenty of marathon races around the world, and it seems these days several companies take advantage of a purely geographical term, that of the Greek city of Marathon. If anything else, Marathon – or, Marathonas, in modern Greek – should sue each and every company making use of its historic locale. Apparently, there […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Andes’ .HILL – The latest gTLD to be escrowed off for millions
Unlike the .Patagonia case that was successfully withdrawn, another geographical gTLD was auctioned off in escrow: Andes’ .HILL. The geodomain – or is it, geo-gTLD? – encompasses Andes, the longest continental mountain range in the world, and a multinational organization was formed for the interest of the endogenous Andes’ people. “Patagonians are proud to have […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Iceland.com – What was 20th Century FOX thinking?
We’ve said it before: owners of geodomains related to major world events are depriving the world of an important service, when these domains are not utilized. Back in January, Acro made a point that Haiti.com should be used for the wellness of the victims of the disastrous earthquake that hit the Caribbean island of Haiti. […]
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