Domain pennies : Time is running out on 3 million plus .XYZ domains

Posted by DomainGang on July 24, 2016, at 2:19 pm

Thanks to a penny promotion for its second anniversary, the .XYZ gTLD more than doubled its numbers from less than 3 million, to more than 6 million domains. Priced at $0.01 dollars, the mass registration of .XYZ domains came at no sweat to domain opportunists, who went after every left-over keyword not taken previously. Almost […]

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Build your own burger domain, with the new Uniregistry .Burger TLD

Posted by DomainGang on July 21, 2016, at 7:41 pm

Long before .Sexy, .Guitar and .Tattoo became active new gTLDs on the Internet, there was dot .Burger – existing on a restaurant paper towel. Fast forward a couple of years, and Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry is about to make that sketch, a reality. “I had this crazy idea while having dinner at my favorite restaurant in […]

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Lalaland : Lions Gate Entertainment owns a crazy number of .Movie domains

Posted by DomainGang on July 16, 2016, at 8:43 pm

The brave new world of gTLDs has allowed many businesses to expand beyond the aged, mundane and dated .COM. Every industry-specific gTLD allows businesses and individuals to directly tap into the respective market that matches the gTLD. Take dot .Movie for example, a new gTLD operated by Donuts, Inc. A recent movie trailer for the […]

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Amazon invests in .TUBE domains for content streaming

Posted by DomainGang on July 10, 2016, at 12:04 am

Amazon is another mega-corporation known for its investment in media-related products and services. The company founded by Internet visionary, Jeff Bezos, has become the destination of choice for consumer products. They just so happen to own Twitch TV, an online gaming stream service that they paid $970 million dollars to acquire. For reference, Twitch TV […]

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Apple rides the .TUBE with domain buying spree

Posted by DomainGang on July 9, 2016, at 11:47 am

One of the best new gTLDs, in our opinion, suited for content creators, video enthusiasts, game streamers and viral video freaks launched this week. Dot .TUBE, a project going back to 2008, rolled out its no-frills, no fanfare launch, and it’s targeting consumers. Like most gTLDs, dot .TUBE has priced its premium domains using a […]

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Premium .Games domains : What is the pricing?

Posted by DomainGang on July 6, 2016, at 2:47 pm

Yesterday we brought you details about the upcoming launch of a Rightside gTLD, dot .Games, in September. There is massive potential for end-users, when it hits General Availability on September 21, and without a doubt some domains will carry a premium price tag. We reached out to Rightside in order to get more details on […]

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Rightside : Meet the domain master of dot .Games

Posted by DomainGang on July 5, 2016, at 1:44 pm

By 2020, the global revenue of the gaming industry is set to surpass $115 billion dollars, beating earlier, more conservative estimates. Online and mobile games are transforming what used to be a small, niche market of entertainment software, into a digital arena of fun, games – and money. Today, games software and game apps attract […]

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China supremacy : The top 20 domain Registrants of new gTLDs

Posted by DomainGang on June 25, 2016, at 6:57 pm

When it comes down to new gTLD domain ownership, there is no fine line between individual domain investors and holding companies. Unlike previous TLDs, the new gTLDs present many opportunities to the Registries: they can keep names to themselves. Regardless, a registrant can be defined as a uniquely identified email address, and that’s what we’ll […]

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The word “Home” plus your gTLD is not a sane branding strategy

Posted by DomainGang on June 24, 2016, at 4:12 pm

Many holders of closed gTLDs – those reserved for corporate use – don’t seem to be aware of the potential presented by their digital asset investment. At a cost of $185,000 dollars for the ICANN application alone, such gTLDs present a unique opportunity to create numerous meaningful domain combinations and to deliver keyword-driven content, to […]

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Father Domainicus : Hallowed be thy domain name

Posted by DomainGang on June 19, 2016, at 9:11 pm

Dear brothers and sisters in Domaining, this is Father Domainicus, on a cozy yet warm Sunday evening. Happy Father’s day to everyone who’s a father, and to the sons and daughters of our Father, the Domain Lord. In recent days, many a domain investor emailed me about the uncouth act of Google to neglect Father’s […]

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Domainer Poll : Get a short .Store or a long .Com domain for your business ?

Posted by DomainGang on June 17, 2016, at 11:36 am

The large number of available gTLDs can make it easy for a business to obtain a desired keyword, even if it’s not available as a .com domain. Many end-users eager to roll out a project on a gTLD often cringe at the idea, but it’s often the most economical. When the .com can cost thousands […]

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Cybersquatters target Apple’s “Beats EP” domains

Posted by DomainGang on June 15, 2016, at 3:50 pm

In an exclusive post a few days ago, we covered the move by Apple and its daughter company, Beats Electronics, to register several gTLD domains. The primary keyword involved in these domain registrations was “BeatsEP” which matches a pending trademark application at the USPTO. While Apple registered many of the most related gTLDs, several others […]

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