Domain got “stolen” ? Not so fast, check the facts first!

Posted by DomainGang on June 15, 2016, at 2:06 pm

In a recent post over at popular web hosting forum, Web Hosting Talk, a member claimed that their domain name was stolen. Titled “Stolen domains and it’s OK!” the exchange asserted that domain registrar, 101Domain, removed a customer’s paid for domain after 72 days. The domain, which was not disclosed, then appeared for sale on […]

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Chinese domain market sales : Alibaba stock holder sells billions

Posted by DomainGang on June 5, 2016, at 3:16 pm

In recent years, China‘s financial markets have become the new Wild West East where fortunes are made, or one’s own shirt is lost. Just a year ago, the loss of $5 trillion dollars in stock valuation was China’s largest stock market bubble burst. Recently, SoftBank Group Corp, the largest investor in Alibaba Group, sold off […]

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Uniregistry : And the most valuable dot .MOM domain is …

Posted by DomainGang on June 3, 2016, at 12:56 am

Exactly a month ago, Uniregistry launched dot .Mom, the gTLD aimed at mothers and their admirers. A month later, Chinese domain investors hold the bulk of the dot .Mom domain inventory, with approximately 89% out of the current count of 48,700 .Mom domains. The initial promotion of $0.88 dollars per registration helped out quite a […]

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DNF.Game : Chinese giant Tencent grabs popular acronym domain

Posted by DomainGang on May 30, 2016, at 4:50 pm

The acronym “DNF” has been synonymous with DNForum for more than a dozen years. Canadian domain investor, Adam Dicker, sold DNF.com a few months ago, to a Chinese company that appears as “Domain Name Fund.” There is a bigger buyer in the DNF letters, however: Chinese tech behemoth, Tencent. A controversial, 122 billion yuan company […]

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ZFBot.com : Domain research tool dumps Flash, expands options

Posted by DomainGang on May 26, 2016, at 11:22 am

ZFBot, the domain research tool that scans millions of domain records within TLD zone files, has been drastically revamped. Not only is the new version of ZFBot faster and better than ever, it also waves goodbye to Adobe Flash. Ken Greenwood, developer of the ZFBot tool and its assorted app for iOS, shared the news […]

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Domain gang : Donuts, Uniregistry founders on the same INTA panel

Posted by DomainGang on May 24, 2016, at 11:31 am

It’s a big day today for the domain industry, as two large domain registrars that often clash in the gTLD auctions arena are sharing the same discussion panel. Donuts co-founder, Dan Schindler and Uniregistry founder, Frank Schilling, are attending INTA; the largest conference of IP and trademark professionals here in central Florida. This year marks […]

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Mike Mann bought BangFit.com from HugeDomains

Posted by DomainGang on May 20, 2016, at 5:06 pm

Gotta love the world of new gTLDs! 😀 Domain investor, Mike Mann, implemented one of the fastest domain acquisitions in response to extensive media coverage. As reported by Elliot, Bang.Fit [NSFW] is a new sexercize app created by adult content providers, PornHub. The choice of a new gTLD might sound strange to many, and Mike […]

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Got .Game ? Domain will cost you a dollar a day!

Posted by DomainGang on May 18, 2016, at 1:22 am

The war of new gTLDs involving two related keywords, .Game and .Games, might have ended before it even began. Uniregistry rolled out its 7 day EAP phase for dot .Game, with domains costing as much as $11,000 dollars. But if you thought you’d wait it out until the EAP period ends, keep in mind the […]

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Doom 2016 : ‘.Game’ versus ‘.Games’ – Who will win the domainer game?

Posted by DomainGang on May 12, 2016, at 1:11 pm

The much-anticipated launch of the “Doom” game remake is scheduled for tomorrow Friday, May 13th. Expected to hit more than a billion dollars in sales, the gruesome first person shooter packs insane graphics that will put most graphics cards to the ultimate test. The online gaming industry is getting stronger by the billions every year; […]

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Uniregistry : Dot .Mom won’t last much longer at 88 cents!

Posted by DomainGang on May 6, 2016, at 11:40 am

Today’s the last day for dot .Mom registrations at $0.88 dollars! This insane discount was offered by Uniregistry for a limited time and regular registration prices, of about $30 dollars, applies after that. More than 36,000 .Mom domains have been registered so far, and many NNNNN .Mom domains are already taken by the number-crazy Chinese […]

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Dot .Mom domains : Big in China, and here’s why

Posted by DomainGang on May 5, 2016, at 9:31 am

The newly launched dot .Mom gTLD has been climbing the domain charts like there’s no tomorrow. Could it be due to the upcoming Mother’s Day? 😀 More than 32,000 .Mom domains have been registered so far, according to ntldstats. What’s interesting, however, is the breakdown of those domain registrations. More than 28,700 dot .Mom domains, […]

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Update : Dot .Mom rocks 10,000 domain registrations

Posted by DomainGang on May 3, 2016, at 3:18 pm

Dot .Mom, the latest gTLD from Uniregistry, has passed 10,000 domain registrations. In less than 2 hours since EAP ended, Uniregistry’s .Mom gTLD is clearly rocking it. Dot .Mom arrived just as Mother’s Day is around the corner, making it an interesting gift for your mom, mother, mamsy, mum, mummy, mamma, mama – or however […]

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