Escrow.com fixes glitch related to gTLD email compatibility
Escrow.com has confirmed the fix of a strange glitch that affected the use of gTLD email addresses. As we discovered late last week, when the email address of the parties was based on a new gTLD domain, for example dot .email, the escrow would not initiate. It’s a good thing seeing that there is email […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain brands: It’s that “C word” once again!
It’s no secret that domain brand owners have taken a rather slow approach to protecting their brands online, more than six months after the new gTLDs started popping out. Part of the first batch was the dot .Bike gTLD and it’s exactly that one that Emma Lenthall, partner with law firm Reed Smith, chose to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Oops! Can’t start Escrow if your buyer’s email is on a new gTLD
The expansion of the Internet name lanes is like the Y2k bug at times: gTLD domains introduce challenges daily to functions where regular TLDs do just fine. An apparent glitch that we found yesterday, affects the API between Domain Name Sales and Escrow.com, and it’s something that produced an hour of “fun” attempting to complete […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Donuts deal: Mega Church acquires Jesus.Saves for $2.4 million dollars
For the past decade, so-called “mega churches” in the US have accumulated both large followships and extreme financial prominence that regular parishes do not possess. In a clear display of such combined power, the Church of Jesus Christ Savior Soter (JCSS) has made a large domain acquisition. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas the mega church paid […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.New Minds+Machines domain campaign targets dot .Horse gTLD
A new marketing campaign by gTLD sweethearts, Minds+Machines, focuses on one of its gTLD assets, dot .Horse. The campaign appears in the Financial Times, Forbes, GQ and Fortune 500 magazines, all of which carry half page advertisements. The end result is quite effective. “With this domain campaign, we are targeting the educated professionals, executives that […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Mary Lou Kayser: ICANN and Vanity Domain names
Mary Lou Kayser is a business coach and speaker, with a podcast to boot. When ICANN announced their master plan to expand the Internet name space in 2012, she wrote an insightful article about the so-called “vanity domain names.” Brushing aside the worries of skeptics fearing an increase in phishing, scams and other nefarious activity, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .Africa contenders to resolve gTLD feud in traditional way
The contenders in the long-standing feud over the allocation of the dot .Africa gTLD are planning to resolve the matter using traditional methods. South Africa’s ZA Central Registry NPC will be engaging in a series of ancient African rituals, to force Sophia Bekele and DotConnectAfrica into abandoning their application. “Some people believe voodoo and small […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Reactions to ICANN announcing the new gTLDs in 2012
In an article from January 12, 2012, Tom Espiner of c|net announced the intention by ICANN to roll out its new gTLD program. Titled, “ICANN: Time to register your generic domains“, the article concludes that the move “could trigger a dramatic expansion of the Internet”, as stated by ICANN at the time. It is interesting, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.No domain freebies: .CO.COM claims top spot in yesterday’s gTLD registrations
These days, there is a wide variety of TLDs and gTLDs available, all thanks to the widening of the Internet lanes by ICANN. Whether you like it or not, this type of expansion has created a secondary market, part of which is populated by new domain products. The .CO.COM registry is one such product, capitalizing […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN headaches: French farmers oppose new gTLD dot .Cherry
The French producers of cherries are at war, and it’s not against GMO companies. Faced with a recent drop in cherry production, French farmers are now positioned against ICANN plans to launch a new pair of gTLDs, dot .Cherry and dot .Cherries. “It’s funny, I mean, no funny, but strange to see French produce of […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.You booking did it!
During the break of World Cup soccer matches, this commercial by Amsterdam-based Booking.com was shown often and stood out as quite original. Using the word “booking” for emphasis as an alternative to the “F word“, the ad is humorous, creative and fun – in rather a safe way. The most interesting part: It ends with […]
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