XYZ: Sign the petition for inclusion to Google Domains!
After perusing the domain gTLDs included in the newly launched, beta version of Google Domains, we kinda asked ourselves: Why wasn’t dot .XYZ included on the list? After all, the ‘generation XYZ’ registry considers itself hip and groovy, so why not include .XYZ domains to the approved list of manageable Google Domains? There is no […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Danish butter: Two for two loss in UDRP over Lurpak.email domain
The pattern that the Complainant pointed out in a trademark-infringing dot .email domain, carried onto another UDRP with the same Respondent. Yoyo.Email, Ltd. of UK lost the UDRP for the domain name, Statoil.email. It seems that going after the Statoil trademark was not the sole such instance for the Respondent, who was hit with a […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Jonny Guru: On the Internet, nobody knows you are a dog
The beauty of gTLDs is that they provide endless possibilities to creators of content. One of the first gTLDs to launch, dot .Guru, is currently #3 on the roster with more than 66,000 domain names. And now for some fun with domains. A popular hardware review site is JonnyGuru.com which has been operating since 2000. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.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 © 2025 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 © 2025 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 © 2025 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 © 2025 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 © 2025 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 © 2025 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 © 2025 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, […]
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