DNJournal: Popular domain publication moves to Albanian domain hack!
More than a decade after launching DNJournal, domain investor and journalist, Ron Jackson, is turning the online domain publication into a meaningful, strong brand. “A lot of my readers complain that in the gTLD era, where brands are important and everyone is getting away from the .com, we’re still stuck in the Palaeozoic era,” said […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Sidney Feelmore: Dot com domains and gTLDs suck the tits of Aussie names, mate!
Australian domain investor and frequent mile flyer, Sidney Feelmore, minced no words on Thursday, as he got off the plane from attending Domain Europe in Valencia, Spain. “I’ve seen, and I use the word loosely, some pansy domainers tinkle with those cockies, the gTLDs. It’s absolutely remarkable to me that domainers can crack a fat […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN financials: Released IRS Form 990 shows hefty expense increase
ICANN posted its 2013 financials tonight, in particular IRS Form 990 that displays its revenue and expenses for the fiscal year beginning 7/1/2012 and ending 6/30/2013. Domain investor, George Kirikos, pointed out that “the numbers don’t make sense.” Indeed, ICANN is reporting a whopping $150,390,490 dollars in expenses – up from $69,576,791 the year […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Uniregistry kicks .Hiphop onto the gTLD floor; dot .Audio and dot .Juegos to follow
Uniregistry announced that dot .Hiphop is now live; the latest gTLD from Frank Schilling’s stable of domain goodies can be reached at NIC.hiphop. The motto for dot .Hiphop: Challenge, evolve, be heard: “Hip hop is more than a genre of music. It’s a constantly evolving identity and art form, a passionate style of self-expression. .hiphop […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN zone data service getting ready for some maintenance
ICANN announced the scheduled maintenance of its Centralized Zone Data Service (CZDS) web site.
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Equilibrium reached: Uniregistry rolling out dot .Creepy
In an attempt to engage social media and bring equilibrium to its dot .Sexy gTLD launch, Uniregistry is getting ready to launch dot .Creepy. “We had several complaints, from domainers and end-users alike, that not everything and everyone in life are sexy,” said Frank Schilling. “At Uniregistry, we work hard to bring everyone pics of […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.New gTLDs ripe for UDRP: The case of Guess.Clothing
The era of the new Internet name space provides lots of opportunities for meaningful keyword+gTLD combinations; with more than 250 gTLDs approved so far by ICANN, the possibilities are endless. One needs to remember, however, that the same keyword+gTLD combinations can be used to create blatant violations of brands and trademarks. This is the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Sophia Bekele: Blocked from ITU event over Dotafrica Dispute
In an ongoing controversy that involves ICANN being in favor of South Africa’s ZA Central Registry NPC as the managers of the Dot .Africa gTLD, another applicant appears to have been barred from an International Telecommunication Union event. Sophia Bekele, an Ethiopian entrepreneur, is a business and corporate executive, an International entrepreneur, corporate governance & […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN salaries: How much money are the top ICANN officers making?
ICANN is currently pushing for change in the way things are managed on the Internet, and the introduction of gTLDs padded its cash reserves with more than $340 million dollars from gTLD application fees. With ICANN 50 coming up in June in London, UK, the focus on who gets to make decisions on core functions […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Donuts: An $100 million dollar bet on the future of the Internet
Donuts, Inc. is by far the largest investor in the new domain space; the company applied for more than 300 gTLDs with ICANN, to the tune of $56 million dollars in application fees alone. Betting on the feasibility of this investment, Donuts, Inc., COO Richard Tindal admits that the company’s business model can be characterized […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN restores gTLD stats – Numbers jump
After a three day downtime, ICANN announced the return of its Centralized Zone Data Service (CZDS). While there was no clear reference to a particular glitch or even a security issue, ICANN stated that the system did not respond as expected when the issue occurred. “This is to inform you that the Centralized Zone Data […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN gTLD data: Be patient, it’s coming!
The world is watching in agony as the zone data for dozens of gTLDs remained offline for the second day today due to an apparently persistent “glitch“. For many new gTLD registries, these numbers are necessary in order to display activity outside of their own circle, and when these numbers are missing there is no […]
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