NamesCon: There is no way that the gTLDs will fail – Change is the law of life
Greetings from Vegas and NamesCon. This is the first official break we took from the numerous sessions on day one. After a spectacular party sponsored by .XYZ last night, where drinks flowed freely and domain industry crowds got to know each other and exchange ideas casually, it is clear that the NamesCon participants are professionals […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DomainTools: Expanding WHOIS in the new Internet era
With only a handful of gTLDs having gone live at the root servers, there is very little activity currently in the expanded Internet lanes. But this doesn’t mean that companies immersed in domain data aren’t preparing for the ‘Big Flood‘ – the big push of domain (re)branding that will manifest a huge change in how […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Oh boy! Garlic adds spice to gTLD supremacy argument over dot .com domains!
Ian Garlic, an “Internet marketing expert”, wrote a blog post in mid-December, alleging that the end of the .com era has cometh. Garlic boldly asserts that the end of relevancy for dot .com domains is the expected onslaught of gTLDs, ending an era during “which .com and .org were a badge of ‘trust’ for companies […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.January 2nd already – Still no sign of successful gTLD domains!
Another year of empty promises has begun; we’re already on the second day of 2014 and domain investors resisting change are proclaiming the victory of the old .com guard. “Where are the successful launches of gTLD domains, eh Donuts?” asked domain investor Billy Weiner, who invests in .com domains and bobblehead figures. “I have yet […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Vatican grants dot .Catholic management rights to the ICM Registry
PRNowire – The Holy See – Monday, December 30th, 2013 – The Vatican has announced the management, for a period of 12 years, of the dot .Catholic gTLD by the ICM Registry. Florida-based ICM Registry is a major player in the adult domain namespace, having launched dot .XXX in 2011. Now, the Vatican, under the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Frank Schilling: Giving away a free dot .tattoo was never easier
Uniregistry is gearing up for a public launch of both dot .sexy and dot .tattoo in the new year; the gTLD behemoth in the making is now promoting both gTLDs as “must have” for fans and professionals alike. “Giving away a free .tattoo domain was never easier, people love having all types of tattoos on […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The Pirate Bay to apply for its own gTLD at ICANN
Tormented by years of abusive treatment by copyright trolls, the torrent provider collectively known as “The Pirate Bay” has reached a breaking point. “We were tired of jumping ship, from .com to .me to .cx, to .ac, to .pe – fukk all this man!” exclaimed Nikklaus Sorrenvtrom, the Swedish programmer who keeps The Pirate Bay […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Rod Beckstrom: The ICANN icon of gTLDs
Rod Beckstrom will be remembered as the Internet technocrat who single-handedly managed to resurrect and deliver the long standing dream of ICANN for a truly wide Internet namespace. The former president and CEO of ICANN successfully pushed for the expansion of TLDs, following more than six years of prior activity on the subject with an […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Paul Stahura and Domainer Polls on gTLDs: “Dot .com is in relative decline”
In the ongoing “War of the Polls” between Rick Schwartz and Mike Berkens – two domainer behemoths – one comment response stands out as the most detailed and honestly articulated. Paul Stahura of Donuts, Inc., the biggest gTLD applicant by far, responded on Mike’s post that was titled ” I Love You Rick, But Your Poll […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Holiday party time: Frank’s team lets loose after a successful year
It’s the Holiday season, even in the land of warm waters and fine sand beaches – the Cayman Islands. Frank Schilling‘s team of hard-working domain brokers and domain industry specialists let loose, celebrating a season full of sales, as they make the final push for the year. In a gathering that displayed the fun and […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Forget ‘.com’: Reuters passes the reefer on GoDaddy gTLD pre-registrations
The argument about the “death of the .com” has been used a lot recently, and will continue to be a trolling point for months and years to come. After the infamous Minds+Machines ad on Facebook, Reuters News is now attempting to provoke with an article, touting the introduction of gTLDs at GoDaddy. The article, titled […]
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