Dot .Art rolls out general availability – prices are a work of art
Dot .Art domains entered general availability today, and the newest gTLD on the planet has gone crazy with pricing. Not only are common keywords reserved, but less common ones are priced higher than original works of art. Many domain “hacks” are also taken: domains that use the keyword along with the .Art extension to form […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Rick Schwartz returns to NamePros!
Rick Schwartz broke his dedication to Twitter on Saturday, heading over to NamePros for some spunky domain commentary. The Domain King, who until this weekend had made just one post since 2007, left several comments in a thread related to gTLD domain names. A week short of a comment-less decade as a NamePros member, Rick’s […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.We Are Registry : Donuts rolls out new .WAR gTLD
With a new global war imminent, there’s never been a better time for dot .WAR, a new gTLD from Donuts. Citing thousands of years of human conflict, the dot .WAR gTLD embraces one of the world’s unstoppable forces, mindless fighting. “Everyone talks smack and wants to start a war, with their spouse, their neighbor, the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.XYZ : One year anniversary of “penny” mega sale approaching fast
In a little over a month from now, the .XYZ registry will be facing the one year anniversary of the “penny” mega sale. Almost a year ago, dot .XYZ domains could be had for 1 cent a pop, no questions asked, no limits. Millions of .XYZ domains were registered, more than doubling the numbers from […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy restores gTLD domain partnership with Uniregistry
GoDaddy has restored domain registrations of Uniregistry gTLDs, a few weeks after they were suspended citing company policy. Uniregistry founder, Frank Schilling, stated: “We’re delighted to see Godaddy offering Uniregistry domain extensions to its customers. New name endings present a huge opportunity for future website owners. As a registry we are sometimes forced make difficult […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Five myths and facts about the new gTLDs
Assumptions related to the new gTLDs can cost domain investors and entrepreneurs money. Rightside’s Name.com division put together a list of five myths about the new gTLDs, and their matching facts, to help dispel such misconceptions. Myth: Nobody knows that new domains exist Fact: End users are adopting and using new domains as primary website […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.No gTLD sales? Rightside plays no .Games
Rightside revealed a list of domain sales involving gTLD domains, totaling $3.4 million dollars. Laughing all the way to the bank, the Registry of several new gTLDs shared a list of premium domains that were sold directly, from those priced $10,000 dollars and up. Indicating strong sales that increase by $800k annually, the Rightside report […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Non-COM domain sightings : Dot .Discount makes its virginal appearance
The ever-expanding new domain namespace, gives the opportunity to companies to describe their services more accurately, right on the gTLD domain. We keep track of such public sightings of different new domain extensions, grouping them under “non-COM sightings” in the wild. Now it’s the turn of dot .Discount, a Donuts, Inc. gTLD, and specifically that […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Cybersquatting, domain UDRPs at the WIPO and gTLDs in 2016
The trademark-friendly folks at the WIPO released data a few days ago, regarding the record number of UDRP cases examined in 2016. That report, assesses data presenting the following picture: Trademark owners filed “an all-time record” 3,036 UDRP cases with the WIPO, a 10% increase over 2015. Top TLD was .COM, involving 3,135 domain names […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Virgin.Yachts : Florida LLC domain taken away in UDRP
It seems that Virgin Enterprises Limited of London, United Kingdom, seeks exclusive rights to the term “VIRGIN.” A UDRP against the domain Virgin.Yachts ended with a loss for the Respondent, Virgin Yachts LLC of Dania Beach, Florida. The company registered the domain in 2016 and has been using it as a redirect to Virgin-Yachts.com, their […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Big in China? Dot .Loan claims 1.5 million domain registrations
Famous Four Media announced that its dot .Loan gTLD recently crossed the 1.5 million domain registration milestone. FFM said in a press release: “Famous Four Media, one of the world’s leading domain registry operators, is delighted to announce that its dot LOAN gTLD has surpassed 1,500,000 registrations! This represents another extraordinary milestone. Famous Four Media […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Paul Mockapetris : gTLD domain evidence in the original RFC 882 from 1983
Paul Mockapetris, along with the late Jon Postel, invented the Internet Domain Name System, introducing this document (RFC 882) in 1983: “Domain Names – Concepts and Facilities.” This RFC (request for comments) document, introduced domain style names, their use for ARPA Internet mail and host address support, and the protocols and servers used to implement […]
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