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 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Bulging domain numbers : Busy day in SXSW for XYZ “purple man”
An XYZ Registry “purple man” had a busy day today in Austin, Texas, where the SXSW conference is taking place. Stepping aside from the group of other XYZ purple men, the most animated guy donning purple tights removed his mask, temporarily. “I don’t want my friends and family to know I do this part time,” […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domainer Comics : The Minds of Domainer Millionaires
It’s already been two months since the last edition of Domainer Comics, the open-ended coverage of current domain industry events. Recent events about the new gTLDs have led to heated arguments, on a variety of media – including Twitter. To honor two great domainer millionaires, Rick Schwartz and Frank Schilling, we conducted the following deep […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Editorial : ICANN and the future of the new gTLDs
Welcome to the March Editorial. Uniregistry’s announcement of a price increase plan, affecting 16 of its 25 commercial gTLDs, created a wave of discussions on a variety of media. The key question was the price increase, and whether it’s ethical, or merely a demonstration of corporate greed. The affected gTLDs are, for the most part, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Sedo rolls out colorful, fun domain campaign at SXSW expo
Sponsored by Sedo.* Sedo participates in the popular, massively attended SXSW expo in Austin, Texas. Promoting the gTLD segment of its domain marketplace, Sedo has rolled out a colorful, fun campaign that involves dogs. We know it’s a “dog eat dog” domain world out there, but the posters themselves are cute and not aggressive. 😀 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Verisign cutting prices; launching .COM exchange program for gTLD domain owners
Verisign announced today that they are drastically cutting the base pricing of .com domains, to a “couple of bucks.” No longer considering new gTLDs as competition or a viable threat to the core domain business, the registry behemoth broke the big news during a luncheon, to a group of reporters: “We are witnessing a complete […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .Cloud breaks through 100,000 domain registrations
One of the most successful new gTLDs is dot .Cloud, and they must be on cloud nine just about now. Cloud, is the reference to a non-centralized network of servers, delivering app services or providing storage space. On February 16th, the first anniversary of the dot .Cloud general availability, it boasted 95,000 registrations from 150 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Auction results : Dot .NYC fashion domains at SnapNames
The SnapNames auction of premium, fashion-related .NYC domains has ended, with some interesting results. Top seller, Fashion.NYC, closed at $37,000 dollars, while the second largest sale was for Shop.NYC that sold for $33,500 dollars. Deals.NYC sold for $4,100 dollars and Models.NYC sold for $2,563 dollars. Photographer.NYC sold for $2,200 dollars, along with Jewelry.NYC that went […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.State Bank of India moves to dot .SBI gTLD
The prestigious State Bank of India (SBI) is moving away from its .co.in extension, to the more corporate dot .SBI. The domain rebranding of its corporate URL as Bank.SBI from the previous SBI.co.in aims at enabling the bank to use its corporate name as the top-level identifier. The State Bank of India asserts that due […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN : It rains domains in dot .Africa
Registry Africa celebrated the delegation of dot .Africa, after numerous suits, counter-suits, oppositions and extra fun time with gTLD overseer, ICANN. The new gTLD, dot .Africa, will encompass 54 official African countries and its 1.234 billion people, in the continent that is considered as the very cradle of the human civilization. To celebrate the event […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Uniregistry exhibit hacked by .IO Registry at NamesCon
The Uniregistry exhibit at NamesCon 2017 was hacked earlier tonight, and thousands of visitors strolling down the main hallway of the Tropicana hotel, witnessed a rare phenomenon: an .IO domain in the wild. Hours after Uniregistry set up the promotional exhibit showcasing dot .audio, the intervention of pranksters most likely affiliated with the .IO Registry […]
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