Domainer Comics : The End of the Internet era
Welcome to another edition of Domainer Comics, the open-ended coverage of current domain industry events. Sometimes, it’s about fun subjects, other times it’s about serious subjects. Today, October 1st, 2016 marks the end of the Internet era as we know it. Effective today, IANA, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority responsible for the global coordination of […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Father Domainicus : The Internyet era is about to begin
Greetings and salutations, my domainer brothers and sisters; this is Father Domainicus, on a fine yet smoldering hot Sunday afternoon. Many a domain investor have asked me recently, Father Domainicus, what is going on with ICANN and the end of the United States’ God-given authority on the Internet? Without a doubt ICANN, a US-based non-profit, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The 10 most abused Top Level Domains in September 2016
Domain and IP security sentinel, SpamHaus, keeps track of the abusive behavior of gTLDs and TLDs in general. To quantify its results, SpamHaus utilizes a quasi-scientific methodology, that weighs the percentage of abusive domains that exist in a given TLD. In August, it was clear that .XYZ is nowhere to be seen among the 10 […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN : IANA is ready to relinquish control of the Internet, god-willing
The United States Department of Commerce, sent an official notice to ICANN yesterday, regarding the final stage of the Internet control transition. The notice indicates that it is still NTIA’s intent to allow the contract to expire as of October 1, 2016, “barring any significant impediment.” There is no clear definition of what a “significant […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Why did Chinese company Yumi.com send out fear-mongering spam?
Last week, we shared information about a Chinese domain services company that blasted owners of short domains, with spam. The emails, targeted owners of premium LLL .com and LLLL .com domains en masse, most likely after extracting data from the WHOIS. We have now confirmed that the company behind this spam blast is Yumi.com, organizers […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Internet sales tax : A serious threat to the domain investor community?
Republican Congressman, Bob Goodlatte, is currently introducing a bill enabling sales taxation on the Internet. In 1997, the federal government decided to limit taxation of Internet activity for a period of time. According to Wikipedia: The Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA) prohibits taxes on Internet access, which is defined as a service that allows users access […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Dot .Tata gTLD causing stress between India and Morocco
Imagine a diplomatic war between two countries, all because of a domain gTLD. That’s what it looks like for dot .Tata, an application for a new gTLD, made by Indian automotive company Tata. There is nothing wrong with a company wanting to set their own footprint on the Internet via the registration of a corporate […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.SpamHaus : Is .XYZ the most abused new gTLD ?
Dot .XYZ has accumulated a long history of controversy; from its launch two years ago, to its adoption for Google’s Alphabet project, to the penny promotion for its 2nd anniversary. With more than 6.4 million registered .XYZ domains, the brainchild of CEO and founder, Daniel Negari, began with the acquisition of XYZ.com for $50,000 dollars, […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.BREAKING: Domain Registry doubles .XYZ price overnight!
Everybody was caught by surprise late Friday evening, when the XYZ Registry quietly got “Carte Blanche” on .XYZ pricing. The California gTLD corporation founded by domainer prodigy, Daniel Negari, ignored some intense lobbying of ICANN by domainers, against a sudden, unwarranted price increase. Effective tomorrow, .XYZ domains will be priced 2 cents a piece, double […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN : Almost 100 new delegated gTLDs during the past 60 days!
These days, almost any word, string or phrase even, has gTLD potential, at a starting price of $185,000 dollars paid to ICANN. Applications go through the approval process, that includes a lot of lobbying before a gTLD is accepted. Sometimes, different parties compete for the same gTLD with multiple applications, which might lead to an […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Web800.com : One of the earliest cases of ICANN-reported domain theft
Domain theft is a crime. Stealing domains amounts to removing a valuable asset that belongs to someone else, and it’s no different than stealing a car, for example. For many years, domain names have been stolen, and overseer ICANN does not currently offer the type of domain ownership record, or title, made available to owners […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domainer Comics : ICANN56 in Helsinki, Finland
Welcome to another edition of Domainer Comics, the open-ended, fun coverage of current domain industry events. If you missed prior installments of the DomainGang comic series, you can catch up here. Today’s DomainGang comic about domains, covers ICANN56 in Helsinki, Finland. We received some leaked pictures from the event. Enjoy! 😀
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