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! 😀
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN 56 on Brexit : Multi-steakeholder model must go on
ICANN technocrats moved in fast on Monday, to prevent any further manifestation of a domino effect caused by Brexit, from Helsinki, Finland where ICANN56 takes place. The TLD and gTLD global managers announced their commitment to the multi-steakeholder model, regardless of Britain’s decision to depart from the organization. “We remain committed to the global provisions […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain history : Where was GoDaddy.com registered at?
Domain registrations that occurred during the early days of the Internet utilized the services of the sole registrant at the time, Network Solutions. At least, as far as .com, .net and .org domains go; national registrars managed the ccTLD domains in the 1980s and during the 1990s. Today, there are 2129 ICANN accredited registrars, according […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN55 in Marrakesh: Mahdi Taghizadeh tells his story
It’s always refreshing reading about the experience domain name professionals had during large industry conferences, such as ICANN55 in Marrakesh, Morocco. ICANN’s gatherings bring together several thousand people at a time, from around the world, to discuss matters that affect the global Internet. Industry professionals that put pen to paper, so to speak, deliver an […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.ICANN56 : Get ready for Helsinki, Finland in June
The ICANN55 conference has completed in Marrakesh, Morocco; this was the last ICANN conference during the tenure of outgoing president and CEO, Fadi Chehadé, who’s moving on with his own company. With African nations currently free from the evil stigma of the Ebola virus, the next ICANN conference – ICANN56 – takes place in the […]
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