Epik & Masterbucks hit with lawsuit involving the sale of Nourish.com
Epik.com, Masterbucks, its founder Rob Monster, and the current CEO, Brian Royce, are defendants in a lawsuit that involves the domain name Nourish.com. In this lawsuit filed in Washington state, Plaintiff Matthew Adkisson alleges that Epik and its founder, Rob Monster, failed to deliver the domain name Nourish.com following the receipt of $327,000 dollars. The […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Swiss Bank of Domains doesn’t pay its Masterbucks debt in dollars
Epik, the self-proclaimed “Swiss bank of Domains,” doesn’t seem to be able to pay investors holding onto its Masterbucks tokens. One could say that the “bank” is facing an existential crisis, much like that of the real banking system. Months after the new CEO promised to make whole an escrowed transaction involving the domain Candida.com, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Candida.com seller talked to the FBI about Epik
Kathleen Kalaf, sold the domain Candida.com expecting to receive $91,000 dollars out of a $100k sale conducted using Epik. Soon, she found out that the balance had been turned into useless “masterbucks” that could not be converted into real currency. By locking the balance in her account, Epik essentially kept the full $100,000 dollars it […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Epik pulls the plug on DNProtect.com
DNProtect, one of Epik‘s brands, has been terminated. Operating from the domain DNProtect.com, the company offered services related to cybersecurity. It also used a DNProtect algorithm to gauge a domain’s potential vulnerability to cyberthreats. That score wasn’t private, however; the DNProtect scores of domains looked up via the service were open to the public and […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Epik selling assets to pay off debt; is DNForum about to be sold?
Candida.com was sold for $100,000 dollars utilizing the Epik escrow process in September, but Kathleen Kalaf, the domain’s former owner, has not received $91,000 dollars as part of the deal. The money was kept by Epik and although the company has acknowledged the debt it has yet to complete the transaction. Epik, effectively, has kept […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Masterbucks vs. PayPal: Payment options updated at Epik
Nicole Lee, country manager of Epik in China, shared news of an update at Epik regarding payment options. According to Ms. Lee, PayPal was restored as a payment option at Epik.com, 18 months after PayPal disabled such an option for Epik customers. We can speculate on what led to that decision’s reversal. Epik customers can […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Are MasterBucks copying after the Bitcoin fame?
Does anyone remember Epik Bucks? Elegantly avoiding the term “dollars”, the Epik Bucks were the coin du jour for Epik’s store-building costs, participating in the Epik conference and for trading domains. The test was met with great excitement by the hardcore Epik acolytes but ultimately, it failed. Now Epik is back, presumably wanting to go […]
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