The REAL new Moniker!
Two days ago we presented the new Moniker, or at least what we believed at the time to be the latest Moniker.com launch. Unfortunately, that was the old (current) Moniker as not every account was instantly transitioned to the new account management system. We regret the error and appreciate the correction sent over by Moniker.com. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.New Moniker: Twenty years later, registrar attempts a strong comeback
Update: there is a correction to this article, about the new Moniker. Original article follows: — Twenty years ago, Moniker was considered the most secure domain registrar. Domain investors who wanted to sleep well at night, moved their domains to Moniker.com; transfers out required manual actions of its staff, after a strict verification protocol. Moniker […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Stressballs.com: $20k sale led to rebranding, new trademark application
Bluetrack, Inc., operators of Stressballs.com, have filed for the registration of the matching trademark, STRESSBALLS.COM. The mark was applied for the following products and services: Custom imprinting of keychains, yoyos, foam objects, squisable objects, mugs; Customized printing of company names and logos for promotional and advertising purposes on the goods of others; Design printing for […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domaining 2014: Moniker and the end of the insecure domain registrar
As 2014 fades away, we’re discussing events that occurred this year in the domain industry. With domain theft being a hot topic thanks to the email verification requirements mandated by ICANN, the importance of secure domain registrars is paramount. The trajectory of Moniker, once regarded as the bastion of domain safety, has been shocking and […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Moniker wins the prestigious ‘Registrar of the Year’ award
The Web Hosting and Domains Weekly announced its industry awards a little earlier this year; for the past decade, the awards are meant to congratulate distinguished industry leaders. Despite recent problems related to security and lack of customer service, the Registrar of the Year award went to an unlikely finalist, Moniker. “The Registrar of the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domainer angry: ‘I want to sue Moniker!’ after negative balance is issued
Moniker can’t seem to get a break from negative light these days; not out of spite, but simply because of bad customer service. As if the backlash from a mass breach and loss of domains to Egyptian domain thieves were not enough, here come the bills. Some domainers with domains at Moniker have started receiving […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Update: YN.com no longer a stolen domain; was returned to FMA
The premium two letter .com domain, YN.com, has been returned to its legitimate owner, Future Media Architects. As part of a cache of domains stolen at Moniker during a much-reported mass breach of accounts, YN.com was frozen at Name.com where it was transferred by Egyptian domain thieves. Currently, the process of reclaiming one’s stolen domains […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Moniker woes continue: Registrant claims loss of $1 million dollar domain!
Moniker continues to receive some very negative publicity from its current and former customers, long after a mass breach of accounts resulted in several domain thefts. In a post at DNForum, a domain owner based in Italy, condemns Moniker’s handling of the situation and alleges that one of his most valuable domains, worth at least […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Moniker requires account verification from fraud-prone countries
After a huge security breach that resulted in an unknown number of domains being stolen from their registrants, Moniker has apparently started to require account verification over the phone. A Moniker account holder from Ukraine, lashed out at the email he received, two weeks after he reset his account passwords with Moniker: “Thank you for […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Alert: See.com is currently a stolen domain – Do not buy
Mike Loucks is familiar with the headaches arising from domain theft; his business domain, See.com, was stolen in the mid-2000’s by an Iranian hacker. Back then, See.com was hijacked while at Network Solutions, using a bit of social engineering. Loucks, whose immediate family are lawyers, used these resources to quickly reclaim the domain. He moved […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Was your domain name stolen? Be vocal about it!
Domain theft is a ‘hot potato‘ among domain investors and business owners currently; recent mass breaches and hijackings of domains reaffirm one thing: When your domain gets stolen, don’t keep quiet about it. Several great to premium domains are currently in the hands of cyber thieves, who employ a variety of techniques, mostly via phishing […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Update: Several stolen FMA domains, others, returned to lawful owners
The recent security breach at Moniker resulted in the theft, direct or indirect, of several premium domains from their owners; several were stolen from the portfolio of Future Media Architects. Moniker has been working on reclaiming these domains, first handling transfers that occurred internally; the domain Busy.com was the first one to be reclaimed and […]
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