MagicWood.com: Frank Schilling domain’s latest drop
The domain name MagicWood.com was sold in a DropCatch auction today, after going through an inevitable deletion cycle. The auction closed at $1,313 dollars today, with the winner being DropCatch user Will4DC: The domain MagicWood.com was being held at Uniregistrar, Frank Schilling‘s own registrar before GoDaddy acquired Uniregistry. Registered in 2006, the domain was a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.What’s wrong with NameFind, foo?
NameFind is the holding company of GoDaddy’s portfolio of owned domain names. For many years, NameFind.com has been selling domains to private inquiries, sharing its inventory that is thematically categorized. Last December, NameFind and GoDaddy organized an auction extravaganza event that resulted in many quality domains being sold. As GoDaddy does not share data, there […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Anthropic.com: A unicorn AI company and their top two domains
Anthropic PBC, a US-based AI startup established in 2021, is pioneering research in artificial intelligence with a unique focus on public benefit. Their mission? To delve into the depths of AI systems, probing their safety boundaries at the forefront of technology. Anthropic indicates a relationship to humans, as the word “anthropos” (άνθρωπος) refers to the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.TheMessenger.com: NameFind sold domain but “The Messenger” shut down
The Messenger, a digital news startup that began in May 2023, is closing down due to financial challenges. Led by Jimmy Finkelstein, former owner of The Hollywood Reporter and The Hill, The Messenger aimed to offer comprehensive, unbiased, non-partisan, and timely news coverage in response to the prevailing issues of bias and misinformation. Despite its […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy NameFind auctions: Game over!
Late last year, GoDaddy listed a good chunk of its NameFind portfolio for sale, in an extended auction event that spanned the better part of December. The GoDaddy Auctions involving previously expensive or unavailable NameFind domains did well: Domains were bid on and some were eventually cherry-picked after the end of the auction. On December […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy NameFind auctions: BIN price added to domains at year’s end!
In mid-December, GoDaddy auctioned off a tiny portion of its NameFind portfolio of domain names. These domains were acquired over the years at various times, such as the Marchex and Elite Domains portfolios along with that of Frank Schilling’s. If you think that the auctioned domains were not exactly spectacular, you are not alone. The […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Rick Schwartz grabs Fools.com as a fresh acquisition
Rick Schwartz, the Domain King, knows how to spot a quality domain; Fools.com is now his latest acquisition. Rick grabbed Fools.com, the plural of “fool”, from the NameFind inventory of auctioned domain names. Registered in 1998, Fools.com was part of the Vertical Axis portfolio acquired by GoDaddy for up to $50 million dollars, along with […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy + Namefind domain auctions: Wow or meh?
GoDaddy executives found a new, creative way to add more revenue to the year’s books, by rolling out a series of weekly domain auctions. Pulled from the million-plus strong domain portfolio of Namefind, the repository of GoDaddy-owned domains, these auctions are taking place on GoDaddy (beta) Auctions. A few dozen domains each week add up, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Cappuccine.com : NameFind won UDRP with Reverse Domain Name Hijacking finding
The domain name Cappuccine.com faced a UDRP filed by Cappuccine Specialties, Inc. The dispute led to a decision by the three member WIPO panel ordering the domain to remain with the Respondent, NameFind – managers of the GoDaddy portfolio of domains. They also found the Complainant guilty of engaging in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking: The […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.GoDaddy allegedly promotes self-owned, trademark domains on its search tool
A domain investor demonstrated results produced by the GoDaddy domain search tool and two things stand out: GoDaddy-owned domains and trademark violations. In a Twitter thread, the search performed is that of “Crystal” with the GoDaddy results containing a prompt to perform a brokered “acquisition” of Crystal.co.uk priced at $69.99 dollars. It also displays a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Alina Kabaeva: Putin’s secret girlfriend domain in the hands of #NameFind
Who the hell is Alina Kabaeva? According to reports from various news networks, it’s Vladimir Putin‘s secret girlfriend. The Russian president was married until 2014 and apparently kept things “on the side.” Alina Kabaeva is a Russian politician, media manager and retired individual rhythmic gymnast. As she’s directly connected to the most despised man in […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Did GoDaddy sell Recession.com for less than $20,000 dollars?
The GoDaddy appraisal tool produces its domain valuation reports by using a “secret sauce” algorithm. Every time you end up on the GoDaddy appraisal tool, perhaps after googling “Domain appraisal,” the following message is hiding behind an alert icon: GoDaddy estimates the value of each domain by looking at millions of historical domain name sales. […]
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