NamePros combats shill bids : URUN but you cannot hide
The domain community of NamePros identified and terminated a shill bid situation in its making, ending it with a the closing of the associated accounts. A thread seeking offers for the domain URUN.com for sale escalated quickly, sending offers into the thousands of dollars. One small problem: one of the bidders was a shill account. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Emerge.com : Confirmed to be a stolen domain name
The domain name Emerge.com has been confirmed as stolen, after its legitimate owner was contacted for further details. Eagle-eyed members of NamePros raised their concerns about the validity of statements regarding Emerge.com, in a domain evaluation thread. Someone claiming to have acquired Emerge.com for “less than $500” at a drop, used the domain hijacking method […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Emerge.com : NamePros locks down appraisal thread on suspicion of domain theft
NamePros locked down an appraisal thread for the domain Emerge.com, on suspicion of domain theft. The domain Emerge.com changed hands unexpectedly, less than a week ago, after EmergeTest.com, a domain controlling its Registrant and Admin accounts expired, and was re-registered. This is a classic example of domain hijacking, and the person who opened the appraisal […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NamePros & NameThreads data mining : Most members not in favor of scraping domain sales
An innovative software product by NameThreads.com, seeks to provide a better search engine for domains for sale at NamePros. The third party service is not affiliated with the domain forum, and describes its mission as follows: “Easily search all the domains for sale in Namepros.com. We have well over 100,000 domains in our database. Domain […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NamePros stats : Very close to hitting 1 million members
NamePros has been online as a domain forum since 2003, and it’s getting very close to hitting 1,000,000 members. While not all of these accounts could possibly be active concurrently, the forum administrators ensured us that new members are real people, not bots. The current number of members stands at 997,226 and Eric Lyon estimates […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NamePros : Heidi Powell .com domain case raises the issue of domains as property
An ongoing thread over at NamePros raises, once again, the issue of whether domain names are property. Contributing his vast knowledge on the subject of domain law, IP attorney and recent grandfather, John Berryhill, states: “And here we come to one of my pet peeves – the irrational insistence by some domainers that domain names […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NamesCon 2017 shocker : No electronic devices during Frank Schilling keynote speech!
NamesCon 2017 is merely days away; the biggest domain conference of the year opens its gates in Las Vegas, on Sunday the 22nd. An estimated 1,400 attendees will help set new records in how the domain industry is perceived by outsiders, and domain investors alike. Uniregistry founder, Frank Schilling, will be delivering the first keynote […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domainer dating : NamePros member describes his “chick” quest problem
Imagine coming out of a long relationship, only to find out that the dating scene is full of chicks (or dudes) that don’t have a clue about what domainers do. A Canadian domain investor is sharing his current situation, with the following description, on NamePros: “How do you explain to a chick what you do […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NamePros and Mr. Rabbit : How to get to the most secret page on the domain forum
There are almost 1 million discussion threads on NamePros, and more than 5.8 million messages. The largest domain forum on the Internet is also getting closer to reaching 1 million active members. Even Rick Schwartz is a NamePros member! 😀 Of all those domain discussions, there is one secret page that very few members are […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NamePros rolls out improved domain chatroom
Domain forum leaders, NamePros, are constantly improving the domain trading platform visited by thousands of domainers. The ever-busy domain investor ecosystem received a nice upgrade recently, with the introduction of a new domain chatroom. One can access the improved NamePros chatroom, simply by visiting NamePros.com/chat. To participate, you need a NamePros account; registrations are free […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Frank Schilling’s keynote speeches for the NamesCon domain conference
Frank Schilling will be delivering the keynote speech for NamesCon 2017; the biggest domain conference has long discovered the secret of magnetizing its crowds, by inviting the Uniregistry founder to its opening events. In January, Frank’s speech will be about the future of domaining, a subject that many domain investors are eager to learn more […]
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