Five Questions : An interview with domain investor and developer, Eric Lyon
Eric Lyon is doing a tremendous job as key personnel at NamePros, the forum for domain professionals. His role there as the administrator expands on his role as a domainer, and quite often that last part tends to be forgotten! We took the opportunity to reach out to Eric, and in this quick interview he […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Garbage domains : Pseudo IDN domains lambasted at NamePros
NamePros member Wot is well-respected domainer, strategically investing in IDN domains. Stationed in Thailand, Wot has discovered and pointed out a large cache of pseudo-IDN domains, currently being offered on Sedo and other marketplaces. According to Wot: “They are shown as IDN but they are simply mixed script, English and other languages cobbled together, to […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Who is this NamePros guy?
Beginning in November, a number of quality articles are being posted on the recently syndicated NamePros blog. Previously, content appeared sporadically, but the current articles related to the domain market and community are very consistent in their quality – and of great quality indeed. Who is this NamePros guy that writes them? None other than […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Moniker ‘patient zero’ warned registrar on security breach in late August
A former Moniker customer’s rage over the recently exploited security breach, is off the charts. He has reason to believe that his account, presumably containing valuable domains, was the first one to be targeted in late August by hackers originating from Egypt and Lebanon, who created sub-accounts. Despite warning Moniker about the issue, he was […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DNPost domain forum launches with hot chick video
Domain forum newcomer, DNPost, made its quiet launch last week, announcing its existence over Twitter and through our “Share a domain tip” hotlink. Using XenForo, the same forum software as industry giants DNForum and NamePros, DNPost aspires to be better than both forums, attracting their combined readership under one roof. The layout is clean and […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NamePros: Violent reactions stem from sudden forum software changes
NamePros members reacted violently yesterday and today, as the popular forum’s visuals and software were changed without any warning. Hundreds of members, mostly in their mid to late teens, turned the forum into a battlefield, with trolling threads, overturned cars, and the occasional stink bomb. Reaction was strong, and tempers ran high. “WTF dood, the […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.World’s cheapest domain in the Balkans sold by domain investor
What a week it has been for domainers! The world’s cheapest domain name was sold on Friday, following intense negotiations between the buyer and seller, both members of NamePros. Domainer Zoric Francic, from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) managed to sell his domain name sbrtdingz.net for 0.5 dinar, or about 1 US cent. […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.NamePros: Best source for GoDaddy discount coupon codes
Just like every other smart domainer out there, we’re always on the lookout for good deals in domain registrations. Retail pricing for GoDaddy domains is almost 50% higher than other registrars – including the newcomer, NameBright. So what do you do in order to get better pricing at GoDaddy? You use coupon codes. Some GoDaddy […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domainer conference: First NameProsFest a complete success!
The first NameProsFest domain conference ended earlier today in San Diego, California, after 24 hours of non-stop domain action, sales, gaming and debates. Sponsored by Pepsi, the domain conference was produced by the domain forum NamePros, popular with teenage domain flippers and soccer moms that occasionally delve in domaining. “It was cool to meet other […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.YOLO! DNForum opens its gates to teenage domainers
DNForum, the #1 domain name forum for professionals, is having a drastic redesign scheduled for the end of June. No longer catering just to middle-aged domainers that are often prone to engaging in grumpy exchanges, DNForum is now opening its gates to the YOLO generation, teenager domainers. “I was like, NamePros is cool, dude, and […]
Copyright © 2025 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Register .com wild-carding domain DNS?
In an interesting discussion over at NamePros, the owner of the domain name Poets.net describes how her domain – registered at Register.com – appeared to forward random subdomains to parked pages controlled by the registrar. We don’t own any domains at Register.com to verify this odd behavior. This practice is called “wild-carding“; the capturing of […]
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