PayPal clears Sav.com

Posted by DomainGang on August 22, 2022, at 11:48 am

Sav.com announced that PayPal has re-instated the domain registrar’s use of their services. The use of PayPal as a payment option had been suspended without explanation last week. Earlier today, Sav.com made the following announcement: As of 10:30 AM CDT on August 22, PayPal has re-enabled our ability to accept payments via PayPal. We learned […]

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PayPal drops Sav.com in repeat of NameBio’s adventure

Posted by DomainGang on August 18, 2022, at 7:16 pm

PayPal has dropped domain registrar Sav.com from its services, without much of an explanation. Sav is a premium sponsor of DomainGang. According to a new blog post by Sav, the company was not given any prior notice, nor the chance to explain any transaction before being banned: “We understand that PayPal has suddenly banned other […]

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PalPay.com: A 22 year old #domain lost via the UDRP process

Posted by DomainGang on July 19, 2022, at 10:10 am

The domain name PalPay.com was registered in 2000, making it 22 years old; as a brand, the first thing that comes to mind is an anagram of PayPal. It took a long time for PayPal to file a UDRP and it finally did, but it seems that a recent sale of PalPay.com triggered that action. […]

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More expensive domains: PayPal to increase its fees – again

Posted by DomainGang on May 23, 2022, at 2:28 pm

Inflation, stiflation. Payments handler, PayPal, is once again raising its transaction fees, and the pain will be felt across the board. If you’re using PayPal to make payments for domain transactions, take notice. PayPal sent out its latest schedule of fee increases, effective June 17, 2022. Effective June 17, 2022, we are: Increasing the percentage […]

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Masterbucks vs. PayPal: Payment options updated at Epik

Posted by DomainGang on April 7, 2022, at 10:23 am

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 […]

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#Brand squatting: Is PayPalPark.com related to the San Jose Earthquakes?

Posted by DomainGang on April 5, 2021, at 4:38 pm

PayPal has become the sponsor with naming rights for the San Jose Earthquakes‘ stadium. The Major League Soccer (MLS) team is now going to be playing at the newly renamed PayPal Park, thanks to this 10-year sponsorship agreement with PayPal. PayPal Park will be equipped with PayPal’s digital payments technology, including touch-free QR codes around […]

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#PayPal rolled out #crypto transactions via its platform

Posted by DomainGang on November 12, 2020, at 5:39 pm

PayPal rolled out its cryptocurrency portal today, enabling users to acquire Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, and Litecoin. Following up on its announcement earlier this month, the portal allows fractional purchases of these cryptocurrencies. In early 2021, PayPal will facilitate transactions in crypto as a payment method. This is great news for domain investors, that will […]

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Domainers: #PayPal to allow #cryptocurrency transactions in 2021

Posted by DomainGang on October 21, 2020, at 9:57 am

PayPal is slated to allow cryptocurrency transactions on its network early in 2021, making it easier for domain investors to utilize Bitcoin. PayPal hopes the service will encourage global use of virtual coins and prepare its network for new digital currencies that may be developed by central banks and corporations. PayPal has 346 million active […]

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#PayPal mass glitch : Accounts are being restored

Posted by DomainGang on October 9, 2020, at 1:11 pm

Last night, a mass software glitch hit PayPal, limiting functions in thousands of accounts and seeking documents in order to restore the accounts. PayPal users flocked to PayPal support forums and on social media accounts controlled by PayPal, seeking support. The software glitch did not discriminate: 20 year old accounts were affected, along with new […]

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Libra #domains : No more Facebook support from #PayPal

Posted by DomainGang on October 6, 2019, at 7:20 pm

If you registered a bunch of domain names containing “Libra” and either “Facebook” or “PayPal” you’re obviously in violation of famous marks. Newbie domainers that do this mass registration of useless Libra domains do so due to ignorance, but it’s also due the “lemming effect.” The good news is that PayPal pulled out of the […]

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New policy updates for #PayPal on active balances

Posted by DomainGang on February 25, 2019, at 9:42 am

If you keep an active balance with PayPal, some things are changing. PayPal announced that from March 29th, a secondary balance account will be needed – that’s on top of the current federal requirements for identity verification. The details of this change is as below: As a result of a new regulation issued by the […]

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