Authentlc.com: Second UDRP fails, once again, to extract typo-domain!
Authentic Brands Group LLC filed a second UDRP to get the typo-domain Authentlc.com, which uses the letter “L” instead of “i”. The Complainant asserts that the domain is being used maliciously, to meddle with official business of the multi-billion dollar company. The first filing was made in July 2024 and the decision was to deny […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Equefax.com: Typo-squatter lost #domain after 20+ years
A typo-squatter has lost the domain name Equefax.com after using it for more than two decades to monetize fat-fingering of the Equifax brand. The domain name was registered in 2002, at a time when UDRP filings were still few. The UDRP process was established in 1999. Equefax.com forwarded to PPC landers featuring financial services, credit […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.UrboTax.com : An 18 year old #domain typo lost at the #WIPO
You might hold a domain typo like UrboTax.com for 18 years, but this won’t last forever. Most likely producing type-in typoclicks far exceeding its annual registration cost, the domain eventually caught the attention of Turbo Tax creators, Intuit Inc., that filed a UDRP at the WIPO. UrboTax.com was monetized using zero click advertising, landing onto […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.There’s nothing “beautifull” in a typoed #domain name
If you’re a domain investor participating in domain auctions, you’d better keep an Oxford dictionary by your laptop. Sometimes bidding heats up among bidders that end up spending a small fortune on a typoed domain name, realizing about it too late. Having to register a typographic error of a domain can be embarrassing too – […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.AliExpeess.com : #Alibaba company typo #domain bid on by #Chinese speculators
AliExpress is an online retail service based in China, owned by the Alibaba Group. Launched in 2010, it is made up of small businesses in China and other Asian locations, offering products to international buyers. The web site commands a lot of traffic, and it comes as no surprise that a typo, AliExpeess.com, is currently […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Aquisition .com in auction : Who is going to buy that typo #domain for $X,XXX ?
These days it’s imperative to check for domain typos, especially when you are about to spend money on a domain like Aquisition.com. What is going on here? Oh, that’s right, the proper word is acquisition, and thus, the domain name Acquisition.com is NOT the one being auctioned at DropCatch right now. Still, the typo domain […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#HugeDomains has priced the #domain UtahJizz .com quite affordably!
HugeDomains has more than four million domain names under management, and its portfolio is growing daily. It is the largest privately held domain portfolio in the world. A big player at expiring auctions as well, HugeDomains often dips into the services of its DropCatch drop-catching service. We’ve seen HugeDomains going after anything under the sun: […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#LIDL typo #domain got hit with a #UDRP; what happened next?
When you own a domain such as Lild.com, better be careful what you do with it. Registered in 2002, the domain was monetized with a zero click lander, to take advantage of obvious typo-traffic. Where was the traffic coming from? German mega-store, Lidl, naturally. The brand has existed for decades, operating more than 10,000 stores all […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Chinese Cybersquatter plays the “great firewall” card in massive Facebook UDRP
By violating a famous brand’s trademarks, one has to be extremely creative in defending their deed. In the case of a Chinese domain registrant who registered a bunch of Instagram domain typos, the argument was rather weak. Facebook and its daughter company, Instagram, filed a UDRP at the WIPO, for the following domains: facebookenespanol.com faecdook.com […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Corporate CEO discovers the plight of sticky fingers in typo’ed domain
When you aren’t careful about your typing, disaster awaits. Spin Dick Studios CEO, Larry Felmenstein, is upset with this ‘feature’ of web browsers. “Millions of visitors are lost every year due to typos, and there is no way to force them back on track to their intended destination,” says Felmenstein, pointing to his web browser. […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Gamil.com : World’s best Google ‘Gmail’ anagram is a real business
After an inquiry on Domain Name Sales arrived from a gamil.com address, we pondered at the easy to make typo. Gmail has been a service of Google since its beta launched on April 1st, 2004. Although the email service was opened to the public in 2007, there was already a lot of typo traffic to […]
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