“Apple Watch” .XYZ domain ripe for UDRP
Generic domains are all about use: For example, you can utilize AppleWatch.com to monitor your apple orchards during a cold winter, but you can’t use it to resell the new Apple Watches. Since AppleWatch.com was registered 10 years ago, it’s technically safe from any legal motion by Apple; in fact, the current owners might be […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Eweek’s list of 10 Most Popular New gTLDs does not include XYZ
In what appears to be an intentional omission, a new post on Eweek covering the popularity of gTLDs completely shuns .XYZ from its Top 10 list. Notorious for its robo-registrations via a Network Solutions mega-freebiethon, the .XYZ gTLD gets no love from Eweek. The list of top gTLDs includes: Dot .Guru Dot .Berlin Dot . […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Porn.XYZ : Was it sold in a private transaction by the XYZ Registry?
There are very few keywords that carry over their worth across every TLD, gTLD or ccTLD – one of which is “porn.” While Porn.xxx was sold by the ICM Registry for an undisclosed amount in the hundreds of thousands, the new gTLDs are so far non adult, and their Registries have retained “porn” as part […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.XYZ: Sign the petition for inclusion to Google Domains!
After perusing the domain gTLDs included in the newly launched, beta version of Google Domains, we kinda asked ourselves: Why wasn’t dot .XYZ included on the list? After all, the ‘generation XYZ’ registry considers itself hip and groovy, so why not include .XYZ domains to the approved list of manageable Google Domains? There is no […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Would you like to buy an A,E,O vowel? First .XYZ domain lost in UDRP
After more than 230,000 robo-registrations of .XYZ domains at Network Solutions, it was bound to happen: the decision for the first UDRP for a dot .XYZ domain name was just delivered. American Eagle Outfitters filed the UDRP at the National Arbitration Forum; the case involved the domain AEO.xyz, registered at Uniregistry. The Complainant operates from AEO.com […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain infographic: XYZ registrations at Network Solutions
As far as Network Solutions is concerned, the party of .XYZ domain robo-registrations is over. The month-long fanfare by XYZ has dissipated to inaudible levels, and it seems that it’s a common secret what the bulk of .XYZ domains with Network Solutions is about. Here’s a quick domain infographic about the current state of daily […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Great list of unsold dot .XYZ “fool’s gold domains” at Flippa!
Large list of unsold .XYZ domains at Flippa auctions.
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.XYZ continues its “domain freebiethon” with other domain registrars
Not content with giving away 232,000 free .XYZ domains via Network Solutions, the “generation XYZ” domain Registry is now reaching out to other, lesser Registrars with similar offers. In its latest newsletter, EuroDNS offers “1000 free domain names” waiving the fee for the XYZ domain of your choice, for the first year: “Beating the drum […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Junkyard .XYZ domain fails to sell at Flippa
After a month of continuous bumping by its seller, and the use of the augmented reality that flaky registration numbers generated, Domaining.XYZ failed to sell. Hardly a surprise, as its seller chose to ignore all public and private advice about the actual performance of .XYZ domains. With more than 215,000 robo-registrations at Network Solutions, the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Close call with .XYZ but no cherry was popped!
Today we had a close call with the .XYZ gTLD – the right arm of Network Solutions robo-registration masterpiece. Willing to challenge our luck, we promised to register one .XYZ domain, thus popping our cherry like Rick Schwartz – if Greece won against Costa Rica. Fortunately, the game was decided in a penalty shoot out, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Network Solutions applies for domain “robo-registration” patent after .XYZ success
Network Solutions, the registrar of more than 180,000 automatic registrations of .XYZ domain names, has applied for a patent of the process at the USPTO. Application number 54922212173-XYZ covers the process as follows: “A method of domain allocation, utilizing a software script, that registers and places a domain name into the account of an existing […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Baldrick Schwanz: Lucky owner of XYZ.Berlin talks about his freemium domain investment
The war of numbers between the gTLD domain registries is heating up; the XYZ Registry gave out 133,000 .XYZ domains in a Network Solutions promotion and now other domain registries follow suit. The proud German registry of dotBerlin launched a short-lived promo on dot .Berlin domains that didn’t last long, after Sedo sweethearts DomCollect tried […]
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