SpamHaus : Is .XYZ the most abused new gTLD ?
Dot .XYZ has accumulated a long history of controversy; from its launch two years ago, to its adoption for Google’s Alphabet project, to the penny promotion for its 2nd anniversary. With more than 6.4 million registered .XYZ domains, the brainchild of CEO and founder, Daniel Negari, began with the acquisition of XYZ.com for $50,000 dollars, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Skoal.XYZ : .XYZ penny promo leads to UDRP loss for venturing domainer
Earlier this summer, we called it. The penny promo for .XYZ domains offered the potential to blindly register available domains en masse, without regard to existing marks. A venturing domainer who registered Skoal.XYZ as part of a 1,000+ .XYZ domain registration spree soon found out that Skoal is a famous trademark. The cost of 1,000 […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain pennies : Time is running out on 3 million plus .XYZ domains
Thanks to a penny promotion for its second anniversary, the .XYZ gTLD more than doubled its numbers from less than 3 million, to more than 6 million domains. Priced at $0.01 dollars, the mass registration of .XYZ domains came at no sweat to domain opportunists, who went after every left-over keyword not taken previously. Almost […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain Internet of Things : Billions of new .XYZ domains to be registered
The Internet of Things is upon us, and with it arrive 50 billion devices that are expected to be connected by the year 2020. Naturally, every device needs its own domain, and what a better domain to use than a cheap .XYZ. “We’re looking into designating .XYZ domains to every coffee maker, temperature alarm, electric […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.The Oatmeal : Twitter account hacked, points to .XYZ porn
The Twitter account of the popular web site, The Oatmeal, was apparently hacked earlier today. Taking over its timeline with pornographic tweets, the hacker changed the profile to a “Janice Perry“. Oatmeal’s Twitter account has more than 538,000 followers, many of which engage with the fun, cartoon content its owner posts. Its owner, Matt Inman, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Calvin Klein : .XYZ “penny promo” results in massive 73 domain UDRP
To celebrate its 2nd anniversary, the .XYZ Registry offered a promotional “penny per domain” pricing. At the time, we pointed out that such cheap domains enable the proliferation of registrations for spamming purposes. Another issue became apparent, after a UDRP involving 73 .XYZ domains – all “Calvin Klein” trademark violations. The ongoing case has been […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved..XYZ domains : When you sell domains at $0.01 you become a spam enabler
The .XYZ Registry might be issuing disclaimers regarding malware and spam – to be reported and taken care of – but such an approach is not very kosher. Imagine a world where the default is to be spammed first, and be removed from the spam list only after you complained about it. Like the Greek […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Facebook : XYZ.com and Negari.com are “unsafe” links
While trying to share an article on Facebook about the domain Negari.com, the following error popped up: There seems to be an automatic mechanism on Facebook that blocks links that are deemed unsafe. Such domains can’t be shared publicly or via private messages. We’ve seen unsafe domains before being blocked by Facebook, .XYZ ones included, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domainer Comics : A penny saved is a penny earned?
“Domainer Comics” was launched a few months ago, to bring some laughs to the domain investing community. It’s an open comic series, eager to deliver fun, caustic humor about ongoing happenings. 😀 If you missed earlier installments of the DomainGang Domainer Comics, click right here. Today’s domainer comic is all about domain investment advice dished […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Editorial : Domain industry’s dollars and cents
Looking at the calendar today, June 1st, I realized there hasn’t been an editorial for a long, long time. Therefore, I seize this opportunity to commit to a monthly post, addressing the domain industry and its direction. Tomorrow marks the 2nd anniversary of .XYZ, and the controversy surrounding its launch is more or less known, […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.WTF? Ready to spend a penny for every .XYZ domain?
As Daniel Negari disclosed in our parody post, the biggest .XYZ domain promotion in the universe is underway. For a limited time, until June 2nd, you can get .XYZ domains via Uniregistry for ONE CENT. You read that right, $0.01 dollars per .XYZ domain; that’s 100 .XYZ domains for every dollar. 😀 Next year you’ll […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Daniel Negari : Now a Buddhist, .XYZ CEO ready to visit Tibet
Daniel Negari, .XYZ founder and CEO, was on a blitz trip to China last week, to establish extended relationships with the Chinese domain registrars. Eager to expand the .XYZ empire beyond the Great Firewall of China, Negari broke the big news on Memorial Day: “I’ve discovered a new faith recently, and it’s not domain names. […]
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