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It's surprising seeing Stud.com, a domain that not too long ago was touted as the next up-and-coming domain brokerage platform for high value domains, resolving to a PPC page. The Domain King, Rick Schwartz, spent countless hours (and money) developing the project. Somehow along the way the Stud project was dropped. The domain is currently […...
Indian domain investor, Swetha Yenugula, has returned on X (Twitter) with her personal account, after a short recess. Swetha's account, @swethayenugula, carries a post with a personal message that is worth reading. Focused on domain sales, Swetha shared news of a new domain sale: Recess.xyz was sold for $17,888 dollars on Afternic. Quite appropriat...
DomainGang.com will be inaccessible between 8:00pm Eastern today April 30th, to approximately 2:00am Eastern on May 1st, due to scheduled maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience. Any status updates will be posted on X. The post DomainGang.com: Scheduled maintenance appeared first on DomainGang.
The domain Renewcda.com was allowed to remain with its current registrant, Renew Aesthetics, after a failed attempt by RENU MEDISPA, LLC to seize it via the UDRP process. The Forum panel ruled that RENU MEDISPA didn't prove it had enforceable trademark rights in its name, pointing out that its state registrations and scant evidence of […] The...
In January 2025, World Host Group acquired A2 Hosting, a performance-focused provider known for speed and developer-friendly tools. The deal expanded World Host Group's portfolio to over 25 brands and more than 500,000 customers. And now for the bigger news: A2 Hosting is rebranding to Hosting.com, utilizing a premium domain to strengthen its globa...
Domain registrar Spaceship launched its Seller Hub a few days ago to a small group of beta testers. Feedback has been positive and today the Seller Hub was opened to all Spaceship users, as a "public beta." Spaceship CEO Richard Kirkendall stated: Just released, Spaceship SellerHub to public beta. You can now find this directly […] The post S...
The domain Firefly.com is a former asset of Microsoft, acquired by James Booth in 2017 and subsequently sold to Drew Rosener of Media Options for Bitcoin. In 2019, Firefly Aerospace acquired the domain name as we reported, indicating that Media Options sold it. Firefly.com no longer resolves to the web site of Firefly Aerospace, however; […] ...
Sedo Domain Sales report: The domain IMG.org sold for $20,000 dollars tops this week's list of sales at the Sedo marketplace. This is the latest domain sales report by Sedo.com, for the week ending on April 29, 2025. Information in this report has been provided by Sedo, kind sponsors of DomainGang. The original […] The post #Sedo : Domain s...
Sedo Domain Sales report: The domain Raju.com sold for $68,000 dollars tops this week's list of sales at the Sedo marketplace. This is a delayed domain sales report by Sedo.com, for the week ending on April 22, 2025. Information in this report has been provided by Sedo, kind sponsors of DomainGang. The original […] The post #Sedo : Domain s...
Anyone.com is now live, hosting Reza Sardeha‘s vision of a platform that would among other things finance the purchase of homes at affordable rates. The Dan.com founder shared news of his project's live status, stating: After building and exiting Dan.com, I wasnt looking for something easy. I was looking for something broken. Something the wo...
The domain name ExecutiveBranch.com has been acquired by a new venture co-founded by Donald Trump Jr. According to WHOIS data records provided by DomainTools, the domain changed hands in late March. The venture, called Executive Branch, was formed as a private, by invitation-only club that charges $500,000 dollars to its members. The Executive Bran...
Domain registrar Spaceship has resolved an issue involving 154 domains, after a domain investor complained that his entire domain portfolio was moved to redemption status. Sending out a message of dismay over X, Andy noted publicly that his domains were somehow "deleted": "HELP!!! @NamecheapCEO Someone with the Spaceship Team just went into my acco...
The premium domain Mine.com has been sold for well over half a million dollars after a longer than expected auction completed at DropCatch. The Mine.com auction required all bidders above the $500,000 dollar threshold to be pre-qualified. The final, winning bid for Mine.com: $680,000 dollars, placed by DropCatch user "17excom". That domain bidding ...
The X account of Indian domain investor, Swetha Yenugula, appears to have been suspended. Visits to @DomainNameGear on X, formerly Twitter, display the following message: There is no indication about the reasons behind this suspension. On X, Swetha has typically shared news about her own personal sales and amplified news about the success of others...
A UDRP complaint filed by RTX Corporation against the domain MikroSystems.com, a 2000 registration, used 2001 as a reference date for the MIKRO SYSTEMS mark. That trademark, however, was registered with the USPTO on March 4, 2025 as records show. Although the domain name appears to be parked with PPC ads, the Complainant pivoted their […] The...
Three letter .com domains (LLL .com) are known as the quintessential trading coin of the domain industry. For the past 25 years, the three letter .com market has risen, plateaued, fell, and risen again. Just like any open market where demand drives sales, the three letter .com market meets demand among end-user buyers that need […] The post L...
Another aged domain has changed hands: Lombardy.com was sold by First Place Internet, continuing their active streak of domain sales. The buyer of Lombardy.com remains unknown. However, the domain was quickly relisted for sale at Afternic with an asking price of $295,000 dollars! Meanwhile, Lombardy.com now forwards to an inquiry page hosted on the...
Brandon Abbey, formerly of Payoneer and Escrow.com, has shared news of a new career with Trustap. Trustap offers a secure transaction solution that people can use via certain marketplaces, e-commerce sites, or directly through our app. As a verified partner of Stripe, Trustap ensures safe online transactions, prioritizing user protection with our r...
DropCatch is auctioning off its latest catch at the drop, the domain Mine.com. Registered in 2000 before it expired at Spaceship, Mine.com has attracted numerous bidders that bid hundreds of thousands of dollars for a chance to own it. With three days left until the end of the auction, the highest bid sits at $412,500 […] The post Mine.com au...
Priority Air Express UK Limited tried to get the domain Priority-airs.com from its registrant using the UDRP process. It didn't work out, despite proving that the Respondent used the domain to impersonate the Complainant's business, even attempting to disrupt it. The reason: The Complainant's lack of a live, registered trademark due to allowing the...
Ocean Front Domains (OFD) rolled out a new, AI-driven domain valuation tool. Unlike other, established tools such as Estibot and Saw.com‘s homegrown valuator, OFD is interactive and rather chatty. Most likely driven by ChatGPT and trained on a cache of reported domain sales, OFD is welcome as a new addition.Many domain investors appreciate th...
Realtors take note: Your personal brand requires a domain name that should include your own name. In the case of Kathy Byrd, a realtor with the state of Alabama, her full name was registered by someone in her home state in the form of 3 domains: KathyByrd.com, KathyByrd.net, and KathyByrdRealty.com. This covered the full base […] The post Kat...
JD Sports Fashion plc is a British multinational retailer specializing in branded sports fashion and outdoor apparel, footwear, and accessories. Founded in 1981 in Manchester, UK, the company has expanded globally, operating over 4,500 stores across 36 countries. JD Sports began its international expansion in 2009 with the acquisition of Chausport,...
The domain name TXT.com was reported as sold for $502,400 dollars with the sale taking place on Fruits.co, a relatively new platform to sell domains on. Registered in 1990, TXT.com was sold in 2023 for $300,000 dollars according to Namebio. The newly reported sale is a nice flip but it's an LTO that spans 12 […] The post TXT.com reported as s...
Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 1936 in Buenos Aires, was the first Jesuit and Latin American pope, serving from 2013 until his death on April 21, 2025, at age 88 from a stroke and heart failure. Known for his humility and progressive views, the late Pope Francis championed social justice and addressed clerical […] The post Pope D...
The UDRP filed against the domain Soskin.com ended with a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking – an easy decision, as the Respondent's last name is Soskin. ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION CENTER ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION Cosmetic Research Group v. Robert Soskin Case No. D2025-0784 1. The Parties The Complainant is Cosmetic Research Group, F...
Veracyte, Inc. sought the transfer of the domain Genomedx.com via the UDRP process, claiming common law rights to the GENOMEDX mark. The case was so weak that the lack of a response by the Respondent did not sway the Forum panelist into the Complainant's side. Said the panelist: Complainant asserts that it has common law […] The post Genomedx...
The Forward, a historic pillar of Jewish-American journalism, has announced the acquisition of the premium web domains Yiddish.com and Yiddish.org. The domains were donated by Elie Hirschfeld, a New York-based real estate developer and philanthropist who serves as president of Hirschfeld Properties and founder of the Hirschfeld Foundation. Rachel F...
(Sponsored) Freename has launched a game-changing platform that bridges the gap between Web3 and traditional domains. Debuting on April 7, 2025, the Freename Aftermarket is the first unified marketplace where blockchain and standard domain names are traded togetheroffering a seamless experience across both ecosystems. A Unified Hub for Brands and D...
The acquisition of a business due to bankruptcy is a straightforward process: a court order describes the assets that must be transferred via the liquidation. In the case of InlandBoatClub.com the business folded and two years ago the assets' transfer to the new owner was agreed upon. Except that the domain wasn't transferred. Not smartly, […...
Greetings and jubilations, my domainer brothers and sisters, on this glorious Easter Sunday! I, Father Domainicus, arrive bearing eulogies and full to my ears with a sacrificial lamb meal. Today we celebrate the resurrection of the Domain Spirit, but not without solemn remembrance of the truths we have lost along the way. Let us bow […] The p...
Sedo, our kind sponsor, is holding a week-long auction, featuring keyword domain names from April 17-24, 2025. These domains consist of single or two words primarily, in a variety of TLDs and ccTLDs. A total of 162 domain names are included in the Sedo auction with each domain having its own reserve price. From that […] The post Seven with Se...
The domain Libbs.com existed in 2008 but dropped and was acquired via DropCatch for $765 dollars in 2022. Libbs.com was resold for $1,000 dollars this year, according to notes in the UDRP filed by Libbs Farmaceutica Ltda, a Brazilian company that claimed it has rights to the LIBBS mark going back to 1961. The Chinese […] The post Own the LiBB...
Spaceship has rolled out the beta version of its Seller Hub platform, available to customers at Spaceship.com. The domain registrar enabled the Seller Hub to select accounts, looking for participation of large domain portfolios. Our first take at the Spaceship Seller Hub is positive, taking into consideration the fact that it's under development an...
Escrow.com released its Domain Investment Index report for the fourth quarter (Q4/2024) of last year. This important quarterly report takes the pulse of the domain industry's metrics and trends. Escrow.com is the leading licensed online escrow service used for premium domain transactions. In Q4/2024, Escrow.com processed $92 million in domain sales...
The ultra-premium domain Windsurf.com was acquired by Windsurf, an artificial intelligence-assisted coding tool formerly known as Codeium. The company moved to using the domain Windsurft.ai that began forwarding to Windsurf.com sometime in March. Reflex Publishing, Inc. were the sellers of Windsurf.com, in yet another "under the radar" domain trans...
Armenia becomes the second country to mirror its ccTLD, .AM, on the blockchain, using the technology provided by WebUnited. Any .AM domain can now be mirrored on the blockchain, unlocking Web3 features without altering the name, workflow, or DNS setupbringing seamless Web3 access to ccTLDs while preserving full Web2 functionality. "With WebUnited's...
Two aged domains, Breed.com and Fungus.com, changed hands in recent days, after their previous registrant sold them. Florida based First Place Internet appears to have sold the two domains to different buyers: Fungus.com was acquired by domain investor Brent Oxley, as the landing page suggests. Fungus.com was registered in 1995. Meanwhile, Breed.co...
The domain BeliaHome.com was listed on GoDaddy auctions/Afternic with an asking price of $100,000 dollars. Jafer Enterprises R&D, S.L.U., Spain, is the owner of several registered trademarks, including BELIA, BELIA CASA & ESTILO and BELIA HOME. They filed a UDRP at the WIPO to get the domain name, basing their argument on that domain listin...
The owner of the aged, generic domain DreamStudio.com sought to get $750,000 dollars plus a job with Stability AI, a British artificial intelligence company renowned for its contributions to the field of generative AI. The company wasn't amused by either request, offering $20,000 dollars instead in order to upgrade its domain from the .ai variant. ...
Internet technology company, SynCpoint, Inc., won the UDRP filed by S & S Towing Inc. for the domain SSTowing.com. SyncPoint is operated by domain investor and entrepreneur, David Lahoti, who has been addressing two concurrent UDRP cases. The Forum panelist deciding on the case, stated that the domain's registration predates the Complainant's t...
Spaceship delivered on its promise to open its highly-anticipated Seller Hub today; while it's in beta, the platform is functional and open to select beta-testers. The Seller Hub is bow available in the Spaceship menu, among the other domain management options. Once that icon is selected, the Seller Hub appears: Adding domains is easy and […]...
Depending on how you capitalize it, LedgerStax.com or LedgersTax.com, the domain remains the same; Ledger SAS, France, wanted to claim it via the UDRP process. They hold a French trademark for LEDGER STAX. The Respondent disputed the Complainant's claims and pointed to the alternate, "ledgers tax", as a compound formed from two dictionary words. Th...
Mobility SAS, France, filed a UDRP to usurp the aged (reg: 2004) domain NovaGaming.com from its Argentinian registrant. The Complainant's brand was granted registration in France in 2021. The Complainant operates from the domain NovaGaming.tech and found the asking price for NovaGaming.com to be exorbitant at $20,000 dollars per its Sedo listing. T...
Sedo Domain Sales report: The domain WeaveRobotics.com sold for 100,000 Euro ($112,873 dollars) tops this week's list of sales at the Sedo marketplace. This is the latest domain sales report by Sedo.com, for the week ending on April 15, 2025. Information in this report has been provided by Sedo, kind sponsors of DomainGang. […] The post #Se...
Paychex of New York is a "leading provider of integrated human capital management solutions for human resources, payroll, insurance, and benefits outsourcing services" for small to medium-sized businesses. Its PAYCHEX trademark was registered in 1995. The company filed a UDRP against the domain PaychexForMoms.com which was registered in 2024. The d...
Nate, founded in 2018, raised over $50 million in funding.Operating from the domain Name.tech, the company secured a $38 million Series A round led by Renegade Partners, with support from investors like Coatue and Forerunner Ventures. Nate claimed its app allowed users to make purchases from any e-commerce site with a single click using AI. […...
In recent weeks, Saw.com mentioned that its back-end stats would count all visitors, including traffic that would arrive from bots and crawlers. That approach led to elevated traffic numbers that don't represent human activity. Saw.com is now changing that approach, switching certain filters on, so that bot traffic isn't included in domain statisti...
Domain name evaluation tools have been around for years, attempting to automate the process of domain appraisals. Estibot, Saw, GoDaddy, and Atom provide such tools, with some producing higher numbers that tend to agree with a human's perspective of domain value. Using AI, tools can improve their ability to accurately gauge a domain name's potentia...
Pig butchering is a scam, typically a long con, that combines romance, investment fraud, and cryptocurrency. Originating in China, the term comes from the Chinese phrase for "pig-butchering plate" where the "pig" (the victim) is "fattened up" with affection and trust before being "slaughtered" (financially drained). A recent seizure by the US Secre...
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