More .XXX please – We’re British! A new marketing campaign for .XXX domains by the ICM Registry has been unveiled in the UK. According to the campaign’s creators, M&C Saatchi London: have created a new tongue-in-cheek campaign to promote .XXX – the high level adult domain. Targeting adults the ads are due to go live on video screens in bars
DomainGang.com - 6 hr 9 min ago
German company NIVEA buys 10% of Sedo – Expands SedoMLS into facial moisturizers With more than 125 years of experience in skin care and one of the world’s most modern research centers, NIVEA is a powerhouse on the Internet as well. Acquiring 10% of Sedo sounds unreal, by all means. NIVEA, a sponsor of Domainfest, provided moisturizing cream to the domainers that shaved their heads for a good
DomainGang.com - 7 hr 11 min ago
Domain owner’s time to cash in on a sale of $250 million dollars According to an ancient Greek quote by Hippocrates, life is short and art is long, or “Ars longa, vita brevis” in its Latin version. Art comes in many formats, one of which is painting. One painting, in particular more than reaffirms the fact that investing in art can be extremely rewarding. Just recently, a painting
DomainGang.com - 8 hr 33 min ago
DNForum, QR.com and bidding drama Among the domains announced to have sold at Domainfest was QR.com – a two letter dot com of extreme appeal to the industry of QR codes that has infiltrated our lives, all while bar codes are dying a fast technological death. QR.com was listed as sold at $325,000 – a seriously awesome price – thus
DomainGang.com - 10 hr 20 min ago
Lana Del Rey on the cover of Vogue magazine Singer Lana Del Rey, talented daughter of domain investor Robert Grant has taken her successful career to a new level. Lana appears on the cover of the British edition of Vogue magazine; the March issue, in particular. Titled “The Fascinating Lana Del Rey“, the issue strategically places the words “Oh so pretty!R...
DomainGang.com - 23 hr 15 min ago
Frank Schilling, Moniker and SnapNames are now connected News of the sale of Moniker and SnapNames by Oversee to Luxemburg-based KeyDrive made a splash yesterday. The formation of KeyDrive occurred when Key-Systems and NameDrive merged last year, creating a physical as much as a brand merger. Very creative. Except, KeyDrive only owns the .LU ccTLD and not the .COM On the other hand,
DomainGang.com - Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 11:19
Domainfest: Ron Jackson and Frank Schilling shave heads for a good cause During the Domainfest after hours party, as reported at DNJournal, Vern Jurovich, Jeff Gabriel and Bill Lozada all shaved their heads in order for donations to be pledged for The Water School. Later on, after several drinks and long discussions about the state of the bad economy, Ron Jackson and uber-domainer Frank Schilling decided ...
DomainGang.com - Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 1:44
Firefox 10.0 is here and it breaks Network Solutions’ email Mozilla Firefox 10.0 was released yesterday and it seems that the new two digit version number is causing some trouble with server software that detects visiting browsers. Among other things, it seems that a bug reported to Bugzilla – the list for bugs related to the Mozilla code releases – generates some issues with Netw...
DomainGang.com - Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 23:9
Sean Stafford interview: The Road to Domaining Success Sean Stafford, Director of Services at DNS.com by Comodo, put his busy schedule aside for a short while and granted us an interview, sharing his views about life and domaining, and talked about what puts him on the road to domaining success. Sean, do you still invest in pure domain names versus businesses – and
DomainGang.com - Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 20:12
Zynga shares to rise on Facebook $5 billion IPO Zynga, the makers of various popular games including Words with Friends, was up 4% after hours at the NASDAQ index. The reason? Facebook will be having a $5 billion IPO, which will further solidify the involvement of satellite services such as Zynga. Like it or not, Facebook is being used by almost a billion people around
DomainGang.com - Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 17:48
Vikings’ revenge: The Pirate Bay moves to .SE Following the recent seizure of enormous file repository, Megaupload, the folks behind The Pirate Bay are moving their fleet to the Viking shores. The Pirate Bay has used .ORG as its TLD of choice for several years but apparently there is no safe harbor under US-based TLDs. Sweden is known for its liberal laws and
DomainGang.com - Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 14:15
What is Frank Schilling buying these days? These days, uber-domainer Frank Schilling has been busy buying low and selling high. The German-born, Canadian transplant to the Caymans is noted for his bidding strategy on different domain venues, including NameJet. During his latest digital 10-day run, Frankie acquired the following domains at frugal prices: aquariumlight.com $1,1...
DomainGang.com - Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 0:6
~R~ 10 Reasons why DomainGang won’t be going to Domainfest It’s with great sadness that we’ve decided not to attend Domainfest Santa Monica – the great industry event that opens its gates on February 1st.
While a lot of our readers will be disappointed – especially those on the West coast – there are several reasons why we chose not to attend at this time.
DomainGang.com - Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 21:52
~R~ Elliot Silver to sell several islands of his Bahamas.co property Having secured the virtual paradise of Bahamas.co, domain entrepreneur and investor, Elliot Silver announced today that very soon he will be offering several islands for sale.
The 29 island constellation off the Florida coast is a major tourist attraction.
DomainGang.com - Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 21:50
Natalia Velez is in love with Lucius! We can’t help it but disclose how overjoyed we are; Colombian model Natalia Velez announced on Twitter that she is in love with our editor, Lucius “Gunz” Fabrice! This is outstanding news, because the feelings are mutual. Natalia Velez will appear in the Super Bowl commercial for GoDaddy, promoting the .CO brand and...
DomainGang.com - Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 13:45
Megaupload trademark based on deception – Will it be canceled? Megaupload – the company under siege by the FBI – applied for a trademark at the USPTO in 2008; the trademark was issued a year later. The illustrious Megaupload CEO, Kim Schmitz eventually changed his name to Kim Dotcom. However, neither of these names appear on the USPTO application for the “Megaupload” trad...
DomainGang.com - Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 12:22
Sven Echternach of Megaupload was the buyer of Prince.com The sale of Prince.com made a big splash in September of 2010, when it was announced that Andew Rosener of MediaOptions brokered the domain for $235,000. Sven Echternach, the director of business development for the Megaupload company bought the domain on behalf of the corporation. Sven's name was quite unknown until it was ann...
DomainGang.com - Monday, January 30, 2012 - 21:36
Thousands of domainers flock to Domainfest in Santa Monica! Thousands of domainers are flocking to Domainfest, which opens its gates tomorrow, January 31st in Santa Monica, California. The three-day domain conference will accommodate a large party of domain investors from India and Pakistan, where domaining has exploded in 2011 due to new regulations by their respective governments. “We...
DomainGang.com - Monday, January 30, 2012 - 15:22
Megaupload scandal: Fat boy Kim Dotcom owns Kim.com and dozens of unseized domains! Kim Schmitz, the illustrious and larger than life CEO of Megaupload changed his name legally to Kim Dotcom and launched a multi-million digital empire. He also acquired the domain name Kim.com for an unspecified amount of money, rumored to have been in the upper $xx,xxx range. The 17 year old domain name Kim.com was handed
DomainGang.com - Monday, January 30, 2012 - 14:19
Divyank Turakhia: Here’s how I destroy your wallet! Divyank Turakhia, co-Founder & President at Directi, is a very likable guy. Despite his sizable wealth, Divyank behaves very down to earth at domainer gatherings, such as TRAFFIC. He also knows how to party. There is one problem though: Divyank’s known for ripping wallets, through the use of his business card. It’s ma...
