The BBC published a piece about political domain names. It seems that the Trump administration decided to register the domain name TodosConBiden.com. The Biden campaign is marketing to Hispanics on Twitter using Todos Con Biden (Everyone with Biden). From the article: On Wednesday the Biden campaign took to Twitter to announce its "Todos Con Biden" (Everyone with Biden) drive.The Trump camp … [Read more...]
Pocahontas.com redirecting to ElizabethWarren.com
A reader sent Michael some info on the domain name Pocahontas.com. The domain name is being pointed to ElizabethWarren.com. The domain names was registered in 1995 and was owned by a Christopher Kryzan and it was registered at Network Solutions. In 2016 the domain name moved to Google and went under privacy, Mr. Kryzan could very well still be the owner, and it looks like he is a Democrat, so … [Read more...]
Not everyone agrees with GoDaddy’s decision and Google has a lot of work ahead
One of the more prominent domain stories to be discussed in the mainstream has been the game of hot potato being played with The Daily Stormer domain and website. GoDaddy hosted the site and finally made the decision to tell the registrant to transfer their domain out. The Verge reported: Just hours after being dropped by GoDaddy, prominent white nationalist publication The Daily Stormer … [Read more...]
You have to strike while the iron is hot
Back in July of 2016 a gentleman named Shane Burchett got a lot of press as he had registered TrumpPence2016.com. TheAtlantic covered Burchett with an article titled, "The Investor Who Bought TrumpPence2016.com in April for $10." Burchett is a Dallas investor who guessed right and hoped to cash in for a six figure sum. My how time flies, the domain was due to expire a couple days ago, as it's … [Read more...]
Republicans getting an early start in the 2018 political domain wars
The game is already afoot for 2018 between Republicans and Democrats. According to an article on FreeBeacon.com The Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) has purchased domain names that they think might interest the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC ). They registered MarchInto2018.com, MarchInto18.com, MarchInto2018.org, and MarchInto18.org as well. "The Democratic … [Read more...]
Here Are The Domains In The Live RightoftheDot Auction From NamesCon Today and The Order
RightoftheDot has released the auction order for the live domain name auction that will take place starting at 3pm PST today from the Namescon conference in Las Vegas Remote bidding will be available on Namejet All bidders bidding remotely will need to sign up for a Namejet account here: … [Read more...]
Curt Schilling Files UDRP on Matching Domain CurtSchilling.com
Boston pitching legend Curt Schilling has filed a UDRP on his Matching .Com domain name CurtSchilling.com Mr. Schilling has also spoken about political ambitions running for Senator against Sen. Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts' 2018 Senate race. It appears the domain names has been owned by third parties since at least 2002. The domain name CurtSchilling.com currently forwards to … [Read more...]