information Brent Oxley Loses Access to Create.com, Plus Millions of Dollars Worth of His Domains

[James Iles]

Brent Oxley, the founder of HostGator, has been accruing a portfolio of ultra-premium domain names since he sold his hosting company for close to $300 million in 2013.

With purchases such as Give.com for $500,000, Broker.com for $375,000, and Texas.com for $1,007,500, Oxley has spent millions of dollars over the past few years accumulating this collection. According to his website, the portfolio is worth more than $25 million.

Oxley has now, however, lost access to a proportion of his portfolio

Read the full report on my blog

 

[FolioTeam]

Hmm, interesting.

 

[The Rover]

What a load of horse dung. Nothing but bogus claims from the party in India. Same crap, same attempts to scam, different day. Pathetic times we're living in now and the truth hurts.

 

[AEProgram]

With a portfolio like that start your own registrar. I hope things go well for him,

 

[GTBAAA]

Godaddy arbitrarily locks and deletes names far too often...

I don't trust my names there. I have two names there (total) - from auction wins. They will be moved as soon as 60 days passes...

 

[lambo.com]

Reminder, godaddy is going to be your daddy.

It is written in the psyche.

 

[GTBAAA]

Reminder, godaddy is going to be your daddy.

It is written in the psyche.

OK, John.

 

[lambo.com]

OK, John.

How's lockdown going and what is the status of your can inventory? Don't forget to move early on those Ocado orders.

 

[lambo.com]

Godaddy arbitrarily locks and deletes names far too often...

I don't trust my names there. I have two names there (total) - from auction wins. They will be moved as soon as 60 days passes...

Cute, congrats on your auction wins

 

[Kingslayer]

In the requests section on NamePros, you get people saying something on the lines of "i have a client with a budget of $500k to $1.5 million looking for single word com's".

Anyway in the past few months, I've messaged 2 of these people (even though i knew they was full of s**t and i was wasting my time) and both of them said something on the lines of "i've asked my client but they are not interested but I've gave your domain to other clients of mine" (ie acting as a broker on your behalf).

I shot that down straight away and made it clear 'YOU ARE NOT REPRESENTING THIS DOMAIN' and 'DON'T GIVE MY DOMAIN TO ANY MORE OF CLIENTS' because if i said "thank you" or "that's great" they've got you, you have basically gave them your blessing to do that and act as a representive on your behalf and they want £$£$£$.

Bottom line, be careful what you say in messages, there's many 2 bit brokers around and it looks like that who Brent as dealt with here. If you go the broker route go with a respectable broker and make sure there's a contract.

 

[pb]

With a portfolio like that start your own registrar.

It's costly and cumbersome, but ultimately it's the best protection...

 

[Grilled]

The locking of Oxley’s domains came about as a result of a civil suit filed in November 2019 by Puneet Agarwal in an Indian court.

Is @barybadrinath suing @hostgatorbrent? Or is Puneet Agarwal a common name?

https://www.namepros.com/threads/ba...e-is-no-room-for-threats-on-namepros.1186257/

Oxley also sent screenshots of hundreds of emails and instant messages allegedly sent by Agarwal to Oxley.

In one string of 99 messages allegedly sent by Agarwal, numerous threats are made to Oxley, including “Ur [sic] ranch will burn one day,” “Ur [sic] car will catch fire,” “I will also take help from black magic,” and “I will pray to devil god to fulfill it.”

In another string, messages include “Ur [sic] children will pay for ur [sic] bad karma,” “All ur [sic] money will be no use to them,” and “U [sic] will cry blood tears.”

I did reach out to Mr. Agarwal for comment on the article, but he declined.

Additional Reading: https://www.trademarksandbrandsonli...nsfer-of-domain-after-two-offers-to-sell-5089

 

[Samer]

So messed up; they went too far this time.

How? I’m not a lawyer, but it’s .com, not .in
How does India have jurisdiction?

Brent Oxley has the community’s backing.
He certainly has my backing. Lol.
Click James’ link above;

 

[Samer]

With a portfolio like that start your own registrar. I hope things go well for him,

The Registrar was Godaddy.

They dont deserve Brent Oxley.

You dont have to start your own registrar, Brent
Just change current one, even when win. They took you and your business for granted.

@jberryhill He’s the best. Go get ‘em, Brent!

 

[koolishman]

This broker is a member here I think.

 

[Jv1999]

Brent is really nice. I emailed him and he actually replied once and twice .... can't believe this happened though.

But I understand GD's stance... you don't F with the law. If a country's judicial branch says there's pending litigation, it would make no sense to not comply until the country itself tells you that it was a frivolous lawsuit.

 

[Mister Funsky]

wow

 

[BrandingGo]

Why not create own regisrar..?
Create.com a million dollar domain.

 

[lambo.com]

Crypto > Domains

 

[Samer]

Why not create own regisrar..?
Create.com a million dollar domain.

ICANN collects exorbitant fees; Either way.

Easier acquire registrar(since, passed already) than to apply fresh to start your own Registrar.