news DotDB Shutting Down or Not?

[GoKaizen]

Got this email from DotDB.

Website Shutting Down Notification

⚠ We have decided to shut down dotDB.com, and the website will stop operation on March 31, 2023. We no longer accept new members and subscriptions, effective from now. Please contact support at [email protected] if you need a refund for the unusable period of your subscriptions after March 31, 2023.

 

[AbdulBasit.com]

Kindly discard that email as the service is not shutting down. I'm in touch with the owner, and he assured me it's not closing. I can not share the exact reason behind that email, but rest assured that the service is not going offline.

 

[kor]

If you find out who the hackers are

It's not my duty to catch criminals.

If you want to question someone, you can contact the dotdb owners who are responsible for protecting the users' data.

You can think whatever you want but I know what has happened behind the scenes but can not share it.

One way or another, there is a serious security negligence.

They wouldn't have requested a password reset if it wasn't really a critical situation.

 

[owntype]

DotDB is NOT shutting down.

Just had a call with the owner.
More info will be officially announced by the DotDB.com team soon.

 

[buydomainnames]

Security should be the first priority for any online services before they offer product / professional services.

 

[GoKaizen]

No, dotDB.com isn't closing down but email database was apparently leaked - DomainGang

https://domaingang.com/domain-news/...own-but-email-database-was-apparently-leaked/

@Acroplex

 

[kor]

I can not share the exact reason behind that email

It's pretty simple; servers were hacked, "shutting down" emails were sent to all users via the administration panel, and someone stole the database with all the information.

That's why they're asking for a password reset.

 

[NicTraders]

No, dotDB.com isn't closing down but email database was apparently leaked - DomainGang

https://domaingang.com/domain-news/...own-but-email-database-was-apparently-leaked/

@Acroplex

You can think whatever you want but I know what has happened behind the scenes but can not share it.
Once again, feel free to assume what you would like to

As per DomainGang:
"
Update from dotDB: A former employee sent an unauthorized message to the dotDB user database, according to information we just received from the company. The incident is not related to a data leakage or a security issue; all users’ account information and passwords are well stored and encrypted.

Source: https://domaingang.com/domain-news/...own-but-email-database-was-apparently-leaked/
"

I wonder if said Former Employee is looking to start their own service, or maybe they're just disgruntled for some unknown reason?...

 

[Domain boy]

If you think domain industry is sinking and want to get rid of your domains please contact me lol

for the right price i'll buy them xD

 

[GoKaizen]

Looks like that was a fake email. Sorry everyone!

It looked like it came from DotDB.com and I only used that account for domain logins.

 

[Embrand]

And now this new email. What on Earth is going on?

dotDB is NOT Shutting Down!​ Dear dotDBers, We would like to clarify that some of our users have received an email from a spammer stating that dotDB is shutting down. This is absolutely NOT true. Please just ignore the fake announcement and Reset your password if you haven't done so after January 28. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at [email protected]. Thank you!

 

[AbdulBasit.com]

It seems now detail search result becomes premium feature. Not the shame with beforeShow attachment 231609

I believe this feature was already under the paid plans. I don't see any changes to that.

 

[DnPalace]

Bummer. I really like their site.

 

[kam]

oh no. I use it every day especially the bulk search tool. What alternatives do we have now?

I have already created somethings similar in a small scale for my self use and it's default sort by Count.

Feel free to try it out. Just add the keyword after ?Search=


https://beta.mydomaintool.com/?search=check
https://beta.mydomaintool.com/?search=domain

 

[asxforum]

dotDB is NOT Shutting Down!​

Just got this from dotdb.com

 

[Mkt Sales Leads]

Wouldn't be surprised if GoDaddy were sniffing around after their next acquisition.

 

[bmugford]

Got this email from DotDB.

On the website it says -

We would like to clarify that some of our users have received an email from a spammer stating that dotDB is shutting down. This is absolutely not true. Please just ignore the fake announcement and Reset your password if you haven't done so after January 28.

I guess I was late to the party.

Brad

 

[Surya Giri Kurniawan]

It seems now detail search result becomes premium feature. Not the shame with before

 

[Haroon Basha]

Why they are shutting it down? It was a useful website for millions of domainers. Is domain industry itself is SINKING?

 

[Tepnu]

Just because a business is shutting down , it doesn't mean the entire industry is in some trouble , as long as we use mobiles and etc to be online , this industry only expands

 

[Nihar Khurana]

oh no. I use it every day especially the bulk search tool. What alternatives do we have now?

 

[KTC]

Kindly discard that email as the service is not shutting down. I'm in touch with the owner, and he assured me it's not closing. I can not share the exact reason behind that email, but rest assured that the service is not going offline.

Good news to hear. It does raise a good question of if this actually comes to fruition someday, what are the current alternatives? Do any of them exist?

 

[asxforum]

dotDB - Website Shutting Down Notification​

That email came from dotdb.com

 

[Haroon Basha]

Thank God, it is mischievous work of a spammer. DotDB is not shutting down. It is official.

 

[VadimK]

Yeah, it's a fake notification. I talked to Ken too (the owner of dotdb) - all works as before, no shutting down.