• Home
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • Awards
  • Privacy Policy
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • RSS
TheDomains.com

A Rumble in the Bronx over a Couple .Nyc Domains

October 23, 2014 by Raymond Hackney

The Daily News has an interesting story today about two .nyc domains that are at the heart of an online turf war in The Bronx. Welcome2thebronx.nyc and welcometothebronx.nyc. are being used as digital bargaining chips as one Bronx blogger wants another to retract statements and stop harassing her in a dispute that seems to be about of all things, a Whole Foods Market.

An online dispute rooted in the Bronx has turned into a battle of domains.

Blogger Ed Garcia Conde claims he’s being extorted by a fellow borough blogger who registered a .nyc domain using his well-known “welcome2thebronx” handle.

The South Bronx writer was livid when he discovered the new URL names, offered by the city this month, were already registered by Ruth Papazian, better known by her blog name “Bronx Hipster.”

“There is no reason for her to take that name if there is no malicious intent,” said Garcia Conde, of Melrose. “I believe she acted unethically.”

Through a mediator, the “Hipster” asked Garcia Conde to fork over $250 and to retract any negative statements he has made on social media about her in the past before she signs over the two domains: welcome2thebronx.nyc and welcometothebronx.nyc.

Garcia Conde calls the demands an attempt at extortion over his own intellectual property.

“All I want is what’s rightfully mine,” the 39-year-old said. “We never really met eye-to-eye, but this is the ultimate act of aggression.”

Read the full story on NYDailyNews.com

Filed Under: .NYC

About Raymond Hackney

Raymond is a writer, domain trader and consultant based in Pennsylvania. Raymond is the founder of 3Character.com and TLDInvestors.com.

« $5.6 Million A Good Buy For .Realty To Compete with .Realestate, Realtor, .Property., .MLS & .IMMO?
.NYC Landrush Auctions Are Underway »

Comments

  1. Joseph Peterson says

    October 23, 2014 at 12:36 pm

    How petty is it that 2 bloggers — both located in the Bronx — go to the worldwide web, striking poses and calling one another names rather than meeting up to resolve their $250 difference over coffee! That’s hardly more than cab fare.

    “[T]his is the ultimate act of aggression?” I can think of a few acts more ultimate than registering a domain.

    • Ruth Papazian says

      March 25, 2015 at 7:52 pm

      Hi:

      I just came across this post, and wanted to make a couple of things clear.

      I was an unwilling participant in this article. Ed Conde Garcia went to The Daily News and made all sorts of defamatory accusations against me, after which the reporter emailed me and forced me to respond with “my side” of the so-called story.

      I had been subjected to months of online harassment by Conde and his friends on social media that escalated to threats of physical violence after I purchased the two .nyc domain names. I was going to transfer the two domain names to him if he reimbursed me for what I paid for them via Go Daddy during the premium registration period, and posted a statement on his social media pages retracting previous allegations, such as my having taken bribes from the Bronx Borough President. He turned down the deal, because he wanted to continue harassing me more than he wanted the domain names.

      If Conde thinks he has a case, he can certainly go through ICANN’s arbitration process like any other normal person, instead of inciting his friends and followers to “go South Bronx” on me, etc.

      All I want is to get my good name and reputation back, and not to be harassed, bullied or threatened with violence by Conde and his friends. I don’t think that’s petty on my part at all.

      Ruth

  2. Acro says

    October 23, 2014 at 2:11 pm

    Don’t mess with The Bronx, bro.


Recent Articles

  • MariaSharapova.com expires and closes over $22K at GoDaddy auctions
  • Sedo weekly domain name sales led by JPR.com
  • NameJet/SnapNames April 2022 Sales Report

Recent Comments

  • Brad on Quite possibly the ugliest name to sell for three figures ever?
  • John on Q1 2022 Liquid Domains Report sees a sharp drop in median prices
  • JayDee on What do you have for $2K or less? list up to 3 names for sale
  • Robert McLean on Q1 2022 Liquid Domains Report sees a sharp drop in median prices
  • Hafiz Khan on Visionary.vc surpasses Solar.vc to be highest reported .vc domain name sale

Polls

How Many .Web Domains Will Be Registered 1 Year After Launch

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...
  • Polls Archive

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Categories

Archives

domain name news

Copyright ©2019 TheDomains.com — Published by Worldwide Media, Inc. — Site by Nuts and Bolts Media