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One of the hottest songs being played and parodied right now is PSY’s Gangnam Style. You can’t really turn on the radio to a hits station or go to a night club/bar and not hear this song played at least once. There’s no doubt that it’s catchy and it’s fun.

The owner of the GangnamStyle.com domain name hope this means a big payday, just like the owner of CallMeMaybe.com who put the domain name up for sale on Ebay about a month ago. There is a “for sale” landing page currently on GangnamStyle.com.

The domain name is owned by someone who appears to be from Seoul, South Korea, and it was originally registered July 21, 2012. The video was uploaded to YouTube on July 15. I asked for a price quote and was told the price is over $10,000,000.

I am sure the owner has received plenty of inquiries, but I think is pricing is a bit aggressive, sort of like the Gangnam Style dance.

Cowboys.com is now a dating website, and a number of sports and mainstream news publications have picked up on the news. Some people have speculated that the new website may be a ploy to get the NFL Dallas Cowboys to buy Cowboys.com. In the words of one commenter, “I just can’t help but feel this is a ploy to shock the Dallas Cowboys into action. If so very well played.”

The Cowboys.com ownership group once put the domain name up for sale via Sedo, but a deal it never materialized. I would not be surprised if the group would be willing to sell the domain name now for the right price.

That said, I am wondering if you think the Dallas Cowboys will ever purchase the Cowboys.com domain name. My guess would be that many people type in Cowboys.com looking for information about the Dallas Cowboys to buy tickets, memorabilia, and clothing. Most will likely go to Google or directly navigate to the correct site, but there may be some traffic loss by not owning the brand.

So… do you think the Dallas Cowboys will ever buy Cowboys.com? Answer in the poll below.

Domain Capital  and a partner just launched a new website on GraduatePrograms.com. The domain name is a  Domain Capital-owned property, and the company entered into  a partnership to form Graduate Programs LLC.

The newly launched website is “an online destination for prospective students to explore graduate school programs with information from the most reliable source: their peers.”

Domain Capital will not be operating the new website, and the company is excited about its prospects. According to company President Robert Alfano, “We are very excited about the launch of graduateprograms.com and the vision that our partners have for this amazing domain name.”

According to the Google Adwords Keyword Tool, the broad search volume for “graduate programs” is 1.5 million monthly and the exact match is 6,600 monthly. These strong search numbers indicate there are many people searching for graduate programs, and developing the site could drive serious revenues for Domain Capital and its partners.

The press release announcing the launch is below: