April’s top domain name stories
GoDaddy auctions, WooCommerce and Uzi Nissan made news last month.
These were the most popular stories on Reglike last month, ranked by number of views.
1. West Virginia airport tries to reverse hijack a domain name – Air travel can make the news for hijackings, but this airport is in focus for a different kind of hijacking.
2. GoDaddy to nix client listings on GoDaddy Auctions – GoDaddy will no longer allow clients to start auctions on its auction platform. I didn’t know people still did this, but a couple of people reached out following the news to say they did — and one stated it’s his entire business model.
3. Changing domains is hard. Just ask WordPress – If one of the most influential web firms can have a hard time, imagine what smaller businesses are up against.
4. Judge orders Nissan.com transferred back to estate of Uzi Nissan – It’s one of the most famed domain names on the internet. And the heirs of Uzi Nissan are getting it back following it was stolen.
5. Man gets $486k judgment against Rob Monster and Epik Inc over stolen domain – The man’s stolen domain ended up being owned by Epik, and Epik passed it on to an unsuspecting domain investor.
Miss a podcast? Catch up here:
Rebranding to Atom – DNW Podcast #482
Wacky domain name tales – DNW Podcast #481
.Ape in to fresh TLDs – DNW Podcast #480
A golden domain sale – DNW Podcast #479
O Canada! – DNW Podcast #478
