Reglikedomain industry desk

April’s top domain name stories

April’s top domain name stories

Here’s what made news in the domain name business last month.

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1. Namecheap and GoDaddy fight regarding domain aftermarket – GoDaddy president of domains Paul Nicks and Namecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall traded barbs on Twitter.

2. NFT firm Dapper Labs registers hundreds of domain names – AppDetex has landed a couple of NFT firms as clients and helped them register thousands of domains. I don’t see the point.

3. DomainAgents purchases Domain Boardroom – The firm purchased the site from Donna Mahony and plans to tweak the business model.

4. Fresh .com rankings: a surprise entry to the top 10 – The surprise entry fell back to earth the next month.

5. Three notes show trends in domain market – Keep an eye on what’s hot with these notes.

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The power of great domains – DNW Podcast #385

Unpredictable domain sales – DNW Podcast #384

Both sides of DNS abuse – DNW Podcast #383

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Also on the wire

Other reporting from the domain desk.

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