5 Domain Name Stories — December’s Top

Here’s how 2016 concluded in the domain name world.

It’s 2016 and NamesCon is just around the corner. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves–what big news stories broke last month?

From a poor UDRP decision to the buyout of Michael Berkens’ domain name portfolio, here are the top 5 stories on Reglike last month.

2. GoDaddy purchases Mike Berkens’ WorldWide Media domain name portfolio – in a surprising notice, Michael Berkens almost his entire domain name portfolio to GoDaddy.

3. SEC investigating Endurance International Group – the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the rollup’s finances.

4. China to enforce Real Name Verification on .Com Domain Names – it’s regarding to get more difficult to people in China to do business with Chinese domain name registrars.

5. Frank Schilling invests another $1 million in Rightside – Schilling has invested over $8 million in the firm.

Here are last month’s podcast episodes:

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