December’s top Domain Name News
A look back at December in the domain world.
It’s time to kick-off 2017! The domain name investor community’s biggest annual meeting is on tap for Las Vegas later this month, and the energy will certainly be buzzing. But ahead of we close out 2016, let’s take a quick look at the top five stories on Reglike last month:
1. The most surprising fresh TLDs so far – I opined on which fresh TLDs have surprised me the most, both good and bad.
2. The Unhappy Decline of Oversee.net – Fresh details regarding the decline of Oversee.net, which once owned DomainSponsor, have come to light thanks to a lawsuit from one of the firm’s co-founders.
3. The fresh domain transfer policy goes into effect today. Here’s what you need to know. – Here’s how to avoid getting trapped with the fresh registrant transfer policy.
4. GoDaddy is buying NamesCon – GoDaddy’s $1.79 billion buyout of Host Europe Group will include the NamesCon conference.
5. This is big: China approves .Club, .VIP and .XYZ – Chinese residents can now host websites in China on these domain names. Later in the month, both .shop and .site were approved.
If you need something to listen to on the plane ride to Vegas, here are last month’s podcast episodes.
#113 – Saving Oliver Stone’s Domain Name
#114 – Nicole Henderson on Hosting
#115 – Chris Sheridan
#116 – The Annual Predictions Episode
