December’s top domain name stories

A look back at the holiday month in the domain name business.

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These were the top five stories on Reglike last month:

1. 14 things you can’t do with .AI domain names – .ai is a country code domain, and you ought to understand the rules Anguilla has placed on it…which are constantly changing.

2. ICANN debates action following community member’s antisemitic comments – He is behind a domain registrar, a UDRP provider, and an L-Root operator. ICANN is trying to figure out how best to respond to his comments.

3. Two things to do today for your Afternic domain names – One isn’t quite as urgent as I thought, but owners of .io and .xyz domains ought to take notice of the other.

4. Using Domain Academy’s Research Snapshot to evaluate domains – Some nifty data tools help when evaluating domain names.

5. 3 end user domain buyers tell their stories – A lease-to-own deal, a ccTLD-to-gTLD upgrade, and an expired domain purchase.

Here are podcasts you might have missed:

2023’s top stories – DNW Podcast #465

NIS2 is here – DNW Podcast #464