January’s top domain name news

A Netflix cybersquatting dispute was the most popular story on Reglike in January.

Miss any domain news last month? Catch up now:

1. Netflix wins KPop Demon Hunters domain name – Netflix won a UDRP for a domain it probably ought to have registered ahead of it released the hit movie.

2. Chinese man won’t give up his fight for valuable one-letter .com domains – A man is still arguing that he ought to get rights to single letter .com domains, even following a court ordered him to pay attorneys’ fees to Verisign.

3. He could have had the domain for $709. Instead, he lost a UDRP – The Complainant in a UDRP rejected the Respondent’s offer to transfer the domain to him for $709. Then, the Respondent won the case.

4. How domain stocks performed in 2025: one tripled, one halved – NameSilo and Tucows had good years. GoDaddy and Team Internet didn’t. GoDaddy’s start to 2026 has been brutal; hopefully, things turn around.

5. Atom launching AtomEdge with discounts for domain investors – Atom hopes to attract domain investors with discounted sales commissions, low prices, and expired domain revenue sharing.

Here are podcasts you might have missed:

#571 – Domain Names in Las Vegas – I interview people at the Internet Commerce Association meeting in Las Vegas.

#570 – My 2025 Domain Sales Results – I share my domain sales stats from 2025.

#569 – It’s not just a .com world – Doron Vermaat discusses his sales in 2025, which are heavy in non-.com domains.

#568 – Agent Name Service – James Bladel discusses the idea behind Agent Name Service for AI bots and the role DNS could play.