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Top 5 domain stories — Last month’s

Top 5 domain stories — Last month’s

Three-letter domains and a Chinese perspective.

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Here’s a look back at the top stories on DNW last month (as ranked by views) plus a link to all of the fresh podcasts.

1. It’s crazy that 3 three-letter domains dropped this month – People are letting valuable domain names expire.

2. Meet Yue Dai, the man who owns the most two-letter .com domains – Chinese domain investor Yue Dai has a stellar domain name portfolio. Read what he thinks regarding the domain market.

3. GoDaddy goes vertical with Neustar registry buyout – The world’s largest domain name registrar will become a wholesaler of top level domains.

4. Redacted Whois at GoDaddy: a revenue hit but better client experience – It’s time for GoDaddy to make a change but it needs to manage the revenue downside.

5. Amazon slashes affiliate payouts up to 80% – Website owners that depend on Amazon’s affiliate program got unwelcome news in April.

Podcasts:

What this domainer learned – Listen

Domains in Hollywood – Listen

Bored Humans – Listen

Liquidating your domain names – Listen

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