Reglike stories from January — Top 5

Domain security, fresh TLDs, and two sessions from NamesCon were popular news topics last month.

The first month of 2014 flew by, and there was plenty going on in the domain name business.

Here’s a review of the top five stories on Reglike last month.

1. Network Solutions auto enrolls clients into $1,850 “WebLock” service – Network Solutions sent an email to some clients telling them they were going to be charged $1,850 for a fresh service. It later stated that clients will have to approve the service ahead of they will be charged.

2. Domain Owner Alert: Whois verification phishing scams have by now begun – whois accuracy phishing scams are nothing fresh, but they will increase this year thanks to fresh rules under the 2013 RAA.

3. Fresh TLDs come out with a whimper – the initial batch of fresh TLDs are facing a number of challenges.

4. NamesCon keynote: Frank Schilling’s comments on fresh TLDs – since Frank Schilling is both a big .com portfolio owner and fresh TLD applicant, people tend to listen to what he has to say regarding fresh top level domain names.

5. What WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg stated regarding domain names at NamesCon – Mullenweg discussed brand enforcement and fresh TLDs in a discussion at the NamesCon conference.