Reglikedomain industry desk

Domain news stories from March — Top 5

4chan and a registry buyout were top reads last month.

March was a very busy one for the domain name industry, punctuated by Neustar’s buyout of .Co. Here’s a look back at the top five stories on Reglike last month:

1. 4chan demands 4chan.com domain name – this post took off following hitting the front page of Hacker News.

2. Neustar purchases .CO for $109 million – In a surprising notice, Neustar stated it paid $109 million for the .co registry, which has regarding 1.6 million domains registered…

3. Why Neustar paid $109 million for .Co and what it means for fresh TLDs – …and here’s why they paid so much.

4. A first look at Frank Schilling’s fresh domain name registrar – Frank Schilling’s fresh domain name registrar Uniregistry came out last month.

5. Web.com purchases SnapNames – Web.com purchased the SnapNames expired domain name platform.

Also on the wire

Other reporting from the domain desk.

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