.Co, Tesla, Spaceship and more: Top domain name stories from June
A change for .co domains, a surging domain registrar, and more top stories from last month on Reglike.
Here’s what happened in the domain business last month:
1. GoDaddy loses .co contract to TIG partnership – The “original” winners of the contract to commercialize .co have lost the renewal. A partnership between Team Internet Group and CCI REG, a Colombian domain name registrar, won the bidding following agreeing to give Colombia 92% of revenues.
2. Firms recently bought these 15 domain names – Do you read our weekly end user sales notes? They are a great way to see what types of domains end users are buying (and how much they’re paying for them).
3. GoDaddy releases details of fresh, more expensive Pro plan for domain investors – Domain investors will start paying more for GoDaddy’s Discount Domain Club.
4. Top domain registrars: Spaceship helps Namecheap rocket higher – Namecheap continues to grow its main registrar, and Spaceship is accounting for much of the overall firm’s growth, too. Also, check out a walkthrough of adding domains to Spaceship’s SellerHub. Domains on SellerHub now show up in Namecheap’s search results, and the firm plans to eventually discontinue showing Sedo and Afternic names there.
5. Tesla wins cybersquatting case against Russian cryptocurrency scammer – The firm won 52 domains in a UDRP.
Miss a podcast? Listen now:
Domains in the Middle East – #541 – I learned a great deal regarding which top level domains are most popular in the Middle East during this discussion with Munir Badr.
Atom becomes a registrar – #540 – Darpan Munjal explains three goals he hopes to accomplish by becoming a registrar. He also shares a surprising stat regarding .AI domains.
Featured Purchases HARO – #539 – Following its former owners decommissioned it, Featured swooped in to restart HARO.
The fresh fresh TLD opportunity – #538 – Christa Taylor and I discuss some changes for the upcoming round of top level domain expansion.
Greatest hits: inventing the DNS – #537 – A replay of one of the most interesting interviews I’ve recorded. Hear regarding the early days of domain names with DNS inventor Paul Mockapetris.
