Name stories in July — Top domain

Take a summer vacation last month? Here are some of the stories you might have missed.

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These were the top stories on Reglike last month, ranked by views.

1. DNS firm files antitrust lawsuit against GoDaddy – A firm that assists people with changing their DNS records alleges that GoDaddy has unfairly blocked it.

2. How one domain investor cracked the brandable domain code – I got some blowback from readers regarding this story since it’s not regarding someone selling a lot of brandable domains. Still, I think the seller’s process includes some good steps worth emulating.

3. ICANN sends breach notice to .top domain name registry – ICANN states .top has failed to comply with Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) requests, does not have a proper process for handling DNS abuse complaints, and is behind on its payments to ICANN. .Top is also on the naughty list in a fresh note regarding phishing.

4. Google is increasing domain prices up to 25% – Google is increasing the wholesale price of some of its domain names, counting the popular .dev and .app extensions.

5. Friend.com didn’t spend 75% of its capital on its domain name – There’s been a lot of talk regarding a firm called Friend, which raised a $2.5 million investment round. It bought friend .com for regarding $1.9 million, leaving some to assume it spent most of its investment on the domain. But the purchase was on a payment plan.

Miss a podcast? Listen now:

#491 – Recovering stolen domains – Bill Hartzer explains how domain names get stolen and how he has helped firms get them back.

#492 – Economic termites – Matt Stoller, research director for American Economic Liberties Project, explains why he thinks the US government ought to step in to reduce the price of .com domain names.

#493 – My domain sales so far this year – In this solo episode, I run through my sales data for the first half of the year. It wasn’t good.

#494 – Advice for selling more domains – Jeffrey Gabriel explains how I might be able to turn around my sales this year.