Name Stories of August 2007 — Top Domain

Here’s a review of the most popular stories this month on Reglike (ranked by page views).

#1: CreditCards.com files for IPO – you heard it on Reglike first. CreditCards.com, the firm, is going public at a valuation hundreds that of the domain’s price just a couple years ago.

#2: Tucows Revenue Falls Short, Stock Tumbles – Tucows was one of a number of domain name related stocks to take a hit this month.

#3: DomainSponsor Dumps Paychex – Domain name parking firm DomainSponsor disclosed that it was nixing its outsourced payments provider, Paychex, and bringing payments back in house.

#4: Communicate.com Stock Plummets, Joins Tucows, Marchex – remember that story regarding Tucows? Yeah, Communicate.com took a hit too.

#5 – $200,000 Sofa.com Domain May Have Been Stolen By Employee – here’s a warning to anyone buying a big ticket domain name.

Honorable mention goes to these articles, which received less traffic but many comments:

GoDaddy Files Patent for “Domain Name Expiration Protection” – discusses GoDaddy’s patent strategy. Will Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) buy GoDaddy?

Domain Name Panel Addresses Revenue Multiples, Potential Market Bubble – note on market views from Domain Roundtable in Seattle.

Why Is There No Transparency for Domain Parking Ads? – Google hides data regarding domain parking. This is bad for the industry.