What happened in November in the domain business.
These were the top stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by views.
1. Here are the metaverse-related domains Meta (Facebook) has registered – It turns out it registered a lot more with privacy through its registrar. It also bought one at Sedo.
2. ICANN warns about alt-root blockchain domain names – As regular registrars start selling the domains, ICANN is worried that consumers won’t understand what they’re buying.
3. Bird.com domain name sells – A domain that sold (but didn’t) in an auction this year has now really sold.
4.Company that paid $3.5 million for IT.com is selling subdomains – Where have we seen this business model before? And how did it turn out?
5. NFT projects are leasing valuable .com domains – Two NFT projects are on perpetual leases from Venture.com for their domains.
Miss a podcast last month? Listen now:
Expired domains with Bill Sweetman – listen to part one and part two
Ron da Silva, former ICANN board member – listen
Startups and domains with Ben Katz – listen
How Namecheap tackles abuse – listen
