A look back at November in the domain name business.
In a roundabout way, China accounted for 3 of the top 5 stories on Domain Name Wire last month. This makes sense given the unprecedented runup in prices for short and numeric domain names is driving the domain name business.
Here are the top five stories from Domain Name Wire last month:
1. Be careful of domain name pumping – People with ulterior motives are pumping the prices of certain domain names. Be skeptical.
2. Booking.com buys .Hotels top level domain name for $2.2 million – Booking.com won a unique auction for the .hotels top level domain name.
3. What domain names eBay, Mastercard and 22 others bought this week – Big companies pick up domain names at Sedo.
4. When the bubble bursts… – Are there fundamentals driving the surge in short domain name pricing? Or is it a typical bubble?
5. Verisign issues statement on Chinese market for domain names – Verisign issues a statement to investors after .com and .net registrations surge past forecasts.
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