GoDaddy’s API changes topped last month’s news.
These are the top stories on Domain Name Wire from last month. Get this list earlier by subscribing to the Domain Name Wire newsletter.
1. Developers frustrated by recent GoDaddy API restrictions – Developers say they didn’t get advance notice and only found out about the change when sites stopped working.
2. GoDaddy to hold another NameFind domain name auction – The names definitely weren’t as good as last time, but some sold for five figures.
3. Domain sales are buzzing: 18 new end user domain name sales – A site about bees was among the domains end users bought through Sedo.
4. Company says Chill.com domain name has been misappropriated – Company says founders took domain name that the company spent $1.6 million to acquire.
5. Yoga apparel company sues to get ALO.com – A lot stinks about this case, brought by a company that previously tried to reverse domain name hijack the domain.
Podcasts
Podcast #487 – Interview with the CEO of a company that acquired somewhere.com.
Podcast #488 – Domain investor and entrepreneur Yoni Belousov explains how he drops dud domains.
Podcast #489 – I chat with someone who hand regged a domain and sold it for $85,000 five days later.
Podcast #490 – XYZ founder Daniel Negari reflects on 10 years of new top level domains.
MC.com selling for $3M is a good reminder of what truly premium two-letter .com domains are still worth in 2024. Short, memorable, and completely category-agnostic — the kind of asset that holds value regardless of the business built on it.