GoDaddy auctions, WooCommerce and Uzi Nissan made news last month.
These were the most popular stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by number of views.
1. West Virginia airport tries to reverse hijack a domain name – Air travel can make the news for hijackings, but this airport is in focus for a different kind of hijacking.
2. GoDaddy to nix customer listings on GoDaddy Auctions – GoDaddy will no longer allow customers to start auctions on its auction platform. I didn’t know people still did this, but a couple of people reached out after the news to say they did — and one said it’s his entire business model.
3. Changing domains is hard. Just ask WordPress – If one of the most influential web companies can have a hard time, imagine what smaller businesses are up against.
4. Judge orders Nissan.com transferred back to estate of Uzi Nissan – It’s one of the most famed domain names on the internet. And the heirs of Uzi Nissan are getting it back after it was stolen.
5. Man gets $486k judgment against Rob Monster and Epik Inc over stolen domain – The man’s stolen domain ended up being owned by Epik, and Epik passed it on to an unsuspecting domain investor.
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AbdulBasit Makrani says
Thanks for sharing the top stories of April!