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October has been a month of angst and waiting in the United States. The presidential election is tomorrow and I can't wait for it to be over. If you live in the U.S. and haven't voted yet, head to the polls tomorrow. PLEASE VOTE!
October had a few domain name stories of note, including one involving the presidential campaign and a fly. Go figure.
Scroll down to see which five stories got the most traffic at Domain Name Wire, and check out DNW's recent podcasts.
-Andrew
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Here are the top stories on DNW last month, as ranked by pageviews:
1. PayPal drops Epik, sparking registrar to cry it is being "deplatformed" - PayPal wasn't trying to deplatform the company; it had risk concerns. 2. Biden campaign jumps on fly on Pence's head with FlyWillVote.com - A quick and clever domain registration. Some people thought the fly was part of some conspiracy, though, which says a lot about the state of the nation. 3. Domain appraisal scammers try to take advantage of new GoDaddy contact system - The appraisal scam is now pretending to be a "certified" offer from GoDaddy or Sedo. 4. 3 companies paid $100k+ for domain forwards - GoDaddy released its first batch of domain sales data in years, and three of the top sales went to companies that bought the domains to forward them to other domains. 5. XYZ acquires 5 more top level domains including .Autos, .Homes - XYZ keeps adding to its top level domain stable, this time by acquiring Dominion Domains' portfolio.
Podcasts:
#307 - It's on .Fox with Crews Gore (listen) #308 - Domain valuation with Michael Cyger (listen) #309 - Domain leasing, selling domains and more (listen) #310 - The domain sales stack with Reza Sardeha (listen) Get the Latest Don't wait for this newsletter to get the latest domain name news. Check in to DNW daily, and join the 35k people who follow DNW on Twitter. Thanks for reading, Andrew | 
