Welcome to DomainToad
DomainToad is a free and easy way to read your domain name related news.
We aggregate the most popular sources of information and present them in chronological order.
If you would like to have daily headlines sent directly to your email every day, sign up for our newsletter!
We aggregate the most popular sources of information and present them in chronological order.
If you would like to have daily headlines sent directly to your email every day, sign up for our newsletter!
Latest News

Domain Name News
BREAKING: New domain name event, Namescon to be held in Vegas, January 13-15th, 2014
A new domain name conference, NamesCon, will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 13th to 15th, 2014. Well-known industry veteran, Richard Lau is the founder of the event and he has tapped Jodi Chamberlain from 32Events, to help coord...
Discussion
BREAKING: New domain name event, Namescon to be held in Vegas, January 13-15th, 2014
A new domain name conference, NamesCon, will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 13th to 15th, 2014. Well-known industry veteran, Richard Lau is the founder of the event and he has tapped Jodi Chamberlain from 32Events, to help coord...
Discussion
October 18, 2013, 5:04 am

Domain Shane
7 Thursday Thoughts
I think too much so I’ll share 1. I’m not sure if I should take it as a compliment or an insult. I’ve had several fellow domain investors endorse me on LinkedIn for gardening skills……but not domain investin...
Discussion
7 Thursday Thoughts
I think too much so I’ll share 1. I’m not sure if I should take it as a compliment or an insult. I’ve had several fellow domain investors endorse me on LinkedIn for gardening skills……but not domain investin...
Discussion
October 17, 2013, 10:17 pm

The Domains
Up.Co Hits Times Square In A BIG Way
The .Co registry just published a pretty impressive picture of a billboard in Time Square right above the NASDAQ sign for Up.co “There’s nothing we love more than to s...
Discussion
Up.Co Hits Times Square In A BIG Way
The .Co registry just published a pretty impressive picture of a billboard in Time Square right above the NASDAQ sign for Up.co “There’s nothing we love more than to s...
Discussion
October 17, 2013, 6:22 pm

The Domains
Google Reports Paid Clicks Up 26%; Cost Per Click Down: Has $56 Billion In The Bank: Shares Up + 7%
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. The market loved the news sending Google shares up over 7% to an all time high in after hours trading of $957 a share, up $68. For the domain name ...
Discussion
Google Reports Paid Clicks Up 26%; Cost Per Click Down: Has $56 Billion In The Bank: Shares Up + 7%
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. The market loved the news sending Google shares up over 7% to an all time high in after hours trading of $957 a share, up $68. For the domain name ...
Discussion
October 17, 2013, 5:38 pm

Domain Name Wire
3 things to check out at next week’s TRAFFIC conference
Here are three sessions I plan to attend at next week’s conference. The TRAFFIC conference kicks off in Ft. Lauderdale Sunday evening, with programming beginning Monday morning. You’ll rarely see me attend the actual conference sessions a...
Discussion
3 things to check out at next week’s TRAFFIC conference
Here are three sessions I plan to attend at next week’s conference. The TRAFFIC conference kicks off in Ft. Lauderdale Sunday evening, with programming beginning Monday morning. You’ll rarely see me attend the actual conference sessions a...
Discussion
October 17, 2013, 1:03 pm

The Domains
Another Domain Sale We Never Heard About: Buyer Of Personal.com Gets $4.5 Million In Funding
According to the Term Sheet today “Personal, a Washington, D.C.-based digital vault and private network for people to store and manage important information and documents, has raised $4.5 million in new VC funding led by Bill Miller of Legg Mas...
Discussion
Another Domain Sale We Never Heard About: Buyer Of Personal.com Gets $4.5 Million In Funding
According to the Term Sheet today “Personal, a Washington, D.C.-based digital vault and private network for people to store and manage important information and documents, has raised $4.5 million in new VC funding led by Bill Miller of Legg Mas...
Discussion
October 17, 2013, 11:29 am

Domain Name Wire
5 with…Elliot Silver
Elliot Silver answers five questions about rebranding his blog. Elliot Silver has an occasional series on his blog called “5 with…” in which he asks someone in the domain industry five questions. In light of Elliot’s rebrand ...
Discussion
5 with…Elliot Silver
Elliot Silver answers five questions about rebranding his blog. Elliot Silver has an occasional series on his blog called “5 with…” in which he asks someone in the domain industry five questions. In light of Elliot’s rebrand ...
Discussion
October 17, 2013, 10:21 am

Domain Name Wire
23 end user domain name sales from GoDaddy and Afternic
A furniture company, entrepreneur group, and a large electronics cases company buy domain names. Before jumping into this week’s Afternic/GoDaddy end user sales report, I’d like to call attention to two very timely domain name sales: Debt...
Discussion
23 end user domain name sales from GoDaddy and Afternic
A furniture company, entrepreneur group, and a large electronics cases company buy domain names. Before jumping into this week’s Afternic/GoDaddy end user sales report, I’d like to call attention to two very timely domain name sales: Debt...
Discussion
October 17, 2013, 9:50 am

The Domains
Apple Wins Control Of 11 Domains: Macbook7.com; Findmyipad.com; Jailbreakmyipad.com
A WIPO UDRP panel awarded Apple Computers 11 domain names. Some of the domains awarded today deal with products of Apple and some are just typos. Here is a list of the 11 domain names: apole.com findmyipad.com freeiphonesoft.com hackmyipod.com ipa-ip...
Discussion
Apple Wins Control Of 11 Domains: Macbook7.com; Findmyipad.com; Jailbreakmyipad.com
A WIPO UDRP panel awarded Apple Computers 11 domain names. Some of the domains awarded today deal with products of Apple and some are just typos. Here is a list of the 11 domain names: apole.com findmyipad.com freeiphonesoft.com hackmyipod.com ipa-ip...
Discussion
October 17, 2013, 8:52 am

The Domains
Buyer Beware: New Alt Root Domain Name Registration Service Launches Promise Any Domain Name For Free
In an apparent attempt to grab a market share with the new gTLD s coming out, “AnyExtension.com launched today according to a press release that promissing the users can “submit any domain name and extension that one wishes and that too f...
Discussion
Buyer Beware: New Alt Root Domain Name Registration Service Launches Promise Any Domain Name For Free
In an apparent attempt to grab a market share with the new gTLD s coming out, “AnyExtension.com launched today according to a press release that promissing the users can “submit any domain name and extension that one wishes and that too f...
Discussion
October 17, 2013, 8:47 am