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
The Domains
.Bank Reports Over 3K Institutions Applied for .BANK Domain Today
According to Housingwire.com, the new gTLD, .BANK, more than 3,000 financial institutions applied for .BANK domain names after the general availability period for the domain names began on June 23. Since .Bank has qualification requirements whi...
Discussion
.Bank Reports Over 3K Institutions Applied for .BANK Domain Today
According to Housingwire.com, the new gTLD, .BANK, more than 3,000 financial institutions applied for .BANK domain names after the general availability period for the domain names began on June 23. Since .Bank has qualification requirements whi...
Discussion
June 24, 2015, 7:30 pm
The Domains
StockTradingToGo.com Acquires StockTrader.com and will move to new domain
Blain Reinkensmeyer wrote a blog post on stocktradingtogo.com that they have acquired stocktrader.com and will be moving the site to that domain name. He also gave a number on StockBrokers.com. Apparently that domain was acquired for $185,000 in 2011...
Discussion
StockTradingToGo.com Acquires StockTrader.com and will move to new domain
Blain Reinkensmeyer wrote a blog post on stocktradingtogo.com that they have acquired stocktrader.com and will be moving the site to that domain name. He also gave a number on StockBrokers.com. Apparently that domain was acquired for $185,000 in 2011...
Discussion
June 24, 2015, 7:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
How an Austin health group uses .Clinic
A local medical group uses a .clinic domain. I was driving home from the office yesterday when I saw a huge banner on the site of an Austin Regional Clinic building. I did a double take when I noticed this domain name: ARC.clinic. For the most part, ...
Discussion
How an Austin health group uses .Clinic
A local medical group uses a .clinic domain. I was driving home from the office yesterday when I saw a huge banner on the site of an Austin Regional Clinic building. I did a double take when I noticed this domain name: ARC.clinic. For the most part, ...
Discussion
June 24, 2015, 6:47 pm
The Domains
How To Change Domains But Keep Your Search Ranking
John Rampton published an article today on Forbes that looks at switching domain names and keeping search ranking. He does point out that you are more likely to drop in the rankings immediately after making a move. This should be a short term drop. R...
Discussion
How To Change Domains But Keep Your Search Ranking
John Rampton published an article today on Forbes that looks at switching domain names and keeping search ranking. He does point out that you are more likely to drop in the rankings immediately after making a move. This should be a short term drop. R...
Discussion
June 24, 2015, 5:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain name sales including a new TLD for $100k
$100,000 Autism.rocks domain name sale rocks domain investing world. The number of domain names on my weekly Sedo End User sales lists are not always proportional to the number of domain names that sold in the week, nor proportional to the number of ...
Discussion
End user domain name sales including a new TLD for $100k
$100,000 Autism.rocks domain name sale rocks domain investing world. The number of domain names on my weekly Sedo End User sales lists are not always proportional to the number of domain names that sold in the week, nor proportional to the number of ...
Discussion
June 24, 2015, 4:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
3,000 comments submitted about whois privacy proposal
People upset about non-consensus proposal to forbid whois privacy on sites conducting commerce. About 3,000 people and groups have submitted comments to ICANN during its comment period on privacy and proxy services. An ICANN working group proposed a ...
Discussion
3,000 comments submitted about whois privacy proposal
People upset about non-consensus proposal to forbid whois privacy on sites conducting commerce. About 3,000 people and groups have submitted comments to ICANN during its comment period on privacy and proxy services. An ICANN working group proposed a ...
Discussion
June 24, 2015, 2:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Famous Four Speaks: cheap domains, brand protection and more
New top level domain name operator explains its cheap pricing strategy and new “brand protection” tier. Famous Four Media’s recent top level domain name launches have quickly catapulted to the leaderboards, with domains such as .sci...
Discussion
Famous Four Speaks: cheap domains, brand protection and more
New top level domain name operator explains its cheap pricing strategy and new “brand protection” tier. Famous Four Media’s recent top level domain name launches have quickly catapulted to the leaderboards, with domains such as .sci...
Discussion
June 24, 2015, 2:06 pm
The Domains
.XYZ Buys Another New gTLD Domain String .Theatre
.XYZ has added another new gTLD string to its growing portfolio of new domain name extensions. Following the announcement that is bought .Security and .Protection yesterday, today .XYZ announce it has acquired the new gTLD .Theatre as “the fina...
Discussion
.XYZ Buys Another New gTLD Domain String .Theatre
.XYZ has added another new gTLD string to its growing portfolio of new domain name extensions. Following the announcement that is bought .Security and .Protection yesterday, today .XYZ announce it has acquired the new gTLD .Theatre as “the fina...
Discussion
June 24, 2015, 1:46 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015
Yesterday it was announced that autism.rocks sold for $100K . Great for Rightside, great for the seller and the buyer. But it has exactly zero relevance when it comes to comparable or impact on .rocks value. It is merely a publicit...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015
Yesterday it was announced that autism.rocks sold for $100K . Great for Rightside, great for the seller and the buyer. But it has exactly zero relevance when it comes to comparable or impact on .rocks value. It is merely a publicit...
Discussion
June 24, 2015, 11:22 am
Domain Shane
DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
Welcome to the recap. My comments are in bold. GoDaddy FarmCraft.com 18 years old. Sounds like a type of tractor of mower. Any type of rural brand FARMCRAFT.COM: $997 The craft of farming! Cool brand. YogaPractice.com Not sure if you can practice for...
Discussion
DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
Welcome to the recap. My comments are in bold. GoDaddy FarmCraft.com 18 years old. Sounds like a type of tractor of mower. Any type of rural brand FARMCRAFT.COM: $997 The craft of farming! Cool brand. YogaPractice.com Not sure if you can practice for...
Discussion
June 24, 2015, 6:57 am
