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 Wire
GoDaddy begins accepting pre-registrations for new TLDs for up to $1,200 each
Pre-registrations now accepted for fees of up to $1,200 per domain. Overnight GoDaddy started accepting paid pre-registrations for four new top level domain names: .uno, .menu, .build, .luxury. While many registrars have offered some sort of pre-rese...
Discussion
GoDaddy begins accepting pre-registrations for new TLDs for up to $1,200 each
Pre-registrations now accepted for fees of up to $1,200 per domain. Overnight GoDaddy started accepting paid pre-registrations for four new top level domain names: .uno, .menu, .build, .luxury. While many registrars have offered some sort of pre-rese...
Discussion
November 8, 2013, 7:04 am

Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy begins accepting pre-registrations for new TLDs for up to $1,200 each
Pre-registrations now accepted for fees of up to $1,200 per domain. Overnight GoDaddy started accepting paid pre-registrations for four new top level domain names: .uno, .menu, .build, .luxury. While many registrars have offered some sort of pre-rese...
Discussion
GoDaddy begins accepting pre-registrations for new TLDs for up to $1,200 each
Pre-registrations now accepted for fees of up to $1,200 per domain. Overnight GoDaddy started accepting paid pre-registrations for four new top level domain names: .uno, .menu, .build, .luxury. While many registrars have offered some sort of pre-rese...
Discussion
November 8, 2013, 7:04 am

Domain Name Wire
Domain parking clawback dings Demand Media earnings, plus first look at Rightside numbers
Company hit with parking clawback from a previous quarter. Ask any domain parking company about their top frustrations, and clawbacks will be high on the list. Basically, their upstream ad partner will clawback previously paid revenue based on traffi...
Discussion
Domain parking clawback dings Demand Media earnings, plus first look at Rightside numbers
Company hit with parking clawback from a previous quarter. Ask any domain parking company about their top frustrations, and clawbacks will be high on the list. Basically, their upstream ad partner will clawback previously paid revenue based on traffi...
Discussion
November 8, 2013, 1:44 am

The Domains
ICANN: No New gTLD’s Last Resort Auctions Until Early March 2014
In a webinar held by ICANN today on its Last Resort Auction for new gTLD strings in contention, ICANN stated that no new gTLD ICANN last resort auction will be held in 2013 and most likely not until March 2014. Moreover the ICANN schedule is 10...
Discussion
ICANN: No New gTLD’s Last Resort Auctions Until Early March 2014
In a webinar held by ICANN today on its Last Resort Auction for new gTLD strings in contention, ICANN stated that no new gTLD ICANN last resort auction will be held in 2013 and most likely not until March 2014. Moreover the ICANN schedule is 10...
Discussion
November 7, 2013, 11:36 pm

The Domains
ICANN: No New gTLD’s Last Resort Auctions Until Early March 2014
In a webinar held by ICANN today on its Last Resort Auction for new gTLD strings in contention, ICANN stated that no new gTLD ICANN last resort auction will be held in 2013 and most likely not until March 2014. Moreover the ICANN schedule is 10...
Discussion
ICANN: No New gTLD’s Last Resort Auctions Until Early March 2014
In a webinar held by ICANN today on its Last Resort Auction for new gTLD strings in contention, ICANN stated that no new gTLD ICANN last resort auction will be held in 2013 and most likely not until March 2014. Moreover the ICANN schedule is 10...
Discussion
November 7, 2013, 11:36 pm

The Domains
Demand Reports: Media business Negatively Impacted by Declines in Search Referral Traffic & Advertising Demand
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD), reported its earnings after the market closed today. Demand’s earnings were in line with estimates, but revenue was above estimates. However it seems like Demand is fighting a losing battle on the eHow front as ...
Discussion
Demand Reports: Media business Negatively Impacted by Declines in Search Referral Traffic & Advertising Demand
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD), reported its earnings after the market closed today. Demand’s earnings were in line with estimates, but revenue was above estimates. However it seems like Demand is fighting a losing battle on the eHow front as ...
Discussion
November 7, 2013, 9:42 pm

Domain Name Wire
Independent Objector loses case for .health
Afilias successfully defends limited pubic interest objection against .health. There were a couple firsts in the new top level domain name program today, all involving one objection. An objection against .health was the first limited public interest ...
Discussion
Independent Objector loses case for .health
Afilias successfully defends limited pubic interest objection against .health. There were a couple firsts in the new top level domain name program today, all involving one objection. An objection against .health was the first limited public interest ...
Discussion
November 7, 2013, 8:25 pm

The Domains
Owner Of CarCovers.com Claims They Bought The Domain For Over $310,000 In 2012
According to a press release out today the owners of CarCovers.com claim they paid an amount for the domain name in 2012 which would have placed it the top 10 most expensive domain names in 2012 According to DnJournal.com for 2012 the 11th most expen...
Discussion
Owner Of CarCovers.com Claims They Bought The Domain For Over $310,000 In 2012
According to a press release out today the owners of CarCovers.com claim they paid an amount for the domain name in 2012 which would have placed it the top 10 most expensive domain names in 2012 According to DnJournal.com for 2012 the 11th most expen...
Discussion
November 7, 2013, 6:42 pm

The Domains
Owner Of CarCovers.com Claims They Bought The Domain For Over $310,000 In 2012
According to a press release out today the owners of CarCovers.com claim they paid an amount for the domain name in 2012 which would have placed it the top 10 most expensive domain names in 2012 According to DnJournal.com for 2012 the 11th most expen...
Discussion
Owner Of CarCovers.com Claims They Bought The Domain For Over $310,000 In 2012
According to a press release out today the owners of CarCovers.com claim they paid an amount for the domain name in 2012 which would have placed it the top 10 most expensive domain names in 2012 According to DnJournal.com for 2012 the 11th most expen...
Discussion
November 7, 2013, 6:42 pm

The Domains
Cairns Airport Pty Ltd of Queensland, Australia, Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH)
Cairns Airport Pty Ltd of Cairns, Queensland, Australia, represented by McCullough Robertson Lawyers, Australia has been found GUILTY of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain name cairnsairportparking.com.au and airportparkingcairns.net.au &ldq...
Discussion
Cairns Airport Pty Ltd of Queensland, Australia, Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH)
Cairns Airport Pty Ltd of Cairns, Queensland, Australia, represented by McCullough Robertson Lawyers, Australia has been found GUILTY of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain name cairnsairportparking.com.au and airportparkingcairns.net.au &ldq...
Discussion
November 7, 2013, 5:19 pm