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
Elliot's Blog
Puzzle Sold for $500k as Afternic Sells Over $1m in Domain Names
Afternic reported its weekly sales results, and the leading sale was Puzzle.com at $500,000. This ranks as the second highest publicly reported sale of 2011, in a tie with GamesForGirls.com. This domain name was a NameMedia property, and it was...
Discussion
Puzzle Sold for $500k as Afternic Sells Over $1m in Domain Names
Afternic reported its weekly sales results, and the leading sale was Puzzle.com at $500,000. This ranks as the second highest publicly reported sale of 2011, in a tie with GamesForGirls.com. This domain name was a NameMedia property, and it was...
Discussion
May 10, 2011, 3:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Urgent: Now Intellectual Property Group Wants to Apply New Rights Protections to .Net
Make your voice heard now. Earlier this week I wrote about how a draft version of the business constituency’s comments about VeriSign’s renewal of the .net contract requested that uniform rapid suspension be added to .net. Thankfully the ...
Discussion
Urgent: Now Intellectual Property Group Wants to Apply New Rights Protections to .Net
Make your voice heard now. Earlier this week I wrote about how a draft version of the business constituency’s comments about VeriSign’s renewal of the .net contract requested that uniform rapid suspension be added to .net. Thankfully the ...
Discussion
May 10, 2011, 2:06 pm
The Domains
YouPorn.com One Of The 100 Most Visted Site On The Net Is Sold
According to Xbiz.com, One of the most visited sites in the world has just been sold. YouPorn.com has an Alexa rank of 81, being the 81st most visited site on the net. Compete.com shows the site as receiving almost 10,000,000 monthly visitors. ...
Discussion
YouPorn.com One Of The 100 Most Visted Site On The Net Is Sold
According to Xbiz.com, One of the most visited sites in the world has just been sold. YouPorn.com has an Alexa rank of 81, being the 81st most visited site on the net. Compete.com shows the site as receiving almost 10,000,000 monthly visitors. ...
Discussion
May 10, 2011, 1:38 pm
Elliot's Blog
Oversee Will Likely Benefit from Google’s New Cloud Music Service
Today at Google I/O, the company’s annual developer-focused conference in San Francisco, Google announced its new cloud music service, which is called Music Beta. The service is currently in private mode, and is invite only, but that will likel...
Discussion
Oversee Will Likely Benefit from Google’s New Cloud Music Service
Today at Google I/O, the company’s annual developer-focused conference in San Francisco, Google announced its new cloud music service, which is called Music Beta. The service is currently in private mode, and is invite only, but that will likel...
Discussion
May 10, 2011, 1:22 pm
Elliot's Blog
Cleveland Browns Win UDRP for Browns.com
In March, I reported that the Cleveland Browns had filed a UDRP for Browns.com, and the UDRP decision was released today. The single panelist, Dr. Clive N.A. Trotman, found in favor of the Cleveland Browns, and the domain name will be transferre...
Discussion
Cleveland Browns Win UDRP for Browns.com
In March, I reported that the Cleveland Browns had filed a UDRP for Browns.com, and the UDRP decision was released today. The single panelist, Dr. Clive N.A. Trotman, found in favor of the Cleveland Browns, and the domain name will be transferre...
Discussion
May 10, 2011, 12:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cleveland Browns Win Browns.com Domain Name
NFL team gets rights to Browns.com domain name. The Cleveland Browns football team just scored a big win off the field. A World Intellectual Property Forum panel awarded the team the domain name Browns.com in arbitration. According to the football fr...
Discussion
Cleveland Browns Win Browns.com Domain Name
NFL team gets rights to Browns.com domain name. The Cleveland Browns football team just scored a big win off the field. A World Intellectual Property Forum panel awarded the team the domain name Browns.com in arbitration. According to the football fr...
Discussion
May 10, 2011, 12:44 pm
Elliot's Blog
Examine.com Launched by Domain Investor Veteran
Sol Orwell (formerly known as Ahmed Farooq), founder of iBegin and a veteran domain investor and developer, recently launched a new pet project – Examine.com. Surprisingly, Examine.com was purchased in mid-March for just $41,000, which I think ...
Discussion
Examine.com Launched by Domain Investor Veteran
Sol Orwell (formerly known as Ahmed Farooq), founder of iBegin and a veteran domain investor and developer, recently launched a new pet project – Examine.com. Surprisingly, Examine.com was purchased in mid-March for just $41,000, which I think ...
Discussion
May 10, 2011, 12:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Incumbents Opposed to UDRP Reform
Two largest UDRP providers opposed to UDRP reform. The two largest UDRP providers — National Arbitration Forum (NAF) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) — are opposed to reforming the UDRP at this time. Representatives of ...
Discussion
Incumbents Opposed to UDRP Reform
Two largest UDRP providers opposed to UDRP reform. The two largest UDRP providers — National Arbitration Forum (NAF) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) — are opposed to reforming the UDRP at this time. Representatives of ...
Discussion
May 10, 2011, 11:31 am
The Domains
Breaking: ICA Gets URS Proposal To .Net Dropped
Yesterday we wrote about the Business Constituency (BC) group of ICANN that proposed including the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) into the renewal of the Verisign contract to operate the .Net registry Today word comes from Phil Corwin of the Internet...
Discussion
Breaking: ICA Gets URS Proposal To .Net Dropped
Yesterday we wrote about the Business Constituency (BC) group of ICANN that proposed including the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) into the renewal of the Verisign contract to operate the .Net registry Today word comes from Phil Corwin of the Internet...
Discussion
May 10, 2011, 11:01 am
Domain Name Wire
Above.com In Settlement Talks with Verizon
Domain company working toward settlement over trademark lawsuit. Above.com is currently in settlement talks with Verizon over a lawsuit brought by Verizon in February, according to court records. Verizon filed the suit against Above.com, parent compa...
Discussion
Above.com In Settlement Talks with Verizon
Domain company working toward settlement over trademark lawsuit. Above.com is currently in settlement talks with Verizon over a lawsuit brought by Verizon in February, according to court records. Verizon filed the suit against Above.com, parent compa...
Discussion
May 10, 2011, 9:53 am
