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!
Blog View:
Domain Name Wire
Del Monte v. Del Monte: first new TLD objection to be upheld
Objector wins .delmonte Legal Rights Objection. If you look at the list of filed Legal Rights Objections for new top level domains, only a few stand out as plausible cases. One of those was Del Monte Corporation v. Del Monte International GmbH for .d...
Discussion
Del Monte v. Del Monte: first new TLD objection to be upheld
Objector wins .delmonte Legal Rights Objection. If you look at the list of filed Legal Rights Objections for new top level domains, only a few stand out as plausible cases. One of those was Del Monte Corporation v. Del Monte International GmbH for .d...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 2:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
What the heck is a “premium domain”?
A domain that would qualify as premium in .com may not be premium under different extensions. Just like grade inflation, the quality of what people are labeling a “premium domain” has been slipping in recent years. That’s because an...
Discussion
What the heck is a “premium domain”?
A domain that would qualify as premium in .com may not be premium under different extensions. Just like grade inflation, the quality of what people are labeling a “premium domain” has been slipping in recent years. That’s because an...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 12:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy’s sales and Nokta’s sales and leases from July
Domain name companies release sales information. GoDaddy Auctions sold 38,601 in July, according to the company’s Go Daddy Auctions Domain Market Report. The top sale, which I’ve written about previously, was body.com for $380,000. Here a...
Discussion
GoDaddy’s sales and Nokta’s sales and leases from July
Domain name companies release sales information. GoDaddy Auctions sold 38,601 in July, according to the company’s Go Daddy Auctions Domain Market Report. The top sale, which I’ve written about previously, was body.com for $380,000. Here a...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 11:33 am
Domain Name Wire
This is funny: SM.net UDRP claims domain couldn’t be related to porn
A rather curious argument in a UDRP for SM.net. Spanish education publishing company Fundación Santa María-Ediciones SM has lost a UDRP it filed against the owner of SM.net. Although the company’s trademarks include the term &ldqu...
Discussion
This is funny: SM.net UDRP claims domain couldn’t be related to porn
A rather curious argument in a UDRP for SM.net. Spanish education publishing company Fundación Santa María-Ediciones SM has lost a UDRP it filed against the owner of SM.net. Although the company’s trademarks include the term &ldqu...
Discussion
August 5, 2013, 2:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Now.com owner Starbucks (HK) Limited loses dispute over .now
Company that owns now.com loses the first of many objections it filed over the .now top level domain. IPTV company Starbucks (HK) Limited has lost its legal rights objection against One.com A/S’ application for the .now top level domain name. S...
Discussion
Now.com owner Starbucks (HK) Limited loses dispute over .now
Company that owns now.com loses the first of many objections it filed over the .now top level domain. IPTV company Starbucks (HK) Limited has lost its legal rights objection against One.com A/S’ application for the .now top level domain name. S...
Discussion
August 5, 2013, 1:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Interesting: Network Solutions’ invisible pricing
Finding Network Solutions’ pricing takes a lot of commitment. Web.com customers who use Network Solutions or Register.com are not very price sensitive (or price knowledgeable). That’s how the companies are able to charge roughly $35 for a...
Discussion
Interesting: Network Solutions’ invisible pricing
Finding Network Solutions’ pricing takes a lot of commitment. Web.com customers who use Network Solutions or Register.com are not very price sensitive (or price knowledgeable). That’s how the companies are able to charge roughly $35 for a...
Discussion
August 5, 2013, 12:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afilias forecasts 5,000 to 50,000 domains for its new TLDs after three years
Company forecasts only 4 of its new TLD strings having over 50,000 DUM after three years. For the most part, new top level domain applicants have remained quiet about their registration projections. There’s a good reason for this, especially if...
Discussion
Afilias forecasts 5,000 to 50,000 domains for its new TLDs after three years
Company forecasts only 4 of its new TLD strings having over 50,000 DUM after three years. For the most part, new top level domain applicants have remained quiet about their registration projections. There’s a good reason for this, especially if...
Discussion
August 5, 2013, 10:18 am
Domain Name Wire
Tucows and Donuts strike deal on .media and .marketing
Donuts paid Tucows to walk away from two new top level domain bids. Donuts negotiated a deal with rival applicant Tucows for the strings .marketing and .media, which is why the latter withdrew its applications for the two domains last month. While ne...
Discussion
Tucows and Donuts strike deal on .media and .marketing
Donuts paid Tucows to walk away from two new top level domain bids. Donuts negotiated a deal with rival applicant Tucows for the strings .marketing and .media, which is why the latter withdrew its applications for the two domains last month. While ne...
Discussion
August 3, 2013, 9:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
NTIA demands Verisign confirm it will process new TLD delegations
NTIA questions Verisign’s recent spate of concerns about new TLD rollout. ICANN has published a letter that Verisign sent to the U.S. National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) aregarding Verisign’s security and s...
Discussion
NTIA demands Verisign confirm it will process new TLD delegations
NTIA questions Verisign’s recent spate of concerns about new TLD rollout. ICANN has published a letter that Verisign sent to the U.S. National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) aregarding Verisign’s security and s...
Discussion
August 3, 2013, 5:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Network Solutions shuts down 3 Iranian websites
Registrants are agency of the Iranian government or Specially Designated Nationals. Web.com, parent company of domain name registrar Network Solutions, revealed today that it has shut down three Iranian websites due to the The Iran Threat Reduction a...
Discussion
Network Solutions shuts down 3 Iranian websites
Registrants are agency of the Iranian government or Specially Designated Nationals. Web.com, parent company of domain name registrar Network Solutions, revealed today that it has shut down three Iranian websites due to the The Iran Threat Reduction a...
Discussion
August 2, 2013, 5:39 pm
