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
Aftermarket domain sales at Escrow.com plummet in Q3
Sales drop but company sees hope on the horizon. Escrow.com released its Q3 Domain Investment Index (pdf) today, revealing a sharp drop in domain sales in the quarter. Sales were $75 million in the quarter, down 28% compared to Q3 2021. It was the wo...
Discussion
Aftermarket domain sales at Escrow.com plummet in Q3
Sales drop but company sees hope on the horizon. Escrow.com released its Q3 Domain Investment Index (pdf) today, revealing a sharp drop in domain sales in the quarter. Sales were $75 million in the quarter, down 28% compared to Q3 2021. It was the wo...
Discussion
November 1, 2022, 8:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Newfold Digital completes MarkMonitor acquisition
Newfold Digital now owns large registrar for brands. Newfold Digital has completed its acquisition of MarkMonitor. The $302.5 million deal was announced in September. Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT), the company that sold MarkMonitor to Newfold, announced ...
Discussion
Newfold Digital completes MarkMonitor acquisition
Newfold Digital now owns large registrar for brands. Newfold Digital has completed its acquisition of MarkMonitor. The $302.5 million deal was announced in September. Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT), the company that sold MarkMonitor to Newfold, announced ...
Discussion
November 1, 2022, 3:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
MicroAcquire acquires Acquire.com, plans to rebrand
“You should drop the acquire.” MicroAcquire has purchased the domain name acquire.com and plans to rebrand. The company’s founder, Andrew Gazdecki, discussed the idea of rebranding on Twitter last week. Drop “micro” from...
Discussion
MicroAcquire acquires Acquire.com, plans to rebrand
“You should drop the acquire.” MicroAcquire has purchased the domain name acquire.com and plans to rebrand. The company’s founder, Andrew Gazdecki, discussed the idea of rebranding on Twitter last week. Drop “micro” from...
Discussion
October 31, 2022, 7:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
All about Handshake – DNW Podcast #411
A deep dive into Handshake domain names. I talk to a lot of people who believe blockchain-based domains will solve all of the internet’s problems. They dismiss any counter-arguments and questions. Nole Oppermann of Hey TX is not one of those pe...
Discussion
All about Handshake – DNW Podcast #411
A deep dive into Handshake domain names. I talk to a lot of people who believe blockchain-based domains will solve all of the internet’s problems. They dismiss any counter-arguments and questions. Nole Oppermann of Hey TX is not one of those pe...
Discussion
October 31, 2022, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sports.gg sells for record $96,000
Logan Flatt sells .gg domain for record price. Domain investor Logan Flatt has sold sports.gg for $96,000, a record for publicly-released .gg domain aftermarket sales. .Gg is the country code for Guernsey, but .gg domains have been adopted by the spo...
Discussion
Sports.gg sells for record $96,000
Logan Flatt sells .gg domain for record price. Domain investor Logan Flatt has sold sports.gg for $96,000, a record for publicly-released .gg domain aftermarket sales. .Gg is the country code for Guernsey, but .gg domains have been adopted by the spo...
Discussion
October 31, 2022, 12:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Columbian real estate company tries to reverse hijack domain name
So much for making a friendly overture. Picture this: You start a business. You do a trademark search and then form a corporation. The matching .com domain name is already registered and you can’t afford the asking price. So you launch on a sec...
Discussion
Columbian real estate company tries to reverse hijack domain name
So much for making a friendly overture. Picture this: You start a business. You do a trademark search and then form a corporation. The matching .com domain name is already registered and you can’t afford the asking price. So you launch on a sec...
Discussion
October 28, 2022, 6:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign lowers full year domain guidance (again)
Company predicts full year growth of 1% or less. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) announced third quarter earnings after the market closed today. The company’s revenue was $357 million, up 6.8% year over year. It ran an operating margin of 66.3% and gen...
Discussion
Verisign lowers full year domain guidance (again)
Company predicts full year growth of 1% or less. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) announced third quarter earnings after the market closed today. The company’s revenue was $357 million, up 6.8% year over year. It ran an operating margin of 66.3% and gen...
Discussion
October 27, 2022, 9:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
PublishingLife Upgrades to Publishing.com
Online publishing course upgraded to a great domain name. Twins Christian and Rasmus Mikkelsen, two twenty-something entrepreneurs from New Jersey, have made thousands of dollars by publishing books on Amazon. They have turned that into a business te...
Discussion
PublishingLife Upgrades to Publishing.com
Online publishing course upgraded to a great domain name. Twins Christian and Rasmus Mikkelsen, two twenty-something entrepreneurs from New Jersey, have made thousands of dollars by publishing books on Amazon. They have turned that into a business te...
Discussion
October 27, 2022, 2:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic acquires corporate domain manager
CentralNic is paying $7.6 million for Intellectual Property Management Company, Inc. CentralNic (London: CNIC) has acquired Intellectual Property Management Company, Inc. (IPM), a corporate domain manager. According to IPM’s website, it is a jo...
Discussion
CentralNic acquires corporate domain manager
CentralNic is paying $7.6 million for Intellectual Property Management Company, Inc. CentralNic (London: CNIC) has acquired Intellectual Property Management Company, Inc. (IPM), a corporate domain manager. According to IPM’s website, it is a jo...
Discussion
October 26, 2022, 3:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
ProjectPay Pty Ltd tries reverse domain name hijacking
There was an obvious flaw in this cybersquatting case. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has determined that ProjectPay Pty Ltd, tried to reverse domain name hijack projectpay.com. The company uses the domains ProjectPay.com.au and Pro...
Discussion
ProjectPay Pty Ltd tries reverse domain name hijacking
There was an obvious flaw in this cybersquatting case. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has determined that ProjectPay Pty Ltd, tried to reverse domain name hijack projectpay.com. The company uses the domains ProjectPay.com.au and Pro...
Discussion
October 26, 2022, 3:21 pm
