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
127,000 second level .au domains have been registered
Initial registration surge wanes, but expect more after priority period. Australian businesses and consumers have registered 127,000 second level .au domain names so far, a little over a month since they were launched. Until March 24 of this year, yo...
Discussion
127,000 second level .au domains have been registered
Initial registration surge wanes, but expect more after priority period. Australian businesses and consumers have registered 127,000 second level .au domain names so far, a little over a month since they were launched. Until March 24 of this year, yo...
Discussion
May 5, 2022, 7:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why outfront.co wasn’t an RDNH case
Rothnie made the right call in this dispute. Outfront Media, a large outdoor advertising company in the United States, has lost (pdf) a UDRP it filed against the owner of outfront.co. The case was decided fairly, and the panelist deserves props for c...
Discussion
Why outfront.co wasn’t an RDNH case
Rothnie made the right call in this dispute. Outfront Media, a large outdoor advertising company in the United States, has lost (pdf) a UDRP it filed against the owner of outfront.co. The case was decided fairly, and the panelist deserves props for c...
Discussion
May 5, 2022, 5:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy credits aftermarket for growth (again)
Domain aftermarket propels Core Platform segment to better-than-expected revenue. Revenue in GoDaddy’s (NYSE: GDDY) “Core Platform” segment grew ahead of expectations last quarter, and the company credits the aftermarket for the bet...
Discussion
GoDaddy credits aftermarket for growth (again)
Domain aftermarket propels Core Platform segment to better-than-expected revenue. Revenue in GoDaddy’s (NYSE: GDDY) “Core Platform” segment grew ahead of expectations last quarter, and the company credits the aftermarket for the bet...
Discussion
May 5, 2022, 3:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Colorado real estate firm tries reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed a “Plan B” case after failing to buy the domain name. Canon City Property Management LLC, a property management company in Canon City, Colorado, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company filed a UDR...
Discussion
Colorado real estate firm tries reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed a “Plan B” case after failing to buy the domain name. Canon City Property Management LLC, a property management company in Canon City, Colorado, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company filed a UDR...
Discussion
May 5, 2022, 2:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Godaddy reports Q1 earnings under new segmentation
Results divided into only two segments now, providing less visibility into the domains business. GoDaddy reported Q1 results after the market closed today. For the quarter, GoDaddy generated $1.003 billion in revenue, up 11% from the same quarter las...
Discussion
Godaddy reports Q1 earnings under new segmentation
Results divided into only two segments now, providing less visibility into the domains business. GoDaddy reported Q1 results after the market closed today. For the quarter, GoDaddy generated $1.003 billion in revenue, up 11% from the same quarter las...
Discussion
May 4, 2022, 9:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
These 14 companies bought domains on the aftermarket this week
A robotic lawnmower company, an autonomous store creator, and a machine learning company bought domain names. Sedo had a good sales week in terms of volume, turning in 79 public sales of $2,000 or more. The top two sales weren’t .com: casinoapp...
Discussion
These 14 companies bought domains on the aftermarket this week
A robotic lawnmower company, an autonomous store creator, and a machine learning company bought domain names. Sedo had a good sales week in terms of volume, turning in 79 public sales of $2,000 or more. The top two sales weren’t .com: casinoapp...
Discussion
May 4, 2022, 6:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
April’s top domain name stories
Here’s what made news in the domain name business last month. 1. Namecheap and GoDaddy fight about domain aftermarket – GoDaddy president of domains Paul Nicks and Namecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall traded barbs on Twitter. 2. NFT company D...
Discussion
April’s top domain name stories
Here’s what made news in the domain name business last month. 1. Namecheap and GoDaddy fight about domain aftermarket – GoDaddy president of domains Paul Nicks and Namecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall traded barbs on Twitter. 2. NFT company D...
Discussion
May 4, 2022, 4:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ryan Kavanaugh loses cybersquatting dispute with YouTuber Ethan Klein
Kavanaugh’s novel arguments don’t persuade panel. As I predicted, film financier Ryan Kavanaugh lost a cybersquatting challenge he filed against YouTuber and host of the H3 podcast, Ethan Klein. Klein created a website at doesryankavanaug...
Discussion
Ryan Kavanaugh loses cybersquatting dispute with YouTuber Ethan Klein
Kavanaugh’s novel arguments don’t persuade panel. As I predicted, film financier Ryan Kavanaugh lost a cybersquatting challenge he filed against YouTuber and host of the H3 podcast, Ethan Klein. Klein created a website at doesryankavanaug...
Discussion
May 4, 2022, 2:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
How will shrinking demand for domains impact aftermarket?
Demand for domains is off to a slower start this year. Earlier today, I published the latest .com rankings, which evaluated top registrars’ performances in January of this year for .com domains. The numbers tell us something we already knew: de...
Discussion
How will shrinking demand for domains impact aftermarket?
Demand for domains is off to a slower start this year. Earlier today, I published the latest .com rankings, which evaluated top registrars’ performances in January of this year for .com domains. The numbers tell us something we already knew: de...
Discussion
May 3, 2022, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Latest .com rankings: the slowdown has begun
These are the fastest growing and biggest domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers January 2022. Registratio...
Discussion
Latest .com rankings: the slowdown has begun
These are the fastest growing and biggest domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers January 2022. Registratio...
Discussion
May 3, 2022, 3:28 pm
