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
Samsung news site can keep its domain name despite Adsense ads
Site with Google Adsense ads still may qualify for “non-commercial”, UDRP panel rules. The owner of SamsungHub.com can keep his domain name, a WIPO panel has ruled in a UDRP brought by tech giant Samsung. Kunal Gangar began using the doma...
Discussion
Samsung news site can keep its domain name despite Adsense ads
Site with Google Adsense ads still may qualify for “non-commercial”, UDRP panel rules. The owner of SamsungHub.com can keep his domain name, a WIPO panel has ruled in a UDRP brought by tech giant Samsung. Kunal Gangar began using the doma...
Discussion
June 3, 2013, 11:36 am
The Domains
Samsung Loses UDRP On SamsungHub.com
Sansung has just lost a UDRP on the domain name SamsungHub.com which is being used as a re-directed domain to a site that has Adwords. Samsung does have a product named Samsung Hub but that just rolled out in 2011, the domain name was registered in 2...
Discussion
Samsung Loses UDRP On SamsungHub.com
Sansung has just lost a UDRP on the domain name SamsungHub.com which is being used as a re-directed domain to a site that has Adwords. Samsung does have a product named Samsung Hub but that just rolled out in 2011, the domain name was registered in 2...
Discussion
June 3, 2013, 11:29 am
Elliot's Blog
Is.com and Prices.com Listed on Sedo
Sedo just issued a press release this morning announcing that the company locked up the Is.com and Prices.com domain names under exclusive brokerage contract, with Dave Evanson serving as the broker. The asking prices for these two domain names ...
Discussion
Is.com and Prices.com Listed on Sedo
Sedo just issued a press release this morning announcing that the company locked up the Is.com and Prices.com domain names under exclusive brokerage contract, with Dave Evanson serving as the broker. The asking prices for these two domain names ...
Discussion
June 3, 2013, 10:59 am
Domain Name Wire
14 end user domain sales from Sedo
End users including Taser snap up domain names. Last week’s Sedo end user sales report is late because I was at the TRAFFIC conference last week. Afternic skipped last week and is doubling up on its report this week, so expect a long Afternic r...
Discussion
14 end user domain sales from Sedo
End users including Taser snap up domain names. Last week’s Sedo end user sales report is late because I was at the TRAFFIC conference last week. Afternic skipped last week and is doubling up on its report this week, so expect a long Afternic r...
Discussion
June 3, 2013, 10:57 am
The Domains
Private New gTLD Auctions Are Underway
According to ApplicantAuction.com the first private auction for new gTLD strings are underway. Although other than .Club which publicly announced it would be participating in the auction which started today, there hasn’t been any public announc...
Discussion
Private New gTLD Auctions Are Underway
According to ApplicantAuction.com the first private auction for new gTLD strings are underway. Although other than .Club which publicly announced it would be participating in the auction which started today, there hasn’t been any public announc...
Discussion
June 3, 2013, 10:54 am
The Domains
German Court Limits Use Of Berlin.com & Requires Disclaimers On Site
A German Appellate court has ruled that World Media Group LLC (World.com) which owns the domain name Berlin.com has to cease using the domain name in connection with a website providing information on Berlin because such use constitutes an infringeme...
Discussion
German Court Limits Use Of Berlin.com & Requires Disclaimers On Site
A German Appellate court has ruled that World Media Group LLC (World.com) which owns the domain name Berlin.com has to cease using the domain name in connection with a website providing information on Berlin because such use constitutes an infringeme...
Discussion
June 3, 2013, 10:36 am
The Domains
TLDH Raises Another $10 Million For New gTLD Auctions
Top Level Domain Holdings just annoucned they have raised an additional $10 million (approximately £6.6 million) conditionally raised from institutional and other investors and directors for new gTLD auctions and to be used for launch and marke...
Discussion
TLDH Raises Another $10 Million For New gTLD Auctions
Top Level Domain Holdings just annoucned they have raised an additional $10 million (approximately £6.6 million) conditionally raised from institutional and other investors and directors for new gTLD auctions and to be used for launch and marke...
Discussion
June 3, 2013, 10:30 am
DomainSherpa
7 Inspiring Interviews to Listen to on Your Summer Vacation
My family is going to be doing a little traveling this summer, so I've decided to take the month of June off from recording new interviews. It's a first for me to take that much time off, and I may decide later that I'm stir crazy &nda...
Discussion
7 Inspiring Interviews to Listen to on Your Summer Vacation
My family is going to be doing a little traveling this summer, so I've decided to take the month of June off from recording new interviews. It's a first for me to take that much time off, and I may decide later that I'm stir crazy &nda...
Discussion
June 3, 2013, 10:30 am
Domain Name Wire
TLDH raises $10 million for new TLDs
New TLD applicant issues new shares to raise money, also confirms possibility of participating in private new TLD auctions. Top Level Domain Holdings Limited, parent company of Minds + Machines, has conditionally raised $10 million. The company today...
Discussion
TLDH raises $10 million for new TLDs
New TLD applicant issues new shares to raise money, also confirms possibility of participating in private new TLD auctions. Top Level Domain Holdings Limited, parent company of Minds + Machines, has conditionally raised $10 million. The company today...
Discussion
June 3, 2013, 10:23 am
Domain Name Wire
Interesting: Nokta Domains’ 18 leased domains from May
Nokta’s typical lease is about $100 a month. When you think of domain leasing, you probably think of big ticket domains that companies couldn’t buy outright so they opted for a lease instead. But it’s not just expensive domains that...
Discussion
Interesting: Nokta Domains’ 18 leased domains from May
Nokta’s typical lease is about $100 a month. When you think of domain leasing, you probably think of big ticket domains that companies couldn’t buy outright so they opted for a lease instead. But it’s not just expensive domains that...
Discussion
June 3, 2013, 9:37 am
