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
Making money with ccTLDs – DNW Podcast #136
Meet a guy who has sold a half million worth of ccTLDs last year. Is it too late to get into domain investing? Nope. This week’s guest is another example of someone who got in late and found a successful niche. Mike Carson sold about a half mil...
Discussion
Making money with ccTLDs – DNW Podcast #136
Meet a guy who has sold a half million worth of ccTLDs last year. Is it too late to get into domain investing? Nope. This week’s guest is another example of someone who got in late and found a successful niche. Mike Carson sold about a half mil...
Discussion
May 15, 2017, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain registration halts spread of WannaCry malware…for now
A 41-character .com domain was key to bringing down a malware campaign. A ransomware attack based on an NSA tool spread like wildfire yesterday…until a researcher spent ten bucks to register a domain name. A malware researcher discovered an un...
Discussion
Domain registration halts spread of WannaCry malware…for now
A 41-character .com domain was key to bringing down a malware campaign. A ransomware attack based on an NSA tool spread like wildfire yesterday…until a researcher spent ten bucks to register a domain name. A malware researcher discovered an un...
Discussion
May 13, 2017, 3:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 noteworthy NameJet sales from April
Six figure domain sale leads NameJet list. NameJet reported 136 domain name sales of $2,000 or higher for last month, totaling $845k. Here are ten sales that I found noteworthy. Kohl.com $144,500 – It’s just one letter off from a valuable...
Discussion
10 noteworthy NameJet sales from April
Six figure domain sale leads NameJet list. NameJet reported 136 domain name sales of $2,000 or higher for last month, totaling $845k. Here are ten sales that I found noteworthy. Kohl.com $144,500 – It’s just one letter off from a valuable...
Discussion
May 12, 2017, 1:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
HostGator founder Brent Oxley loves great domain names. And driving tanks.
Oxley hasn’t slowed down after selling hosting business. When HostGator founder Brent Oxley sold his company to Endurance International Group in 2012, he did what a lot of entrepreneurs in Texas do after selling a business: he bought a ranch. O...
Discussion
HostGator founder Brent Oxley loves great domain names. And driving tanks.
Oxley hasn’t slowed down after selling hosting business. When HostGator founder Brent Oxley sold his company to Endurance International Group in 2012, he did what a lot of entrepreneurs in Texas do after selling a business: he bought a ranch. O...
Discussion
May 11, 2017, 6:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy will display new valuations on GoDaddy Auctions
What’s that expired domain name worth? GoDaddy has a good idea…and is about to let domain name investors know. GoDaddy (NASDAQ: GDDY) is rolling out its new valuation system to a much wider audience: bidders on expired domain auctions at...
Discussion
GoDaddy will display new valuations on GoDaddy Auctions
What’s that expired domain name worth? GoDaddy has a good idea…and is about to let domain name investors know. GoDaddy (NASDAQ: GDDY) is rolling out its new valuation system to a much wider audience: bidders on expired domain auctions at...
Discussion
May 11, 2017, 4:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Art’s 3.5 million premium domains…you won’t find them on GoDaddy
Crazy premium name strategy is too much for most consumers…and GoDaddy. I first wrote about .Art’s premium name strategy, which includes 3.5 million premium domain names, a couple weeks ago. As I wrote then, I’m scratching my head ...
Discussion
.Art’s 3.5 million premium domains…you won’t find them on GoDaddy
Crazy premium name strategy is too much for most consumers…and GoDaddy. I first wrote about .Art’s premium name strategy, which includes 3.5 million premium domain names, a couple weeks ago. As I wrote then, I’m scratching my head ...
Discussion
May 11, 2017, 2:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
John Berryhill gets another UDRP win, but this one is different.
Berryhill represented complainant in latest case. Domain name attorney John Berryhill won another UDRP case. That’s nothing interesting, but this case is different from usual because he was representing the complainant, not the domain name owne...
Discussion
John Berryhill gets another UDRP win, but this one is different.
Berryhill represented complainant in latest case. Domain name attorney John Berryhill won another UDRP case. That’s nothing interesting, but this case is different from usual because he was representing the complainant, not the domain name owne...
Discussion
May 11, 2017, 2:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo made a $200,000 “Buy Now” sale through SedoMLS
Sedo set a new record for a “buy now” domain on its SedoMLS system. There’s a lot of debate about setting fixed prices for your domain names. A reason to set fixed prices, especially when promoting through a distribution service lik...
Discussion
Sedo made a $200,000 “Buy Now” sale through SedoMLS
Sedo set a new record for a “buy now” domain on its SedoMLS system. There’s a lot of debate about setting fixed prices for your domain names. A reason to set fixed prices, especially when promoting through a distribution service lik...
Discussion
May 10, 2017, 7:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Eco loser threatens registrars
Guy who got an early trademark for .eco sends a nastygram to registrars and Afilias. One of the core tenants of the new top level domain name application process was that being the first to announce your interest in a particular domain (or even marke...
Discussion
.Eco loser threatens registrars
Guy who got an early trademark for .eco sends a nastygram to registrars and Afilias. One of the core tenants of the new top level domain name application process was that being the first to announce your interest in a particular domain (or even marke...
Discussion
May 10, 2017, 3:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
A baker’s dozen of end user domain name sales
13 end user domain name sales from the past week. Sedo’s sales list this week was headlined by the $100,000 sale of Sati.com. I can’t figure out who the buyer is (yet) but this is definitely an end user purchase at this price. Other end u...
Discussion
A baker’s dozen of end user domain name sales
13 end user domain name sales from the past week. Sedo’s sales list this week was headlined by the $100,000 sale of Sati.com. I can’t figure out who the buyer is (yet) but this is definitely an end user purchase at this price. Other end u...
Discussion
May 10, 2017, 2:55 pm
