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
4 domains in Stephen Colbert’s latest book (and one you can buy for $100)
New Stephen Colbert book references a number of domain names, none of which are in use. What did you do for Christmas? I’ll tell you what I did. I curled up in front of the fire with Stephen Colbert’s latest book, America Again. It comes ...
Discussion
4 domains in Stephen Colbert’s latest book (and one you can buy for $100)
New Stephen Colbert book references a number of domain names, none of which are in use. What did you do for Christmas? I’ll tell you what I did. I curled up in front of the fire with Stephen Colbert’s latest book, America Again. It comes ...
Discussion
December 26, 2012, 10:07 am

Domain Name Wire
Wait, Pool.com is still in the drop catching business?
Pool has long been irrelevant in the expired domain business. This morning I read Michael’s post about Pool “de-emphasizing” its expired domain drop catching business in favor of new TLD business opportunities. My first reaction was...
Discussion
Wait, Pool.com is still in the drop catching business?
Pool has long been irrelevant in the expired domain business. This morning I read Michael’s post about Pool “de-emphasizing” its expired domain drop catching business in favor of new TLD business opportunities. My first reaction was...
Discussion
December 21, 2012, 10:01 am

Domain Name Wire
Iran: .Gay domain would spread hatred
Republic of Iran wants to stop .gay top level domain. The government of Iran has filed an early late warning to applicants for the .gay top level domain name. Iran thinks that a .gay top level domain will “spread of hatred and hostility in the ...
Discussion
Iran: .Gay domain would spread hatred
Republic of Iran wants to stop .gay top level domain. The government of Iran has filed an early late warning to applicants for the .gay top level domain name. Iran thinks that a .gay top level domain will “spread of hatred and hostility in the ...
Discussion
December 21, 2012, 9:42 am

Domain Name Wire
No surprise: UDRP panel denies claim on InteriorDesign.com
Magazine publisher loses case for valuable InteriorDesign.com domain name. A three person National Arbitration Forum UDRP panel has denied Interior Design Media Group, LLC’s claim on the domain name InteriorDesign.com. As I wrote about in Octob...
Discussion
No surprise: UDRP panel denies claim on InteriorDesign.com
Magazine publisher loses case for valuable InteriorDesign.com domain name. A three person National Arbitration Forum UDRP panel has denied Interior Design Media Group, LLC’s claim on the domain name InteriorDesign.com. As I wrote about in Octob...
Discussion
December 20, 2012, 11:57 pm

Domain Name Wire
UDRP panel got BidPal.com case right, but complainant’s lawyers did it a disservice
Ultimate decision in case is right, but complainant’s case could have been stronger than it was. It’s no wonder that BidPal, Inc wants the domain name BidPal.com. It has the decidedly inferior domain name BidPalNetwork.com. In October it ...
Discussion
UDRP panel got BidPal.com case right, but complainant’s lawyers did it a disservice
Ultimate decision in case is right, but complainant’s case could have been stronger than it was. It’s no wonder that BidPal, Inc wants the domain name BidPal.com. It has the decidedly inferior domain name BidPalNetwork.com. In October it ...
Discussion
December 20, 2012, 10:14 am

Domain Name Wire
.Co domain base up 24% this year to 1.4 million
Registered domain base up about 24% in a year. .Co Internet just released stats about its domain registrations. As of the end of November, there were about 1.4 million registered .co domain names. This is up 24% from last year. It has a “blende...
Discussion
.Co domain base up 24% this year to 1.4 million
Registered domain base up about 24% in a year. .Co Internet just released stats about its domain registrations. As of the end of November, there were about 1.4 million registered .co domain names. This is up 24% from last year. It has a “blende...
Discussion
December 20, 2012, 9:36 am

Domain Name Wire
“Internet Villain” Stephen Conroy wants role on ICANN ATRT
Australian politician behind censorship plan wants to be part of ICANN review team. A politician who, together with his government, was named “Internet Villain of the Year” in 2009 by an ISP trade group, wants a role on ICANN’s Acco...
Discussion
“Internet Villain” Stephen Conroy wants role on ICANN ATRT
Australian politician behind censorship plan wants to be part of ICANN review team. A politician who, together with his government, was named “Internet Villain of the Year” in 2009 by an ISP trade group, wants a role on ICANN’s Acco...
Discussion
December 19, 2012, 1:04 pm

Domain Name Wire
What domains BASF and 13 other end users bought this week
BASF among the big companies buying domain names last week. This week’s end user sales report is shorter than usual. That doesn’t mean fewer domains were purchased by end users. It’s likely a combination of two factors. First, more ...
Discussion
What domains BASF and 13 other end users bought this week
BASF among the big companies buying domain names last week. This week’s end user sales report is shorter than usual. That doesn’t mean fewer domains were purchased by end users. It’s likely a combination of two factors. First, more ...
Discussion
December 19, 2012, 12:41 pm

Domain Name Wire
Funny: UDRP complainant says registration in bad faith is “not applicable”
Software company files UDRP and says registration in bad faith was “not applicable” to the case. Just when you thought you’d seen it all… Swiss digital publishing software company BlankPage AG has lost a UDRP decision for the...
Discussion
Funny: UDRP complainant says registration in bad faith is “not applicable”
Software company files UDRP and says registration in bad faith was “not applicable” to the case. Just when you thought you’d seen it all… Swiss digital publishing software company BlankPage AG has lost a UDRP decision for the...
Discussion
December 19, 2012, 9:31 am

Domain Name Wire
.Co returns to Super Bowl in Go Daddy commercial
Danica Patrick to start in GoDaddy.co commercial in Super Bowl XLVII. .Co will be featured in a Go Daddy Super Bowl commercial for the third year in a row this coming February, Go Daddy and .Co Internet announced today. The .co commercial will featur...
Discussion
.Co returns to Super Bowl in Go Daddy commercial
Danica Patrick to start in GoDaddy.co commercial in Super Bowl XLVII. .Co will be featured in a Go Daddy Super Bowl commercial for the third year in a row this coming February, Go Daddy and .Co Internet announced today. The .co commercial will featur...
Discussion
December 19, 2012, 9:18 am