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:
The Domains
Market Recap 2/24/16 Minds + Machines up – United Internet Down
Market Recap 2/24/16 United Internet (UTDI) the parent company of Sedo was off close to 3% today. Verisign (VRSN) was up close to 1% back over $83 and closed at $83.20. Minds + Machines (MMX) got back to 9P and the stock is up close to 25% over the l...
Discussion
Market Recap 2/24/16 Minds + Machines up – United Internet Down
Market Recap 2/24/16 United Internet (UTDI) the parent company of Sedo was off close to 3% today. Verisign (VRSN) was up close to 1% back over $83 and closed at $83.20. Minds + Machines (MMX) got back to 9P and the stock is up close to 25% over the l...
Discussion
February 24, 2016, 10:00 pm
The Domains
Sled.com Owned by Yahoo; Mark Monitor Sold
The domain name Sled.com which was owned by Yahoo! Inc. back in 2013, with the domain name registrar and brand protection company MarkMonitor.com just sold. Since January 2014 the domain name whois changed from Yahoo, to the catch all for Mark Monito...
Discussion
Sled.com Owned by Yahoo; Mark Monitor Sold
The domain name Sled.com which was owned by Yahoo! Inc. back in 2013, with the domain name registrar and brand protection company MarkMonitor.com just sold. Since January 2014 the domain name whois changed from Yahoo, to the catch all for Mark Monito...
Discussion
February 24, 2016, 3:49 pm
The Domains
NameJet to Auction off 22 Top Tier .WS Names
.WS is making their push into the Chinese market and a press release that came out stated that in the past 3 months .WS registrations have increased by 1500%. The initial auctions contain LL names like MB and DX, there are NNN names like 887 and 288....
Discussion
NameJet to Auction off 22 Top Tier .WS Names
.WS is making their push into the Chinese market and a press release that came out stated that in the past 3 months .WS registrations have increased by 1500%. The initial auctions contain LL names like MB and DX, there are NNN names like 887 and 288....
Discussion
February 23, 2016, 11:38 pm
The Domains
Market Recap 2/23/16 Domain stocks down – Rightside bucks the trend up 2.2%
Market Recap 2/23/16 Domain stocks were down today, Rightside (NAME) being the exception, the stock was up 2.2%. Verisign (VRSN) gave back half of their gains from yesterday and closed at $82.49. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 717.29 -11.76 (-1.61%) Godaddy Inc ...
Discussion
Market Recap 2/23/16 Domain stocks down – Rightside bucks the trend up 2.2%
Market Recap 2/23/16 Domain stocks were down today, Rightside (NAME) being the exception, the stock was up 2.2%. Verisign (VRSN) gave back half of their gains from yesterday and closed at $82.49. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 717.29 -11.76 (-1.61%) Godaddy Inc ...
Discussion
February 23, 2016, 9:32 pm
The Domains
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $2million led by GWH.com
Over the past week, 622 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $2m. 58% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: gwh.com at 57,306 USD Top ccTLD: lumax.de at ...
Discussion
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $2million led by GWH.com
Over the past week, 622 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $2m. 58% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: gwh.com at 57,306 USD Top ccTLD: lumax.de at ...
Discussion
February 23, 2016, 8:47 pm
The Domains
Escrow.com Announces new service “Domain Concierge”
Escrow.com is out with a press release today that announces their new service,”Domain Concierge” Escrow.com’s staff will securely hold the seller’s domain name until full payment is received, then transfer...
Discussion
Escrow.com Announces new service “Domain Concierge”
Escrow.com is out with a press release today that announces their new service,”Domain Concierge” Escrow.com’s staff will securely hold the seller’s domain name until full payment is received, then transfer...
Discussion
February 23, 2016, 12:04 pm
The Domains
Market Recap 2/22/16 Domain Stocks up – Verisign closes up 4%
Market Recap 2/22/16 It was a strong day across the board for the domain stocks. Minds + Machines (MMX) announced that Antony Van Couvering was out as CEO. Online Domain wrote a good piece on the move. Verisign (VRSN) was up $3.32 or 4.1%. The stock ...
Discussion
Market Recap 2/22/16 Domain Stocks up – Verisign closes up 4%
Market Recap 2/22/16 It was a strong day across the board for the domain stocks. Minds + Machines (MMX) announced that Antony Van Couvering was out as CEO. Online Domain wrote a good piece on the move. Verisign (VRSN) was up $3.32 or 4.1%. The stock ...
Discussion
February 22, 2016, 9:17 pm
The Domains
UDRP Filed on Two Letter .Com Domain ZT.com
A UDRP has been filed on a two letter .Com domain name ZT.com It appears the domain name was owned in 2014 by Cincinnati Bell Telephone/Fuse Internet then transferred into privacy in September 2014, then transferred to a Raymond Liu in August 2015 an...
Discussion
UDRP Filed on Two Letter .Com Domain ZT.com
A UDRP has been filed on a two letter .Com domain name ZT.com It appears the domain name was owned in 2014 by Cincinnati Bell Telephone/Fuse Internet then transferred into privacy in September 2014, then transferred to a Raymond Liu in August 2015 an...
Discussion
February 20, 2016, 6:17 am
The Domains
Market Recap 2/19/16 GoDaddy finishes the week up strong
Market Recap 2/19/16 Go Daddy (GDDY) was up close to 5% on the day. The stock finished the week up over 10%. Tucows (TCX) was up 1% on the day. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 722.11 +4.60 (0.64%) Godaddy Inc GDDY 29.34 +1.37 (4.90%) Rightside Group...
Discussion
Market Recap 2/19/16 GoDaddy finishes the week up strong
Market Recap 2/19/16 Go Daddy (GDDY) was up close to 5% on the day. The stock finished the week up over 10%. Tucows (TCX) was up 1% on the day. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 722.11 +4.60 (0.64%) Godaddy Inc GDDY 29.34 +1.37 (4.90%) Rightside Group...
Discussion
February 19, 2016, 9:49 pm
The Domains
Domain Registration on Record Pace? Over 750K Added Yesterday Alone
Registrations of domain names seem to be going on at a record pace. Yesterday saw the number of domain registrations across all Top Level Domain (TLD) names have a net add of over 750,000 domains according to registrarstats.com “Net Add” ...
Discussion
Domain Registration on Record Pace? Over 750K Added Yesterday Alone
Registrations of domain names seem to be going on at a record pace. Yesterday saw the number of domain registrations across all Top Level Domain (TLD) names have a net add of over 750,000 domains according to registrarstats.com “Net Add” ...
Discussion
February 19, 2016, 2:53 pm