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
Freshlook.com Purchased For $3,500 In SnapNames Auction In Feb Lost In UDRP
Freshlook.com a domain bought at a SnapNames.com drop auction for over $3,500 in Feburary has just been lost in a UDRP. The UDRP, which we wrote about when it was first filed two weeks after the end of the auction was decided by a one person panel fr...
Discussion
Freshlook.com Purchased For $3,500 In SnapNames Auction In Feb Lost In UDRP
Freshlook.com a domain bought at a SnapNames.com drop auction for over $3,500 in Feburary has just been lost in a UDRP. The UDRP, which we wrote about when it was first filed two weeks after the end of the auction was decided by a one person panel fr...
Discussion
April 1, 2013, 4:15 pm
The Domains
Adweek: As New gTLD’s Roll Out “Marketers & Media Outlets Will Spend Millions”
In a new post by AdWeek.com entitled: “Brands Facing Dot-Com Domain Identity Crisis. As Icann readies roll out, marketers and media outlets will spend millions” ” It all adds up to a 6,300% increase in web site domains.&rdquo...
Discussion
Adweek: As New gTLD’s Roll Out “Marketers & Media Outlets Will Spend Millions”
In a new post by AdWeek.com entitled: “Brands Facing Dot-Com Domain Identity Crisis. As Icann readies roll out, marketers and media outlets will spend millions” ” It all adds up to a 6,300% increase in web site domains.&rdquo...
Discussion
April 1, 2013, 2:00 pm
The Domains
YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley Buys MixBit.com For $2,088 On Afternic To Start New Video Site
The Co-founder of YouTube Chad Hurley just announced announced on Twitter that he was launching his new Video site, MixBit.com which he purchased on Afternic.com less than a month ago for just $2,088. “The future of video is launching soo...
Discussion
YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley Buys MixBit.com For $2,088 On Afternic To Start New Video Site
The Co-founder of YouTube Chad Hurley just announced announced on Twitter that he was launching his new Video site, MixBit.com which he purchased on Afternic.com less than a month ago for just $2,088. “The future of video is launching soo...
Discussion
April 1, 2013, 10:40 am
The Domains
Godaddy.com Sells Over 42K Domain Names In March
Godaddy.com posted its sales totals for March 2013, reporting 42,600 domain sold on its platform in March. This is a substantial increase over February where Godaddy.com reported 34,985 Of the 42K+ sales: 762 Offer/Counter-Offer 22,566 Auction 19,332...
Discussion
Godaddy.com Sells Over 42K Domain Names In March
Godaddy.com posted its sales totals for March 2013, reporting 42,600 domain sold on its platform in March. This is a substantial increase over February where Godaddy.com reported 34,985 Of the 42K+ sales: 762 Offer/Counter-Offer 22,566 Auction 19,332...
Discussion
April 1, 2013, 9:24 am
The Domains
King.com Drops The .Com & Rebrands As King
According to Socialnewsdaily.com, King.com has re-branded itself by dropping the .com and going with just King, to celebrate it 10 year anniversary. Here is how the site used to look: Th...
Discussion
King.com Drops The .Com & Rebrands As King
According to Socialnewsdaily.com, King.com has re-branded itself by dropping the .com and going with just King, to celebrate it 10 year anniversary. Here is how the site used to look: Th...
Discussion
March 31, 2013, 11:45 am
The Domains
JD.com Bought by China’s Jingdong Which Has 35 Million Active Users
The domain name JD.com has been purchased by China’s leading direct B2C e-commerce company, Jingdong , who announced today that effective immediately, it’s current domain, 360buy.com, will redirect users to JD.com According...
Discussion
JD.com Bought by China’s Jingdong Which Has 35 Million Active Users
The domain name JD.com has been purchased by China’s leading direct B2C e-commerce company, Jingdong , who announced today that effective immediately, it’s current domain, 360buy.com, will redirect users to JD.com According...
Discussion
March 30, 2013, 10:46 am
The Domains
27 More New gTLD Applications Pass Initial Evaluation
ICANN just passed 27 more new gTLD applications today bringing the total of passed applications to 52. Included in today list an application from Verisign another application for Donuts and One From Google, Amazon, and Afilias. This batch...
Discussion
27 More New gTLD Applications Pass Initial Evaluation
ICANN just passed 27 more new gTLD applications today bringing the total of passed applications to 52. Included in today list an application from Verisign another application for Donuts and One From Google, Amazon, and Afilias. This batch...
Discussion
March 29, 2013, 2:45 pm
The Domains
UDRP Panel Gives 50 Rock/SNL Star Tracy Morgan Control Of TracyMorgan.com
A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) UDRP panel just awarded the domain name TracyMorgan.com to 50 Rock and former SNL star, Tracy Morgan. Tracy Morgan’s official site is currently TracyMorgan.net According to DomainTools.com, the ...
Discussion
UDRP Panel Gives 50 Rock/SNL Star Tracy Morgan Control Of TracyMorgan.com
A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) UDRP panel just awarded the domain name TracyMorgan.com to 50 Rock and former SNL star, Tracy Morgan. Tracy Morgan’s official site is currently TracyMorgan.net According to DomainTools.com, the ...
Discussion
March 29, 2013, 10:42 am
The Domains
WIPO: UDRP 2012: Complainants Win 91%; Parties Settle 20% of Cases
Here are UDRP stats of cases filed under WIPO in 2012: Trademark holders filed a record 2,884 cybersquatting cases covering 5,084 Internet domain names with the WIPO Center under procedures based on the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (...
Discussion
WIPO: UDRP 2012: Complainants Win 91%; Parties Settle 20% of Cases
Here are UDRP stats of cases filed under WIPO in 2012: Trademark holders filed a record 2,884 cybersquatting cases covering 5,084 Internet domain names with the WIPO Center under procedures based on the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (...
Discussion
March 29, 2013, 9:19 am
The Domains
Add Edward Smith To The Reverse Domain Hijacking List
A three member UDRP panel has found Edward Smith of California is guilt of reverse Domain Name Hijacking in the attempt grab the domain name joopa.com Mr. Smith which just filed for a trademark on the term Joopa on March 2011 which was granted in Dec...
Discussion
Add Edward Smith To The Reverse Domain Hijacking List
A three member UDRP panel has found Edward Smith of California is guilt of reverse Domain Name Hijacking in the attempt grab the domain name joopa.com Mr. Smith which just filed for a trademark on the term Joopa on March 2011 which was granted in Dec...
Discussion
March 28, 2013, 5:41 pm
