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
16 end user domain name sales
Several companies buy “matching” domain names. Sedo had a fairly slow sales week over the U.S holiday, handling 416 domain name transactions for about $1 million. Despite the lower-than-usual transaction total, there were plenty of exampl...
Discussion
16 end user domain name sales
Several companies buy “matching” domain names. Sedo had a fairly slow sales week over the U.S holiday, handling 416 domain name transactions for about $1 million. Despite the lower-than-usual transaction total, there were plenty of exampl...
Discussion
July 14, 2016, 2:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Applicants ask for .web auction postponement over Nu Dot Co
Applicants concerned that rival has a big-money backer. At least two applicants for the .web top level domain name are asking for this month’s auction to be postponed. Radix and Schlund Technologies GmbH sent letters to ICANN that state: We sup...
Discussion
Applicants ask for .web auction postponement over Nu Dot Co
Applicants concerned that rival has a big-money backer. At least two applicants for the .web top level domain name are asking for this month’s auction to be postponed. Radix and Schlund Technologies GmbH sent letters to ICANN that state: We sup...
Discussion
July 14, 2016, 12:54 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, July 14th
Yesterday I did something crazy. I was having problems with a company in the industry and I emailed someone I knew to see if I could get some better help. They responded, we talked it out, and now I have a better way of communicat...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, July 14th
Yesterday I did something crazy. I was having problems with a company in the industry and I emailed someone I knew to see if I could get some better help. They responded, we talked it out, and now I have a better way of communicat...
Discussion
July 14, 2016, 10:15 am
Domain Shane
My Recent Experiences With Sedo
There has been alot of frustration voiced recently over experiences at Sedo. What started out as a post about Sedo’s sales numbers declining (I haven’t looked at the data to confirm or deny), quickly devolved into a lot of non-specific bi...
Discussion
My Recent Experiences With Sedo
There has been alot of frustration voiced recently over experiences at Sedo. What started out as a post about Sedo’s sales numbers declining (I haven’t looked at the data to confirm or deny), quickly devolved into a lot of non-specific bi...
Discussion
July 14, 2016, 1:00 am
The Domains
URS Panel Finds The URS Complaint “Was An Abuse of Process” in Grey.email
In what be the first case, an Examiner found a “Complaint filed under the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) proceeding was brought as abuse of the administrative proceeding or with material falsehoods”. The URS involved the generic domain na...
Discussion
URS Panel Finds The URS Complaint “Was An Abuse of Process” in Grey.email
In what be the first case, an Examiner found a “Complaint filed under the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) proceeding was brought as abuse of the administrative proceeding or with material falsehoods”. The URS involved the generic domain na...
Discussion
July 13, 2016, 10:41 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF JULY 12, 2016
A look at the final prices from the auction list posted on July 12, 2016. Main List Z95.com Nice CCC, sounds like a vehicle of some sort Stingiest.com When you don’t want to spend any money for any reason, you’re the stin...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF JULY 12, 2016
A look at the final prices from the auction list posted on July 12, 2016. Main List Z95.com Nice CCC, sounds like a vehicle of some sort Stingiest.com When you don’t want to spend any money for any reason, you’re the stin...
Discussion
July 13, 2016, 9:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts invests in Blockchain technology company
Donuts makes an investment in Netki. Donuts has made its second investment under its Donuts Labs program. Netki, Inc. is billed as a digital identity startup dedicated to democratizing digital currency. Just how does this relate to DNS? Here’s ...
Discussion
Donuts invests in Blockchain technology company
Donuts makes an investment in Netki. Donuts has made its second investment under its Donuts Labs program. Netki, Inc. is billed as a digital identity startup dedicated to democratizing digital currency. Just how does this relate to DNS? Here’s ...
Discussion
July 13, 2016, 2:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Companies still love descriptive .com domains
Big companies are still snapping up .com domain names for use and protection. The release of new top level domain name options hasn’t slowed the Verisign juggernaut down. Companies still want to own descriptive and protective domains in .com, a...
Discussion
Companies still love descriptive .com domains
Big companies are still snapping up .com domain names for use and protection. The release of new top level domain name options hasn’t slowed the Verisign juggernaut down. Companies still want to own descriptive and protective domains in .com, a...
Discussion
July 13, 2016, 2:38 pm
The Domains
Domain Tools Gets Some More Competition As Co-Founder of CA Launches Digital Associates
The co-founder of Computer Assoicates, (CA) Russell Artzt and longtime CA chief architect Vince Re today announced the launch of Digital Associates, a New York-based software company offering cloud-based digital-marketing solutions that help companie...
Discussion
Domain Tools Gets Some More Competition As Co-Founder of CA Launches Digital Associates
The co-founder of Computer Assoicates, (CA) Russell Artzt and longtime CA chief architect Vince Re today announced the launch of Digital Associates, a New York-based software company offering cloud-based digital-marketing solutions that help companie...
Discussion
July 13, 2016, 1:44 pm
The Domains
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1million led by 1396.com
Over the past week, 416 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.m. 55% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: 1396.com at 60,000 USD To...
Discussion
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1million led by 1396.com
Over the past week, 416 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.m. 55% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: 1396.com at 60,000 USD To...
Discussion
July 13, 2016, 1:36 pm
