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
Overstock.com Continues O.tld Purchases with O.info
O.info latest domain name acquisition by online retailer. Overstock.com has acquired O.info from domain name registry Afilias, adding to its collection of o.tld names. The company has gone all in with O.co, and in fact its press release announcing O....
Discussion
Overstock.com Continues O.tld Purchases with O.info
O.info latest domain name acquisition by online retailer. Overstock.com has acquired O.info from domain name registry Afilias, adding to its collection of o.tld names. The company has gone all in with O.co, and in fact its press release announcing O....
Discussion
September 21, 2011, 9:20 am
The Domains
Google’s Schmidt Faces Senate Hearing Today
Google’s executive chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt will be speaking before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee later today as that panel looks to determine whether Google abuses its power in online search. So...
Discussion
Google’s Schmidt Faces Senate Hearing Today
Google’s executive chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt will be speaking before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee later today as that panel looks to determine whether Google abuses its power in online search. So...
Discussion
September 21, 2011, 9:13 am
Domain Shane
Virginia is for Lovers, Free Websites with Google/Intuit
Yesterday Google announced a new program called Virginia Get Your Business Online designed to provide free websites to Virginia small businesses without a web presence. The name of the program definitely needs some work but the concept is simple; Goo...
Discussion
Virginia is for Lovers, Free Websites with Google/Intuit
Yesterday Google announced a new program called Virginia Get Your Business Online designed to provide free websites to Virginia small businesses without a web presence. The name of the program definitely needs some work but the concept is simple; Goo...
Discussion
September 21, 2011, 9:13 am
Domain Shane
Wednesday’s Daily Domain Drop and Auction Picks
There are some unbelievable picks in here today. If you can’t make money with these then you should just quit domaining. Dime on the dollar prices today, like shooting fish in a barrel. How do you like the headlines? Ok ...
Discussion
Wednesday’s Daily Domain Drop and Auction Picks
There are some unbelievable picks in here today. If you can’t make money with these then you should just quit domaining. Dime on the dollar prices today, like shooting fish in a barrel. How do you like the headlines? Ok ...
Discussion
September 21, 2011, 3:46 am
DomainSherpa
Selling Five-figure Domains – With Jason Davis
Jason Davis' wife called him crazy when he bought Recruiting.com for $75,000 in 2002. But four years later Davis sold it to Jobster for a six-figure price. He realizes that his end users – the people who buy his job- and recruiting-related...
Discussion
Selling Five-figure Domains – With Jason Davis
Jason Davis' wife called him crazy when he bought Recruiting.com for $75,000 in 2002. But four years later Davis sold it to Jobster for a six-figure price. He realizes that his end users – the people who buy his job- and recruiting-related...
Discussion
September 21, 2011, 12:00 am
Domain Shane
I Want To Be a Zillionaire: Zillion.com Sells for $14,800
Zillion.com sold today on Namejet for a healthy $14,800 to BidderonFire. Quite a sum considering a zillion is a fictitious number. Although ask 10 people and most likely 9 of them will think it’s real. Billionaire.com sold in ...
Discussion
I Want To Be a Zillionaire: Zillion.com Sells for $14,800
Zillion.com sold today on Namejet for a healthy $14,800 to BidderonFire. Quite a sum considering a zillion is a fictitious number. Although ask 10 people and most likely 9 of them will think it’s real. Billionaire.com sold in ...
Discussion
September 20, 2011, 10:29 pm
The Domains
New Report On Daily Deal Industry: Acquisitions Increasing; Valuations Dropping “Quickly & Signicantly”
Research firm CB Insights, published a report on “the Daily Deal” industry calling it the “most detailed and comprehensive report on M&A transactions, M&A valuation multiples, transaction deal terms and investment funding tr...
Discussion
New Report On Daily Deal Industry: Acquisitions Increasing; Valuations Dropping “Quickly & Signicantly”
Research firm CB Insights, published a report on “the Daily Deal” industry calling it the “most detailed and comprehensive report on M&A transactions, M&A valuation multiples, transaction deal terms and investment funding tr...
Discussion
September 20, 2011, 8:59 pm
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $570K In Domain Names Led By Sosg.com For $15K
Afternic.com just posted its reportable domain names sales for the week ending Sunday September 18th, totally around $570,000 The highest sale was Sosg.com for $15,000 and Toushay.com for $11K. I assume that domain has some relation to the Fren...
Discussion
Afternic.com Sells $570K In Domain Names Led By Sosg.com For $15K
Afternic.com just posted its reportable domain names sales for the week ending Sunday September 18th, totally around $570,000 The highest sale was Sosg.com for $15,000 and Toushay.com for $11K. I assume that domain has some relation to the Fren...
Discussion
September 20, 2011, 5:05 pm
Elliot's Blog
EMDs Aren’t Everything: Ask Rick Santorum
Despite owning the exact match domain, Rick Santorum not #1 in Google As much as I’d like to believe that exact match domain names (EMDs) can be very important for a company to own because of their search engine advantages, they certainly aren&...
Discussion
EMDs Aren’t Everything: Ask Rick Santorum
Despite owning the exact match domain, Rick Santorum not #1 in Google As much as I’d like to believe that exact match domain names (EMDs) can be very important for a company to own because of their search engine advantages, they certainly aren&...
Discussion
September 20, 2011, 5:03 pm
The Domains
Sedo.com Sells Over $900K In Domain Names Led By Xueqiu.com For $100K & Business.Me Which Sold For $56K
Sedo just posted its sales for the week and sold over $900K in reportable sales led by xueqiu.com which sold for $100K and Business.Me which sold for 40,000 Euro’s or about $56,000. In all Sedo reports they sold 954 sales through their marketpl...
Discussion
Sedo.com Sells Over $900K In Domain Names Led By Xueqiu.com For $100K & Business.Me Which Sold For $56K
Sedo just posted its sales for the week and sold over $900K in reportable sales led by xueqiu.com which sold for $100K and Business.Me which sold for 40,000 Euro’s or about $56,000. In all Sedo reports they sold 954 sales through their marketpl...
Discussion
September 20, 2011, 4:42 pm
