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
Conrad out, Robrock in as CEO at Sedo
Domain aftermarket and monetization company Sedo gets a new CEO. Michael Robrock is replacing Matthias Conrad as CEO of Sedo. Robrock joined the company about one year ago as Chief Operating Officer. Conrad was CEO for about 20 months. He took over t...
Discussion
Conrad out, Robrock in as CEO at Sedo
Domain aftermarket and monetization company Sedo gets a new CEO. Michael Robrock is replacing Matthias Conrad as CEO of Sedo. Robrock joined the company about one year ago as Chief Operating Officer. Conrad was CEO for about 20 months. He took over t...
Discussion
September 1, 2020, 2:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Use these two tools to find Chinese meanings of acronym domains
You don’t know to understand Chinese to find meanings for acronyms. Recently I discovered a tool which, together with a translation tool, may help you find Chinese meanings of an acronym domain even if you don’t speak the language. The to...
Discussion
Use these two tools to find Chinese meanings of acronym domains
You don’t know to understand Chinese to find meanings for acronyms. Recently I discovered a tool which, together with a translation tool, may help you find Chinese meanings of an acronym domain even if you don’t speak the language. The to...
Discussion
September 1, 2020, 1:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to make your Whois info public at GoDaddy
Here’s how to make your private information public. GoDaddy started redacting personal information in Whois records earlier this summer. Instead of showing the registrant’s name, address, phone number and email, a Whois record looks like ...
Discussion
How to make your Whois info public at GoDaddy
Here’s how to make your private information public. GoDaddy started redacting personal information in Whois records earlier this summer. Instead of showing the registrant’s name, address, phone number and email, a Whois record looks like ...
Discussion
August 31, 2020, 4:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Checking in with Todd Han – DNW Podcast #301
Some domainer-friendly updates from Dyandot. This week, we check in with Dynadot founder Todd Han. He talks about Dynadot’s new sales system, some updates on the company’s expired domain auction platform, and what’s going on in the ...
Discussion
Checking in with Todd Han – DNW Podcast #301
Some domainer-friendly updates from Dyandot. This week, we check in with Dynadot founder Todd Han. He talks about Dynadot’s new sales system, some updates on the company’s expired domain auction platform, and what’s going on in the ...
Discussion
August 31, 2020, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mattress Firm launches Sleep.com
Big mattress retailer launches Sleep.com as a resource site for better sleep. Mattress retailer Mattress Firm has launched a new website on Sleep.com. The company isn’t selling mattresses on the site, though. It’s using it as a content ma...
Discussion
Mattress Firm launches Sleep.com
Big mattress retailer launches Sleep.com as a resource site for better sleep. Mattress retailer Mattress Firm has launched a new website on Sleep.com. The company isn’t selling mattresses on the site, though. It’s using it as a content ma...
Discussion
August 31, 2020, 12:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Shoes.com sells for third time in 6 years
Walmart sells shoes site to private equity company. The domain name Shoes.com has its fourth owner in less than six years after Wal-Mart sold the business to a private equity company. Brown Shoe Co. sold the business in 2014 to online shoe seller Sho...
Discussion
Shoes.com sells for third time in 6 years
Walmart sells shoes site to private equity company. The domain name Shoes.com has its fourth owner in less than six years after Wal-Mart sold the business to a private equity company. Brown Shoe Co. sold the business in 2014 to online shoe seller Sho...
Discussion
August 30, 2020, 2:51 am
Domain Name Wire
A UDRP provider just won a UDRP
An organization that resolves cybersquatting disputes filed a case of its own. Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), a forum that hears Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) cases, has won a UDRP of its own. The organizat...
Discussion
A UDRP provider just won a UDRP
An organization that resolves cybersquatting disputes filed a case of its own. Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), a forum that hears Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) cases, has won a UDRP of its own. The organizat...
Discussion
August 28, 2020, 4:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Concierge Auctions fails to take down gripe site through UDRP
UDRP usually can’t be used to take down a gripe site. Luxury real estate auction service Concierge Auctions has lost a cybersquatting dispute against the domain name ConciergeAuctionScam.net. The domain name was used to point to negative press ...
Discussion
Concierge Auctions fails to take down gripe site through UDRP
UDRP usually can’t be used to take down a gripe site. Luxury real estate auction service Concierge Auctions has lost a cybersquatting dispute against the domain name ConciergeAuctionScam.net. The domain name was used to point to negative press ...
Discussion
August 27, 2020, 8:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
An in-depth look at aftermarket sales at Web.com last month
Joseph Peterson takes a deep dive into sales at NameJet and SnapNames last month. Domain auctions at NameJet and SnapNames during July were neither record-shattering nor sluggish. And that alone is significant during a pandemic that has hobbled the w...
Discussion
An in-depth look at aftermarket sales at Web.com last month
Joseph Peterson takes a deep dive into sales at NameJet and SnapNames last month. Domain auctions at NameJet and SnapNames during July were neither record-shattering nor sluggish. And that alone is significant during a pandemic that has hobbled the w...
Discussion
August 27, 2020, 5:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why Verisign might want URS on .com
Adding URS to .com could benefit Verisign for several reasons. This week, Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) proposed creating a consensus policy that would bring Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) to all remaining gTLDs that don’t have it. It was somewhat su...
Discussion
Why Verisign might want URS on .com
Adding URS to .com could benefit Verisign for several reasons. This week, Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) proposed creating a consensus policy that would bring Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) to all remaining gTLDs that don’t have it. It was somewhat su...
Discussion
August 27, 2020, 12:07 pm
