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
25 End User Domain Name Sales
End user domain names sales continued during the holidays. Sedo didn’t report domain name sales over the holidays, so this week’s end user sales report includes sales from the past three weeks. Over this period, Sedo handled 1,067 transac...
Discussion
25 End User Domain Name Sales
End user domain names sales continued during the holidays. Sedo didn’t report domain name sales over the holidays, so this week’s end user sales report includes sales from the past three weeks. Over this period, Sedo handled 1,067 transac...
Discussion
January 7, 2015, 4:06 pm

Domain Name Wire
How Correctica made me look smarter
Service finds errors that spell and grammar checkers don’t. When I write a post for Domain Name Wire, I act as researcher, writer and editor. That’s why you occasionally see a typo or two in articles. I review articles before posting, and...
Discussion
How Correctica made me look smarter
Service finds errors that spell and grammar checkers don’t. When I write a post for Domain Name Wire, I act as researcher, writer and editor. That’s why you occasionally see a typo or two in articles. I review articles before posting, and...
Discussion
January 7, 2015, 2:57 pm

Domain Name Wire
ICYMI: 2014 in Review
A look back at the past year in the domain name business. Over the past week I released a podcast and five posts covering five big themes in the domain name business in 2014. I know a lot of people travel or unplug over the holidays, so here’s ...
Discussion
ICYMI: 2014 in Review
A look back at the past year in the domain name business. Over the past week I released a podcast and five posts covering five big themes in the domain name business in 2014. I know a lot of people travel or unplug over the holidays, so here’s ...
Discussion
January 6, 2015, 8:18 pm

Domain Name Wire
How to Use Sched.org to get the most out of NamesCon
Sched.org makes it easier to take advantage of NamesCon’s great keynotes and panel discussions. NamesCon starts on Sunday in Las Vegas. It’s going to be big (800+ people) and packed with content (125 speakers and panelists). With a number...
Discussion
How to Use Sched.org to get the most out of NamesCon
Sched.org makes it easier to take advantage of NamesCon’s great keynotes and panel discussions. NamesCon starts on Sunday in Las Vegas. It’s going to be big (800+ people) and packed with content (125 speakers and panelists). With a number...
Discussion
January 6, 2015, 5:14 pm

Domain Name Wire
Domain name registry Afilias dumps planned IPO
Registry had planned to float in November. Domain name registry Afilias has pulled plans for an initial public offering, as reported by Domain Incite this morning. A company spokesperson told Domain Incite, “The final decision to cancel the IPO...
Discussion
Domain name registry Afilias dumps planned IPO
Registry had planned to float in November. Domain name registry Afilias has pulled plans for an initial public offering, as reported by Domain Incite this morning. A company spokesperson told Domain Incite, “The final decision to cancel the IPO...
Discussion
January 6, 2015, 3:48 pm

Domain Name Wire
September’s .Com winners and losers
Moniker lost, PublicDomainRegistry gained. ICANN has published official registry reports from September (always three months in arrears), showing that Moniker dropped below one million .com domain names registered. The chart below shows the ten domai...
Discussion
September’s .Com winners and losers
Moniker lost, PublicDomainRegistry gained. ICANN has published official registry reports from September (always three months in arrears), showing that Moniker dropped below one million .com domain names registered. The chart below shows the ten domai...
Discussion
January 6, 2015, 2:46 pm

Domain Name Wire
Garry Chernoff sells Montrose.com for $75,000
Domain name investor starts the year with a good sale. Longtime domain name investor Garry Chernoff has started 2015 with a nice sale: Montrose.com at $75,000. The domain name now shows CSC Corporate Domains, a brand domain name registrar, as registr...
Discussion
Garry Chernoff sells Montrose.com for $75,000
Domain name investor starts the year with a good sale. Longtime domain name investor Garry Chernoff has started 2015 with a nice sale: Montrose.com at $75,000. The domain name now shows CSC Corporate Domains, a brand domain name registrar, as registr...
Discussion
January 6, 2015, 2:07 pm

Domain Name Wire
2014 in Review: Short .com domain names worth big money
.Com domain names continue to sell for big bucks. Especially the short ones. This is the final in a five part series covering the top stories in the domain name industry in 2014. You can also listen to the companion podcast covering these five themes...
Discussion
2014 in Review: Short .com domain names worth big money
.Com domain names continue to sell for big bucks. Especially the short ones. This is the final in a five part series covering the top stories in the domain name industry in 2014. You can also listen to the companion podcast covering these five themes...
Discussion
January 5, 2015, 5:58 pm

Domain Name Wire
.Club Domain Names with Colin Campbell, Jeff Sass – Podcast #14
How .Club has soared to #1. .Club has the most paid registrations of any top level domain name, with over 150,000 to date. That’s part of the reason the company is valued at $25.4 million in its latest funding round. On this episode, we chat wi...
Discussion
.Club Domain Names with Colin Campbell, Jeff Sass – Podcast #14
How .Club has soared to #1. .Club has the most paid registrations of any top level domain name, with over 150,000 to date. That’s part of the reason the company is valued at $25.4 million in its latest funding round. On this episode, we chat wi...
Discussion
January 5, 2015, 4:48 pm

Domain Name Wire
This week’s 5 new Top Level Domain name launches
Two IDNs among this week’s TLD launches. It’s the first full week of the new year, and that means a handful of top level domain name companies are releasing domain names. On Tuesday, January 6, موقع. will hit general availability. Thi...
Discussion
This week’s 5 new Top Level Domain name launches
Two IDNs among this week’s TLD launches. It’s the first full week of the new year, and that means a handful of top level domain name companies are releasing domain names. On Tuesday, January 6, موقع. will hit general availability. Thi...
Discussion
January 5, 2015, 2:38 pm