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
CBS News Covers The Domain Aftermarket & Puts DomainAgency.com In The Spotlight
CBS News just published a story on the domain name aftermarket getting all their information from the story from husband and wife team Brian and Meghan Berke which run domainagency.com. Here are the topics covered in the article which I think are pre...
Discussion
CBS News Covers The Domain Aftermarket & Puts DomainAgency.com In The Spotlight
CBS News just published a story on the domain name aftermarket getting all their information from the story from husband and wife team Brian and Meghan Berke which run domainagency.com. Here are the topics covered in the article which I think are pre...
Discussion
July 9, 2013, 8:57 am
The Domains
.Asia Passes 500,000 Registrations Relaunches Redesigned Site Dot.Asia
DotAsia announce today that the “.Asia” gTLD has reached over 500,000 domain names under management. “Since the successful Sunrise launch in 2007 the “.Asia” gTLD has grown steadily over the years.” “As one o...
Discussion
.Asia Passes 500,000 Registrations Relaunches Redesigned Site Dot.Asia
DotAsia announce today that the “.Asia” gTLD has reached over 500,000 domain names under management. “Since the successful Sunrise launch in 2007 the “.Asia” gTLD has grown steadily over the years.” “As one o...
Discussion
July 9, 2013, 7:50 am
The Domains
Rabbi’s Say ICANN Unequal Treatment Of .Halal Is Not .Kosher
In a letter to ICANN, several Kosher certification organizations, responsible for certification of approximately 63% of kosher ingredients worldwide, objected to the “unequal treatment of the new gTLD applications for .Kosher and .halal T...
Discussion
Rabbi’s Say ICANN Unequal Treatment Of .Halal Is Not .Kosher
In a letter to ICANN, several Kosher certification organizations, responsible for certification of approximately 63% of kosher ingredients worldwide, objected to the “unequal treatment of the new gTLD applications for .Kosher and .halal T...
Discussion
July 8, 2013, 10:36 pm
The Domains
IFFOR Publishes Two Years Of Tax Returns Showing 85% Of .XXX Domains Don’t Resolve
The International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR) a not-for-profit organization which was set up as part of ICM application to operate the .XXX registry has now published on its site, its tax returns for 2011 and 2012. In 2012 IFFOR had ...
Discussion
IFFOR Publishes Two Years Of Tax Returns Showing 85% Of .XXX Domains Don’t Resolve
The International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR) a not-for-profit organization which was set up as part of ICM application to operate the .XXX registry has now published on its site, its tax returns for 2011 and 2012. In 2012 IFFOR had ...
Discussion
July 8, 2013, 8:51 am
The Domains
Google’s .App Draws Fire From The Association for Competitive Technology
Google’s new gTLD application to operate the .APP new gTLD come under fire yesterday by the The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT). In a a letter to Dr. Stephen D. Crocker Chairman of the Board of Directors and Mr. Fadi Ch...
Discussion
Google’s .App Draws Fire From The Association for Competitive Technology
Google’s new gTLD application to operate the .APP new gTLD come under fire yesterday by the The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT). In a a letter to Dr. Stephen D. Crocker Chairman of the Board of Directors and Mr. Fadi Ch...
Discussion
July 6, 2013, 10:29 am
The Domains
Demand Media Withdraws 1st New gTLD Application: .Bar
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) withdrew its first new gTLD application, .Bar. The application had a prioritization number of 1,689. According to the ICANN website, “the Geographic Names Panel determined that the .Bar falls within the crit...
Discussion
Demand Media Withdraws 1st New gTLD Application: .Bar
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) withdrew its first new gTLD application, .Bar. The application had a prioritization number of 1,689. According to the ICANN website, “the Geographic Names Panel determined that the .Bar falls within the crit...
Discussion
July 6, 2013, 9:43 am
The Domains
Comcast / NBC Sports Sells Versus.com For Six Figures to Startup Versus.io
The domain name Versus.com has been sold by Comcast/NBC Sports for a “six figure sum” According to a story in VentureVillage.eu, The buyer is startup company that upgraded from the domain Versus.io According to the story, Versus IO ...
Discussion
Comcast / NBC Sports Sells Versus.com For Six Figures to Startup Versus.io
The domain name Versus.com has been sold by Comcast/NBC Sports for a “six figure sum” According to a story in VentureVillage.eu, The buyer is startup company that upgraded from the domain Versus.io According to the story, Versus IO ...
Discussion
July 6, 2013, 8:53 am
The Domains
Godaddy To Rebrand .La Domain Names & Market Them In Los Angeles
According to The LA Times, GoDaddy, will kick off a marketing campaign Monday to re-brand .LA as the Web suffix for Los Angeles after partnering with CentralNic, the company that handles the database for .the .LA ccTLD. .LA is the ccTLD for Lao...
Discussion
Godaddy To Rebrand .La Domain Names & Market Them In Los Angeles
According to The LA Times, GoDaddy, will kick off a marketing campaign Monday to re-brand .LA as the Web suffix for Los Angeles after partnering with CentralNic, the company that handles the database for .the .LA ccTLD. .LA is the ccTLD for Lao...
Discussion
July 6, 2013, 8:16 am
The Domains
Feds Seize 46 Domain Names To Celebrate Independence Day
It appears some agency of the Federal Government seized 46 domain names all using Godaddy.com servers at DomainControl.com yesterday, on Independence Day in the United States. So far I haven’t see any official announcement of the seizures...
Discussion
Feds Seize 46 Domain Names To Celebrate Independence Day
It appears some agency of the Federal Government seized 46 domain names all using Godaddy.com servers at DomainControl.com yesterday, on Independence Day in the United States. So far I haven’t see any official announcement of the seizures...
Discussion
July 5, 2013, 9:29 am
The Domains
TM Nightmare: 977 .Com/.Net Google Domains Registered Last Month Only 8 By Google
Over the years we have chatted about over reaching trademark holders and trademark group pushing for great protections and while we have been on the side of the domain holder, in all fairness we do have to admit that for a large trademark holder they...
Discussion
TM Nightmare: 977 .Com/.Net Google Domains Registered Last Month Only 8 By Google
Over the years we have chatted about over reaching trademark holders and trademark group pushing for great protections and while we have been on the side of the domain holder, in all fairness we do have to admit that for a large trademark holder they...
Discussion
July 5, 2013, 8:34 am
