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
ICANN Eliminates Friday Public Board Meeting At Future Conferences
According to a new announcement starting with the June ICANN meeting ICANN is eliminating the Board meeting typically held on the last day of the conference, Friday which includes committee reports and the public Board meeting. In some past confer...
Discussion
ICANN Eliminates Friday Public Board Meeting At Future Conferences
According to a new announcement starting with the June ICANN meeting ICANN is eliminating the Board meeting typically held on the last day of the conference, Friday which includes committee reports and the public Board meeting. In some past confer...
Discussion
April 30, 2012, 4:05 pm
The Domains
BuyDomains.com Gets Hit With 3rd UDRP In A Week With Visible Difference.com
Buydomains.com just got hit with another UDRP this time on the descriptive term VisibleDifference.com The complainant this go around is the worldwide cosmetic brand of Elizabeth Arden which uses the term for a skin care product. The domain name is pa...
Discussion
BuyDomains.com Gets Hit With 3rd UDRP In A Week With Visible Difference.com
Buydomains.com just got hit with another UDRP this time on the descriptive term VisibleDifference.com The complainant this go around is the worldwide cosmetic brand of Elizabeth Arden which uses the term for a skin care product. The domain name is pa...
Discussion
April 30, 2012, 10:59 am
The Domains
Demand Media Jumps 40% In Pre-Market
Following the story this weekend that Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) turned down an offer of $1.2 Million dollars a 100% premium to its closing price of Friday, it looks like Demand is going to open Way up this morning. In pre-market trading shares o...
Discussion
Demand Media Jumps 40% In Pre-Market
Following the story this weekend that Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) turned down an offer of $1.2 Million dollars a 100% premium to its closing price of Friday, it looks like Demand is going to open Way up this morning. In pre-market trading shares o...
Discussion
April 30, 2012, 9:09 am
The Domains
Blog.com With 8.5 Million Visitors a Month Hits The Sales Block
The category killer domain name Blog.com is hitting the sales block. Blog.com is being brokered by Sedo.com, and according to its press release has an Alexa Traffic Rank just above 700. “Blog.com currently hosts a fully-featured online publishi...
Discussion
Blog.com With 8.5 Million Visitors a Month Hits The Sales Block
The category killer domain name Blog.com is hitting the sales block. Blog.com is being brokered by Sedo.com, and according to its press release has an Alexa Traffic Rank just above 700. “Blog.com currently hosts a fully-featured online publishi...
Discussion
April 30, 2012, 8:25 am
The Domains
Demand Media Turns Down $1.2 Billion To Go Private
Allthingsd.com is reporting that Demand Media, Inc. turned down $1.2 Billion dollars in a deal that would have taken the company private this past week. The current market cap of Demand Media is $620 Million at a closing share price on Friday of arou...
Discussion
Demand Media Turns Down $1.2 Billion To Go Private
Allthingsd.com is reporting that Demand Media, Inc. turned down $1.2 Billion dollars in a deal that would have taken the company private this past week. The current market cap of Demand Media is $620 Million at a closing share price on Friday of arou...
Discussion
April 28, 2012, 4:53 pm
The Domains
George Kirikos of Leap.com, Gets Hit With A UDRP On A 4 Letter Domain: Pupa.com
Our resident ICANN expert George Kirikos of Leap.com, just got hit with a UDRP on a 4 letter .com. Not unlike the UDRP that went against BuyDomains.com this week for Faci.com, another complainant is playing the UDRP lottery by trying to grab th...
Discussion
George Kirikos of Leap.com, Gets Hit With A UDRP On A 4 Letter Domain: Pupa.com
Our resident ICANN expert George Kirikos of Leap.com, just got hit with a UDRP on a 4 letter .com. Not unlike the UDRP that went against BuyDomains.com this week for Faci.com, another complainant is playing the UDRP lottery by trying to grab th...
Discussion
April 28, 2012, 9:45 am
The Domains
ICANN Pushes Off TAS/ New gTLD’s Off For 7 More Business Days, We Predict Big Reveal For May 31st
According to a statement released by ICANN tonight, it appears the TAS system is at least a week away from being re-opened. Today was the day that ICANN promissed a week ago it would give a date for the re-opening of the TAS system and date for the B...
Discussion
ICANN Pushes Off TAS/ New gTLD’s Off For 7 More Business Days, We Predict Big Reveal For May 31st
According to a statement released by ICANN tonight, it appears the TAS system is at least a week away from being re-opened. Today was the day that ICANN promissed a week ago it would give a date for the re-opening of the TAS system and date for the B...
Discussion
April 28, 2012, 1:09 am
The Domains
Social Networking Online Protection Act (SNOPA) Introduced To Protect Users From Having To Divulge Personal Info
Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) introduced legislation today to protect users of social networking sites from having to divulge personal information to employers, schools and universities. The legislation protects people...
Discussion
Social Networking Online Protection Act (SNOPA) Introduced To Protect Users From Having To Divulge Personal Info
Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) introduced legislation today to protect users of social networking sites from having to divulge personal information to employers, schools and universities. The legislation protects people...
Discussion
April 27, 2012, 3:18 pm
The Domains
How To Lose A Fortune In The Domain Business, Register Domains Like This: 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-42-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.info
I was looking on the dropping domain name list on NameJet.com today and I found these gems: 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-43-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.info 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-44-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.info 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-45-0-0...
Discussion
How To Lose A Fortune In The Domain Business, Register Domains Like This: 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-42-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.info
I was looking on the dropping domain name list on NameJet.com today and I found these gems: 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-43-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.info 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-44-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.info 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-45-0-0...
Discussion
April 27, 2012, 1:47 pm
The Domains
On The Heals Of Yesterday’s Loss On Faci.com, BuyDomains Is Hit With Another UDRP On JoyfulEvents.com
Buydomains.com which just lost a UDRP on the domain name Faci.com yesterday, just got hit with another UDRP filing today. Today its another generic term at issue. The domain is JoyfulEvents.com, which is going to a parked page returning results for t...
Discussion
On The Heals Of Yesterday’s Loss On Faci.com, BuyDomains Is Hit With Another UDRP On JoyfulEvents.com
Buydomains.com which just lost a UDRP on the domain name Faci.com yesterday, just got hit with another UDRP filing today. Today its another generic term at issue. The domain is JoyfulEvents.com, which is going to a parked page returning results for t...
Discussion
April 27, 2012, 12:59 pm
