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Comps (Comparables)

Historical sales data for similar domain names used to estimate a domain's value. When valuing a domain, investors look at recent sales of comparable domains with similar length, keywords, extension, and characteristics.

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Listing

Adding a domain to a marketplace or sales platform to make it available for purchase.

ICANN

ICANN is an acronym that stands for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. ICANN is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated...

CVCVC

A domain naming pattern consisting of Consonant-Vowel-Consonant-Vowel-Consonant (e.

Backorder

Attempt to register an expiring domain

Dev Domain

A domain name using the .dev extension, intended for software development purposes and requiring HTTPS.

Drop

"Drop" refers to the process when a domain name registration expires and is not renewed by the original owner, thus becoming available for registration by others. Here's a breakdown of the pro...