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Domain Lease

An arrangement where a domain owner allows another party to use a domain name for a recurring fee without transferring ownership. Leasing provides the owner with ongoing income while retaining the asset, and gives the lessee access to a premium domain without the full purchase cost. Lease-to-own options are also common.

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Reg Fee

Short for 'registration fee' - the cost to register a domain name for one year.

Thin WHOIS

A WHOIS system that provides only basic registrar information, requiring additional queries for full contact details.

UDRP

Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy

Trustee Service

A service that holds domains on behalf of registrants who don't meet local presence requirements for certain ccTLDs.

Listing

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

Net

.net is one of the original top-level domains (TLDs) introduced in the internet's early days, along with others like .com, .org, and .edu. The .net extension was initially intended for network tech...