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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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.APP

A generic top-level domain (gTLD) operated by Google, designed for mobile applications and app developers.

Punycode

ASCII representation of Unicode domain names

Lead Generation

Using domain names to capture potential customer information through parked pages with contact forms or advertising.

Expiring Domain

An "expiring domain" refers to a domain name whose registration period is about to end. When a domain name is registered, it's typically done so for a specific period of time, often one to ten ye...

Info

.info is one of the many top-level domains (TLDs) available for registration. It was one of the first TLDs introduced to alleviate the demand for .com domains and it's intended for informational we...

ARIN

ARIN, or the American Registry for Internet Numbers, is a nonprofit organization that manages the distribution of Internet number resources, including IPv4 and IPv6 address space, and Autonomous Sy...