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DR (Domain Rating)

A metric developed by Ahrefs that measures the strength of a domain's backlink profile on a scale from 0 to 100. DR considers the quantity and quality of external backlinks pointing to a domain. It's widely used by domain investors to assess the SEO value of aged or expired domains.

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Domain Flipping

Domain flipping is a key strategy in our industry. It's the practice of buying domain names at a low cost and then selling them for a profit. The process involves identifying domain names that h...

CIRA (Canadian Internet Registration Authority)

The organization that manages the .ca country code top-level domain for Canada.

TLD

The term "TLD" or "Top-Level Domain" is fundamental to your line of work. It refers to the last segment of a domain name, or the part that follows immediately after the "dot" symbol. There...

A Record

An Address Record in DNS that maps a domain name to an IPv4 address.

Deleted Domain

A deleted domain is a domain name that was previously registered but has been released back into the pool of available domain names because the owner did not renew it before the expiry date. Her...

Ahrefs

A comprehensive SEO toolset widely used in domain investing to analyze backlink profiles, organic search traffic, and domain metrics.