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Drop Catching

Drop catching is the practice of attempting to register valuable domain names immediately after they are deleted from the registry and become available for registration.

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Churning

The unethical practice of repeatedly selling domains among a small group of investors to artificially inflate prices or create a false sales history.

Make an Offer refers to the process where a potential buyer proposes a price they are willing to pay for a specific domain name. This is typically done when the domain name is listed for sale but w...

GDPR

GDPR is an acronym that stands for General Data Protection Regulation. This is a law enforced by the European Union since May 2018, aimed at giving EU citizens control over their personal data and ...

Google Trends

Google Trends is a valuable tool provided by Google that shows how often a particular search term is entered into the search engine relative to its total search volume over a given period of time. ...

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Extension

The suffix at the end of a domain name, also called a TLD, such as .com, .net, .org, or country codes like .uk.