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Holding Costs

The ongoing expenses associated with maintaining domain ownership, primarily annual renewal fees. Smart domain investors factor holding costs into their ROI calculations. A domain that costs $10/year to renew needs to generate or appreciate in value by at least that amount to remain worthwhile in a portfolio.

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Domainer

A person who invests in domain names as a business or profession.

CO

".co" is a country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to the Republic of Colombia. However, it's widely used as an alternative to ".com" for commercial purposes by businesses all around the...

Acronym

Acronym Names refer to domain names that are made up of the initial letters of multiple words. These types of domains are typically short, usually 2-4 characters long, and are highly valued due to ...

NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement)

A legal contract requiring parties to keep transaction details confidential, common in high-value domain sales.

MX Record

Mail Exchange Record - a DNS record that specifies the mail server responsible for receiving email on behalf of a domain.

Majestic

An SEO tool specializing in backlink analysis that provides Trust Flow and Citation Flow metrics.