Nameserver
A server that handles DNS queries for a domain, translating the domain name into its IP address. Domains typically have at least two nameservers for redundancy.
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Domain Investing
Domain investing refers to the practice of purchasing and holding domain names as a financial investment.The goal of domain investing is to buy domain names at a low cost and then sell them for a h...
Sunrise Period
A Sunrise Period refers to a specific time frame during which trademark holders have the opportunity to register domain names that match their trademarks before they're available to the general pub...
Domainer
A person who invests in domain names as a business or profession.
Lead Generation
Using domain names to capture potential customer information through parked pages with contact forms or advertising.
Generic Domain
A "generic domain" (also known as a generic top-level domain - gTLD) refers to a domain name that uses a common, general term as its second-level domain. They're called "generic" because they d...
Portfolio
A portfolio refers to the collection of domain names that an investor currently owns. The size and quality of a domain name portfolio can vary greatly depending on the investor's strategy. Some ...