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Quick Flip

A domain investment strategy focused on buying and reselling domains within a short timeframe, often days to weeks, for a modest profit. Quick flips typically target undervalued domains in auctions or closeout sales that can be immediately resold to other investors at a markup.

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Domaining

"Domaining" is the business practice of buying, selling, and monetizing domain names for profit. It's essentially the real estate of the internet, where domains are the virtual properties. Dom...

TTL

Time To Live - a DNS setting that specifies how long (in seconds) a DNS record should be cached by resolvers before requesting an update.

Fractional Domain Name Ownership

Fractional domain name ownership is a method of investing in domain names where multiple individuals or entities share ownership of a single domain by dividing it into fractional shares. Each owner...

Holding Costs

The ongoing expenses associated with maintaining domain ownership, primarily annual renewal fees.

Drop Date

The specific date and time when an expired domain becomes available for registration again.

Cease and Desist

A formal legal letter demanding that someone stop an allegedly illegal activity, such as using a trademarked term in a domain name.