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Stealth Acquisition

Purchasing a domain without revealing the true buyer's identity, often through a broker or shell company. Large companies use stealth acquisitions to avoid price inflation when sellers know who's buying.

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EPP Code

A unique authorization code required to transfer a domain from one registrar to another, also called a transfer code.

Gov

.gov is a top-level domain (TLD) that is specifically reserved for the use of governmental entities in the United States at the federal, state, and local levels.The .gov TLD is managed by the Gener...

DomainTools

A leading provider of domain name research and monitoring services including WHOIS history and reverse lookups.

DNS Records

Configuration entries that tell DNS servers how to handle requests for a domain, including A, CNAME, MX, and TXT records.

Cybersquatting

Cybersquatting, also known as domain squatting, is the act of registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name with bad faith intent to profit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someo...

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 ...