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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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Reverse Hijacking

Reverse Hijacking (also known as reverse domain name hijacking or RDNH) refers to an unethical and unjust action where a trademark owner attempts to secure a domain name by making false cybersquatt...

Thin WHOIS

A WHOIS system that provides only basic registrar information, requiring additional queries for full contact details.

Trustee Service

A service that holds domains on behalf of registrants who don't meet local presence requirements for certain ccTLDs.

UDRP

Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy

Pending Delete

The final stage before an expired domain is released back to the public, during which it cannot be renewed.

NNNN.com

A domain consisting of exactly four numeric digits followed by .com, with only 10,000 possible combinations.