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Traffic

Visitors to a domain name or website. Domains with existing traffic from type-ins, backlinks, or search are more valuable than those with no visitors.

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Reserve Price

The minimum price a seller will accept at auction; if bidding doesn't reach the reserve, the domain isn't sold.

Forwarding

Redirecting visitors from one domain to another, commonly used for alternate domains or misspellings.

HTTP(S)

HTTP(S)" refers to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (Secure). This is the protocol over which data is sent between a user's browser and the website they are connected to. The 'S' at the end of H...

Blocklist

A list of domain names or IP addresses flagged for spam, malware, or other malicious activities.

Churning

The unethical practice of repeatedly selling domains among a small group of investors to artificially inflate prices or create a false sales history.

\nDDNS, or Dynamic Domain Name System, is a service that maps internet domain names to IP addresses as those IP addresses change. Traditional DNS servers provide a fixed IP address for a domain nam...