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Trustee Service

A service that holds domains on behalf of registrants who don't meet local presence requirements for certain ccTLDs. Trustees provide a local address while allowing foreign ownership.

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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...

Stealth Acquisition

Purchasing a domain without revealing the true buyer's identity, often through a broker or shell company.

Net

.net is one of the original top-level domains (TLDs) introduced in the internet's early days, along with others like .com, .org, and .edu. The .net extension was initially intended for network tech...

A Record

An Address Record in DNS that maps a domain name to an IPv4 address.

Me

".me" is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Montenegro. However, due to its potential for wide-ranging personal branding—since "me" is used in English as a reference to ones...

DRP (Domain Resolution Policy)

Alternative dispute resolution policies used by various domain registries to handle domain name conflicts.