.XYZ

A generic top-level domain marketed as the domain for 'every website, everywhere.' Launched in 2014, .XYZ gained prominence when Google's parent company Alphabet chose abc.xyz as its corporate domain. It's popular for its affordability and appeal to younger, tech-savvy audiences.

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FQDN

A fully qualified domain name, the complete address including every label from the host to the top-level domain.

Drop Date

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

Registrant Verification

The ICANN rule that a registrant must confirm their email after a new registration or contact change, or the domain gets suspended.

Auction

Domain Name Auctions are a common method for buying and selling domain names. These auctions happen in several ways: Expiry Auctions: When a domain name's registration is not renewed, it even...

DNS Records

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

Comps (Comparables)

Historical sales data for similar domain names used to estimate a domain's value.