Glossary

Domain name glossary

61 domain industry terms in plain English — the vocabulary of buying, selling, valuing and catching domains. Each term has its own page with context and related concepts.

A

Aftermarket (Secondary Market)
Auth Code (EPP Code)

B

Backlinks (Domain History)
Backorder
BIN (Buy It Now)
Brandable Domain

C

ccTLD
Comparable Sales (Comps)
Cybersquatting

D

DNS
Domain Appraisal
Domain Auction
Domain Broker
Domain Liquidity
Domain Monitoring (Watchlist)
Domain Negotiation
Domain Parking
Domain Portfolio
Domain Push
Domainer (Domain Investor)
DotDB
Drop (Domain Drop)
Drop Catching

E

End User
EPP Status Codes
Escrow (Domain Escrow)
Exact-Match Domain (EMD)
Expired Domain

G

gTLD

H

Hand Registration (Hand Reg)

I

ICANN

K

Keyword Domain

L

Lander (For-Sale Landing Page)

M

Make Offer

N

NameBio
Nameserver (NS)

O

Outbound (Domain Outreach)

P

PendingDelete
Premium Domain
Premium Renewal

R

Radio Test
RDAP
Redemption Period
Registrant
Registrar
Registration Breadth
Registry
Renewal
Renewal Grace Period
Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH)

S

Sell-Through Rate (STR)
SLD (Second-Level Domain)

T

TLD (Top-Level Domain)
Trademark (and Domains)
Transfer Lock (60-Day Lock)
Two-Word Domain
Type-In Traffic (Direct Navigation)

U

UDRP
Upgrade Domain

W

WHOIS
Wholesale vs Retail Price

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