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FORUMS,
SOCIAL COMMUNITIES, BLOGS & NEWS SITES |
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Sully's Blog
https://sullysblog.com |
Mike Sullivan has been covering
the industry since 2007 at Sully's Blog. In 2020 he added an
outstanding new Ultimate
Guide to Domain Name Resources that you will want to
bookmark. |
NamePros.com
https://www.namepros.com |
NamePros.com is a popular free
domain forum with nearly 1 million members and 4.8 million posts. It
is a good place to connect with experts, grow your network and stay
informed with real-time updates. |
Domain Name Forum
www.dnforum.com |
Launched in 2001, DNForum is the
world's oldest domain investing forum with over 500,000 members.
Discuss domain names, buy & sell them on their marketplace, and
stay updated on industry news & events. Free & Premium
memberships available.
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DomainState
www.domainstate.com |
DomainState forum is a great place
to find answers to all of your domain questions. The site also has
an excellent suite of free tools. It is moderated by 3 veteran and
highly respected domain industry professionals and has attracted
more than 1,000 members. |
AcornDomains
AcornDomains.co.uk |
AcornDomains.co.uk is a growing
community of UK Domain Name owners, buyers and sellers. It is
free to join and participate at the site where you can also list
your domains for sale or domains wanted. |
DomainInvesting
DomainInvesting.com |
Written by Elliott Silver,
ElliotsBlog is a great resource for those who are developing their
domain names. Elliot often gives step by step accounts of his
development efforts so that others can learn what works and what
doesn't from his personal experiences. |
iGoldRush
www.igoldrush.com |
iGoldRush.com was one of the first
domain information resources on the Internet and the site played an
instrumental role in helping new domain investors learn the ins and
outs of this business. Paul Goldstone and his team make continual
improvements in the site to keep it among the most useful domain
destinations on the web. |
AbdulBasit Makrani
www.AbdulBasit.com |
Professional Pakistani domain name
investor, AbdulBasit Makrani brings you the latest news, investing
and monetization tips about the domain name industry. |
IN Forum
www.inforum.in |
INForum.in is the web's biggest
forum devoted to India's rapidly growing .in country
code. |
ConsultDomain.de
www.consultdomain.de |
Germany has long been one of the
world's most important domain markets. This German-language forum is
a perfect place to plug into with that country's domain investment
community. |
DirectNavigation.com
www.directnavigation.com |
The DirectNavigation.com blog is
written and edited by veteran domain investor Larry Fischer,
one of the most knowledgeable people in this industry. |
Domain Name Headlines
DNHeadlines.com |
DNHeadlines.com has amassed a huge
variety of domain related RSS headline feeds into one convenient
location. |
IDNForums.com
www.IDNForums.com |
Perfect place to learn about the
rapidly growing field of International Domain Names (IDNs). |
| DOMAIN
TOOLS |
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Acronym Finder
www.acronymfinder.com |
This site
lets you type in an acronym to find out what that set of
letters is commonly used to represent. This is especially helpful in
identifying usage of valuable 3-letter domains. There are over
470,000 definitions for acronyms and abbreviations from 1 to 24
letters in length. There's also a "words in meaning"
search (reverse lookup) which allows you to find acronyms that
contain keywords. |
Alexa
www.alexa.com |
How much traffic does a particular
website get? Alexa will give you a good idea. You download a free
toolbar (which millions of others have already downloaded). Alexa
tracks where the toolbar users visit and uses the data to assign a
ranking number to every website. The number (which appears on the
toolbar) shows where the site you are visiting ranks among all sites
on the web. More detailed traffic information is available by
clicking on the ranking number. It is similar to how Nielsen uses an
audience sample to determine TV ratings. Alexa is now owned by
Amazon. |
Archive Wayback Machine
www.archive.org |
Domain history is revealed by the
Archive Wayback Machine. Type in a domain address and if it
previously had an active web site on it, the Wayback machine will
let you see those old web pages! Data comes from Alexa who has
archived billions of web pages dating back many years. |
DNS Locator
www.dnslocator.com |
Handy tool that lets you look all
domains and websites that are hosted on a specific nameserver.
Includes links to retreive WhoIS information, Alexa ranking and
incoming links for each domain found. |
DomainsBot
www.DomainsBot.com |
DomainsBot helps people find the
perfect domain name through an intuitive domain name suggestion
system that can understand users' ideas, based on word or terms
supplied, and suggest suitable domain names. This free service is
used by thousands of webmasters, domainers, and branding
professionals. |
Domain Tools
www.DomainTools.com |
DomainTools.com is famous for a
variety of indispensable tools accessible to its paid members, but
the site also offers a wide range of completely free tools
like WhoIs and IP address lookups, a domain suggestion tool and a
domain typo generator to name just a few. The free tools are on the
blue navigation bar. The fee based tools are the Power Tools in the
gray colored bar. |
JustDropped.com
www.justdropped.com |
Expired domain research site providing
a free tool for searching expired domain names as well as pending
delete, on hold and redemption period domains. |
NameBounce
www.namebounce.com |
NameBounce is a recently launched domain
name generator with a clean interface and fast search function. Just
enter a keyword or two and select your preferred TLD in the drop
down box to see what the tool comes up with! |
Nameboy
www.nameboy.com |
Nameboy helps you formulate domain
names in a novel way. You enter your favorite keywords and it
returns a list of domains, including names with similar words, that
may be just what you are looking for. |
Public Interest Registry
www.pir.org |
PIR is the registry for .ORG
domain names. Use their WhoIs function to check on the status of
.ORG domains you are interested in. To see who owns the domain and
their contact info, you will need to click on the direct link PIR
gives to the registrar for each domain, then use the registrar's
WhoIs for the lookup. |
Verisign WhoIs
www.networksolutions.com |
Verisign is the registry for .com
and .net domains. Their WhoIs is the authoritative source for
information on domains in those extensions. |
| WEBMASTER
TOOLS |
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CleverForward.com
www.cleverforward.com |
Free URL Forwarding! Many
registrars charge extra for you to have your domain name forwarded
to another URL. With this handy free service you can still get the
job done and keep your money in your wallet! |
ClickMojo!
www.clickmojo.com
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Promotion strategies and traffic
tips. Expired
and expiring soon domain name lists. Mojo 30, 60 and 90 day expiring
type-in lists and more
available here. |
SiteUptime
www.siteuptime.com |
Siteuptime provides free website
monitoring services. Receive instant email notices when your
website goes down or becomes unavailable. Detailed uptime statistics
and performance reports are also provided. |
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| RESEARCH |
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ADR Decisions .eu
www.adr-decisions.eu |
This handy site is a full text
search engine for looking up .eu Alternative Dispute Resolution
decisions, ICANN Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
decisions (for gTLDs and some ccTLDs) and decisions under the
Nominet Dispute Resolution Service (for .uk domain names). |
ICANN
www.icann.org |
The Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), is the world governing
body for domain names. As essential bookmark for everyone in the
domain business. What ICANN does will affect you so visit often and
stay informed. |
ICANNWiki
www.icannwiki.com |
ICANNWiki is an excellent resource
for anyone interested in following ICANN, the organization charged
with overseeing the domain name system. |
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