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Churning

The practice of repeatedly selling domains among a small group of investors to artificially inflate prices or create a false sales history. This unethical practice can mislead buyers about a domain's true market value.

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Reg Fee

Short for 'registration fee' - the cost to register a domain name for one year.

GDPR

GDPR is an acronym that stands for General Data Protection Regulation. This is a law enforced by the European Union since May 2018, aimed at giving EU citizens control over their personal data and ...

Drop

"Drop" refers to the process when a domain name registration expires and is not renewed by the original owner, thus becoming available for registration by others. Here's a breakdown of the pro...

Drop Catch

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Dictionary Domain Name

A dictionary domain name is a domain name that uses a word or words that are found in the dictionary. These words can be in any language, but most commonly they are in English. For example, "apple...

Expiry Auction

An auction held for a domain name that wasn't renewed by its owner before it becomes publicly available.