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CIRA (Canadian Internet Registration Authority)

The organization that manages the .ca country code top-level domain for Canada. CIRA sets policies for .ca registrations and requires registrants to meet Canadian presence requirements.

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BFCM (Brandable For Common Meaning)

A domain investing strategy focused on acquiring short, pronounceable, made-up words that could serve as brand names across multiple industries.

ICANN

ICANN is an acronym that stands for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. ICANN is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated...

Expiry Auction

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

Info

.info is one of the many top-level domains (TLDs) available for registration. It was one of the first TLDs introduced to alleviate the demand for .com domains and it's intended for informational we...

TLS

TLS is a cryptographic protocol designed to provide secure communications over a computer network. It's the successor to Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). When a domain uses TLS, it means that data se...

ccTLD

Country Code Top-Level Domain