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Domain Lease

An arrangement where a domain owner allows another party to use a domain name for a recurring fee without transferring ownership. Leasing provides the owner with ongoing income while retaining the asset, and gives the lessee access to a premium domain without the full purchase cost. Lease-to-own options are also common.

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NNNN.com

A domain consisting of exactly four numeric digits followed by .com, with only 10,000 possible combinations.

RDAP

The Registration Data Access Protocol, the structured replacement for WHOIS that returns registration data as JSON.

Sunrise Period

A Sunrise Period refers to a specific time frame during which trademark holders have the opportunity to register domain names that match their trademarks before they're available to the general pub...

Renewal Costs

\nRenewal Costs or Renewal Fees refer to the annual payment required to retain the registration of a domain name. When you register a domain name, you essentially lease it for a specific period, co...

Registrant

A "Registrant" refers to the individual, company, or organization that has registered and holds the rights to a specific domain name. Essentially, the registrant is the legal owner of the domain....

EMD (Exact Match Domain)

A domain name that exactly matches a search query, such as CheapFlights.com for 'cheap flights.'