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Domainer

A person who invests in domain names as a business or profession. Domainers buy, sell, develop, and monetize domain names for profit. The term encompasses everyone from part-time hobbyists with small portfolios to full-time professionals managing thousands of domains worth millions of dollars.

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NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement)

A legal contract requiring parties to keep transaction details confidential, common in high-value domain sales.

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.

Drop Date

The specific date and time when an expired domain becomes available for registration again.

DR (Domain Rating)

A metric developed by Ahrefs that measures the strength of a domain's backlink profile on a scale from 0 to 100.

Edu

".edu" is a top-level domain (TLD) in the Domain Name System of the Internet. The name is derived from 'education', indicating that it's primarily used by educational institutions, specifically a...

IDN (Internationalized Domain Name)

A domain name that includes characters from non-Latin scripts, such as Chinese, Arabic, or Cyrillic.