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Drop Catching

Drop catching is the practice of attempting to register valuable domain names immediately after they are deleted from the registry and become available for registration.

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DNS Records

Configuration entries that tell DNS servers how to handle requests for a domain, including A, CNAME, MX, and TXT records.

Hand Registered

Hand Registered (or hand reg) refers to the process of registering a new domain name that hasn't been owned or registered by anyone else before. This is done directly through a domain registrar ...

Grace Period

A window after a domain expires during which the original owner can renew it at the standard price, typically 30-45 days.

SLD

As a professional domain name investor, "SLD" stands for Second Level Domain. In the structure of a domain name, it is the component that directly precedes the top-level domain (TLD). For exam...

Majestic

An SEO tool specializing in backlink analysis that provides Trust Flow and Citation Flow metrics.

NNN.com

A three-digit numeric .