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Holding Page

A temporary webpage displayed on a domain that's not yet fully developed. Holding pages might show "coming soon" messages, contact information, or indicate the domain is for sale.

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Cease and Desist

A formal legal letter demanding that someone stop an allegedly illegal activity, such as using a trademarked term in a domain name.

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Backorder

Attempt to register an expiring domain

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...

HTTP(S)

HTTP(S)" refers to the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (Secure). This is the protocol over which data is sent between a user's browser and the website they are connected to. The 'S' at the end of H...