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Thin WHOIS

A WHOIS system that provides only basic registrar information, requiring additional queries to the registrar for full contact details. Many registries now use thin WHOIS for privacy.

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IPv6

As a professional domain name investor, "IPv6" is a term that's important to understand to fully comprehend the internet infrastructure. IPv6 stands for Internet Protocol Version 6. It is the ...

DHCP, or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, is a network protocol used on IP networks where a DHCP server dynamically assigns an IP address and other network configuration parameters to each devi...

Fractional Domain Name Ownership

Fractional domain name ownership is a method of investing in domain names where multiple individuals or entities share ownership of a single domain by dividing it into fractional shares. Each owner...

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...

Generic Domain

A "generic domain" (also known as a generic top-level domain - gTLD) refers to a domain name that uses a common, general term as its second-level domain. They're called "generic" because they d...

Domain Hack

A domain hack is a creative and clever strategy used in the selection of domain names. A domain hack is not about hacking or any illicit activities; instead, it refers to a domain name that combine...