We just got back from the International Trademark Association (INTA) conference in San Francisco! It ran May 14-18 and we had a great time meeting a good number of the 8,500 attendees from 140 countries. Each day, had engaging conversations about the industry, DomainTools, and it was awesome to see customers come up and introduce themselves with "W...

As the Reverse WHOIS report is one of our most widely used products, we wanted to continue from the April 21st blog post on the topic and review additional important product and membership aspects that our users often ask about. Thanks in advance for your commentary and feedback regarding all of our products and services. What are the options for ...

**UPDATE** This blog entry was retracted from last Friday to clarify the point of the article and to verify facts that some of our readers brought to our attention (thanks for your patience in getting this re-posted!). It was not our intent to mislead the public, nor was it to indicate specific demand, usage or value of IDN's or symbol IDNs. The i...

We are often asked why a known domain name was not returned in a Reverse WHOIS report. The answer: all WHOIS record formats vary according to the registry or registrar. One of the easiest things to do first, if you know a domain name for a target registrant, is to look the domain name up with our WHOIS service. The detailed WHOIS records we provi...

We caught on to some twitter buzz this morning that was initiated by Erik J. Heels of Boston, Massachusetts. He's an IP lawyer (for trademark, UDRP, Patent) to start ups and he tweeted about DomainTools' Domain Typo Finder - his tweet is being re-tweeted by a number of people: Ask 100 folks to spell your company. Were they "wrong"? Your brand is ...

Wouldn't it be really convenient to access Domain ownership records anytime, anywhere? From your phone, desktop or toolbar for Firefox, Chrome or Safari? Or, do you use WordPress and want the DomainTools plugin for your website? Well, good news! DomainTools has all of these applications available, right NOW. We've seen many blog posts featuring di...

It's time to announce who won the DomainTools Facebook contest that we kicked off back in February....and the winners are....(Check out our YouTube video!)

Elliot Silver, domain industry veteran, posted an good article yesterday about a notice of infringement that was sent to a domain registrant but not a domain owner - read the full article here (http://www.elliotsblog.com/notice-of-infringement-sent-to-domain-regi strant-but-not-domain-owner-2631). He brought up a good point about keeping Whois recor...

We've heard some recent feedback about how helpful it is that DomainTools offers a Screenshot History tool and we wanted to spread the word about what it is, where to find it, and the information it can provide you with, in case you haven't taken advantage of this great tool yet. Best of all, Screenshot History is free for all users. Here is a qui...

CANNWiki does a mural for each meeting. Here is the one for the San Francisco meeting. There's one particular logo in the background that caught our attention! Happy Friday.

Who is DomainTools? With a relaunched domaintools.com just a few weeks ago, we thought it was about time that we updated our DomainTools 'About Us' pages of our website. Our goal is to better communicate who DomainTools is as a company, and provide you with engaging ways to connect with us and learn how to join our team here in Seattle. This went ...

One of the perks of living in Seattle is the proximity to Whistler, B.C. Canada is only a few hours away (you may recall that the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Whistler). We couldn't resist getting together for a snowy weekend at one of the top destinations in North America. After a few hours on a group bus, we arrived at Whistler and immediatel...

Following up on our previous post about our new website and membership options, we wanted to take a moment to talk more in depth about our new Learn section on DomainTools.com. In our continuous effort to help more novice visitors of our website who often write in to our support team asking questions such as "What is a domain name?" and "How do I b...

We are excited to let you know that now DomainTools is even better - we launched a NEW and improved domaintools.com that is now LIVE! The goal of the revamped domaintools.com website was to create a more user friendly experience for all visitors while offering more customized, flexible membership and service options. We listened to feedback from o...

Buying and Selling Domains - Advice from the Experts One of the workshop sessions on Day 2 of Domainfest featured a panel of experts who talked about the best tips and strategies for buying and selling domains. Whether you're a domain investor, buyer or domains are part of your job description, the session was very informative. The panel included ...

We recently reached out to Elliot Silver of www.elliotsblog.com regarding his strategy behind which websites to develop and which ones to add to his portfolio. He had some great advice to share. By Elliot Silver Internet Entrepreneur and Domain Industry Veteran When I purchase a domain name in the aftermarket, it's because I can imagine it as a f...

DomainTools Support receives a wide variety of inquiries -- from appropriate account-related questions to inquiries that are not so much related to DomainTools. Please note that we are not making light of these inquiries or making fun of them, but we do find them entertaining and thought you may as well. We still respond to each of these comments a...

DomainTools will be attending Domain Roundtable, March 1-4 in the Bahamas (Who can say no to the Bahamas?!). The Domain Roundtable conference is a division of Thought Convergence, Inc. and we recently reached out to them to get the skinny on what the event highlights are. Guest Post By: Laura Schmidt Mitchell, Director of Corporate Events Though...

Domain valuation is a combination of both art and science. In many cases, domain names have specific and measurable data or attributes on which to base a valuation. Examples would include amount of traffic a domain gets, is it a popular word and correctly spelled, is it on the .com TLD or another less valuable TLD, etc.

At DomainTools, we spend many hours working with our clients to ensure that the services we offer meet the varied needs of website owners, domain investors, and brand agents. What many people may not realize is the level of support and advice we provide daily to the non users of our services. Many registrants are not receiving or finding the necess...

2010 is rapidly drawing to a close, and as we look forward to the new year it seemed a fitting time to take a moment to say hello and talk briefly about the past and future of DomainTools. First the hello! This month marks five full years I have worked directly in domain-related businesses, formerly with IREIT and Thought Convergence, and now wi...

Have you uncovered Santa's Favorite Whois yet? About SantasFavoriteWhois.com: Every year Santa has to check the files of millions upon millions of people to determine whether they have been naughty or nice. With such an enormous volume of data, and with such potentially dire consequences riding on each of those determinations, Santa uses only the ...

As 2010 is coming to a close and we prepare ourselves for the new year, all DomainTools employees gathered together for some good food and holiday cheer. Our holiday party was held last Thursday, December 16. It was a fun day filled with laughs and a little competition!

If you have never attended an ICANN conference, or you only follow current news updates of the major undertakings, then you may not be aware of the prolific amount of sessions that take place during the week-long ICANN conference. One session in particular that went into great detail about "What is Whois" and the definition of this.

Yes, we admit it. We've dropped the ball with the DomainTools blog…but, that's about to change! More content will be posted on a regular basis! We're going to try to bring you relevant, engaging, news about what's going on in the domain industry, along with updates on what's going on with DomainTools in general. And, most...

DomainTools Whois App Approved Now, the fastest Whois search engine tool on the Internet is available for your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Do a quick query of a domain name to retrieve the most recent Whois record from DomainTools.com. Check out the most recent Thumbnail image of the domain names' homepage. Find available names in

DomainTools Whois Website Tool We recently released a DomainTools Whois plugin for WordPress. The DomainTools Whois plugin will automatically link domain names in a WordPress page or blog post to the DomainTools Whois service. It also generates a pop-up containing a summary of Whois information that your visitors can see without leaving your site...

The popular Comedy Central show "The Colbert Report" aired a satirical news piece about the web site SurvivalSeedBank.com on March 10, 2010. ? Colbert referenced a DomainTools whois record to highlight the creation date of the domain name and showed a screenshot of the record itself. View the entire video here. Look for the screenshot approximate...

Make Your Whois Work for You DomainTools is known for its depth of data on domain names, including the Whois record, hosting information, SEO stats, and registration details. All that data can be overwhelming, especially when only certain pieces of it may be important to you. Everyone has their ...

Serious remodeling has been underway at DomainTools. Here at DomainTools we are in the midst of a major site redesign project and we wanted to share the beginnings of the new and improved "DomainTools" site with you starting today. The first item most readers of this blog will notice is the new login screen. This necessary, but

Our apologies, but this pun was simply too good to pass up: the Domain Roundtable extended auction is now Larger(.com) than ever! We've added more than a hundred domains to a catalog that now contains over 275 choice domains, including Larger.com, DesignerCases.com, Tvo.com, Moon.travel and more. Quite a few already have bids and interest is build...

ICA Auction Event to Support Advocacy Efforts Aftermarket.com is pleased to announce that a portion of the Aftermarket.com event will be set aside to auction domains to benefit the ICA in advocacy efforts. If you are not aware of ICA (The Internet Commerce Association) they are a trade group comprised of members who own,

Domain Roundtable Extended Auction is Released! Do to the overwhelming numbers of quality submissions for Domain Roundtable 2009, we have secured 'special earmarks' to present this extended auction catalog. The auction is open for bidding - NOW. The path to your personal stimulus plan can start today! Domain Price 24kGold.com $45000.00 365...

Domain Roundtable Live Auction is Released! The domain selection for the Aftermarket.com Domain Roundtable 2009 Auction session is wrapping up. The quantity of quality domains submitted at competitive pricing for the auction was impressive. Thought Convergence elected to work with the DomainConsultant team again in this endeavor assisting with the ...

We're speeding things up! Domain Name Wire recently posted several shortcut techniques to using some of the most popular DomainTools services. The post was timely, we at DomainTools have taken great measures and made significant strides to improve speed and performance of the site itself for our customers around the world. The single greatest impro...

Domain Roundtable (DRT) 2009 is a little over a month away. The conference is in Washington, DC, June 14 - 17, 2009, at the centrally located Grand Hyatt. Laura Schmidt, Director of Corporate Events for Thought Convergence, is creating a exceptional event following the origins of DRT bringing together diverse interests. This year's show is...

Fresh Names, Reserve.com, Domain Madness Winner - To Be Announced! The GEO-Domain Auction is heading into its last day with a full head of geo-steam and a pocket full of bidders - final auction begins Tuesday, May 5, at 12pm PDT and ends when all the lots are closed and the deals are gone. Here is the

"Ironically-Priced" Superstar Heads " Featured GEO's" Of course, we understand that standard Extended Protocol is to lock up anything even mildly good in our inventory, announce it ten weeks in advance and then let them rot in a bargain bin while domainers pick away. No thanks - we'll sling out Reserve.com at ‘No Reserve' instead. And you...

Ten Large Cities, Almost All Under $15k, Remain in Inventory   Have you ever wanted to own your own city? You'll need the domain name, of course, so what better place to start than these city domains? There are still 30 premium GEO-Domains available for extended bidding in the GEO-Domain Auction until May 5th - a few

Ten Names Including Miss.com, Mundo.com, SantaClarita.com, Ticket.com Added SAN DIEGO, CA - In honor of the new Miss USA, the gorgeous and talented Kristen Dalton of North Carolina, we are proud to announce the Showcase names for the GEO-Domain auction - yes, including Miss.com. The auction is going on now until Saturday with

GeoDomain Expo 2009 Auction - Inventory Announced via Map, Bidding Now Open Breaking with standard protocol, and our own schedule, we decided why not announce the inventory catalog - and open it up for bidding at the same time. We also thought it might be more fun to ‘explore' the inventory rather than scan as usual

Thanks to all who took part in the event and the contest and the auction. We had a blast! In the final tally, Domain Madness auction sold 25 of 48 names offered in the catalog for a total just below $150,000. And this after only initially selling 16 in the live event. But we put forth

We would really like to thank those that took time and money and effort to come out and support Domain Madness auciton in the King Pin Suite at the Palms. A great time was had by all we hope. It was an experiment that became a conference! We are still working on the final and official

The DomainConsultant team is putting together quite the event for Domain Madness auction. DomainConsultant launched the auction with a twist implementing a bracket contest. Taking it a step further, Domain Madness is now being broadcast live from the Palms in Las Vegas. If you are interested in attending, RSVP to the auction team (admin @

Domain Madness is off and running! Although the contest entry is now officially closed. Get your bracket and follow your results using the official Pool Sheet. The official winner will be announced April 30, 2009. Thanks to all who participated. Domain Madness auction is in progress now - get in the game and start your bidding! A

DomainConsultant.com announced today the official opening of its Domain Madness Contest - which lets anyone vote on whether or not the domains in the Domain Madness auction will sell and the winner receives a $1,000 grand prize. In conjunction with and necessary to the contest, DomainConsultant.com also released its official auction inventory for t...

The Aftermarket.com Auction held at Domainer Mardi Gras last month produced another successful auction. Teaming with Domain Consultant's, the auction maintained the approach of a smaller list of good quality names appropriately priced. The effort to construct this valuable list proved effective for sellers and buyers - and Habitat for Humanity. As ...

Domainer Mardi Gras Auction Afterparty - ‘No Reserve' Names, Habitat for Humanity Invited From DomainConsultant.comWhat's an after party without those great, fun ‘No Reserve' names to add some fresh fever and flavor to the mix? Aftermarket.com and DomainConsultant.com are proud to announce the addition of ten high-quality, keyword-rich ...

After Party being held for Domainer Mardi Gras Auction further benefiting Habitat for Humanity From DomainConsultant.comWhat's an after party without those great, fun ‘No Reserve' names to add some fresh fever and flavor to the mix? Aftermarket.com and DomainConsultant.com are proud to announce the addition of ten high-quality, keyword-rich d...