domaining

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The business of buying, selling, and managing website addresses to make money

noun
/dəˈmeɪnɪŋ/

Jargon

: dominio

She started domaining by purchasing popular domain names and reselling them at a profit.

Examples

You read about domaining, get inspired, and go on the famous domain name buying spree.

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Domaining is part of his daily life, maybe before you ever knew what domaining was (it's the case with me).

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We also have hundreds of people who enjoy reading our domaining news stories.

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And I mean I wanted to serve people that have all levels of domaining.

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Follow us and learn more about the wonderful world of domaining!

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Nowhere have I seen this more true than in the domaining space.

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Many entrepreneurs are turning to domaining as a lucrative online business.
The workshop will cover the basics of domaining, including how to evaluate domain names.

Surface Forms

domaining singular

domainings plural

Morphology

domaining = domain (semi-transparent) = domain + ing

The word is formed from 'domain' plus '-ing', but the meaning is specialized to the activity of buying and managing domain names rather than a fully general gerund meaning.

Etymology

Domaining comes from domain, which itself comes from the old Latin word domus meaning 'home' or 'house'. So domaining is the business of owning, registering, managing, and selling internet domain names, like trading 'online homes' for websites.