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[HelmutsHelmuts is verified member.]

Hi,

As you might know I have a huge love and belief towards domain name forums - there isn't any other form or a social media group that allows us talking about domain names and also selling our digital assets to one each other in such an organized way.

I have started working on a GitHub repository https://github.com/helmuc/Domain-Name-Communities/blob/main/Domain-Name-Forums-list.md and your help would be most helpful adding the missing information.

I have sorted various domain forums by the established date and divided into:

• Active Forums – currently running communities
• Registrar/Brand/Corporate Community Forums – company-run forums on their own subdomains (mostly registrars)
• Empty Startup Forums – newly created forums with little to no activity yet
• Dead & Closed Forums – no longer resolving or inactive

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Active Forums​

Forum	URL	Est.	Founder	Owner	Specialization	Notes
Dodong.com	dodong.com	2000	—	—	Korean domain forum	HTTP only (no HTTPS)
DNForum	dnforum.com	2001	Dan Gessler		General	Owner history: Greg Ricks (since 2002/2003) → Adam Dicker → Feb 2018: Oliver Hoger, John Nguyen & Lars Lima (ref) → Jul 2, 2021: Epik → early 2023: Ryan Ewen → Apr 2023: acquired by me (Helmuts Meskonis)
ConsultDomain.de	consultdomain.de	2001	Markus Schnermann		German-speaking (DE/AT/CH)	Closed in 2019; acquired by me (Helmuts Meskonis) in Oct 2024 with help from Frederick “Freddy” Schiwek
NamePros	namepros.com	2003	Ronald James	Private investor	General	—
Domeinforum.nl	domeinforum.nl	2003	—	DomeinGURU B.V.	Dutch domainer community	—
Acorn Domains	acorndomains.co.uk	2004	Alan		UK market	Acquired by me (Helmuts Meskonis) in Apr 2023
Nameslot	nameslot.com	2004	—		.com market	Acquired by me (Helmuts Meskonis) in May 2025
Di.pl – Domeny Internetowe	di.pl	2005	user: apze	—	Polish market (.pl)	—
Demene	demene.com	2006	—	—	Spanish-language market	—
Domain Boardroom (DBR)	domainboardroom.com	2007	Donna Mahony	DomainAgents	Private pro community	Invite-only; not indexed by Google; viewable by members only. Acquired by DomainAgents on Apr 7, 2022.
IDNForums	idnforums.com	2007	David Wrixon (co-founder)	—	Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)	—
INForum	inforum.in	2007	Jeffrey (“Jeff”) Behrendt	Jeffrey (“Jeff”) Behrendt	Indian market	—
DNTrade	dntrade.com.au	2008	Michael Sojevic	Trillion	Australian market	Operated by Michael Sojevic from 2008–Apr 2011
ForumNDD	forumndd.com	2008	account “inonuffin” (profile)		French market	Acquired by me (Helmuts Meskonis) in Sep 2025
club.domain.cn	club.domain.cn/forum.php	2011	—	Yijie Group (易介集团) / China VIP Group (中国贵宾集团)	Chinese domain forum	—
DN.ca	dn.ca	2020	Frank Mardian	Frank Mardian (@MapleDots)	Canadian market	—
Domain Fragen	domainfragen.de	2020	Felix Goldstein	Felix Goldstein	German domainer forum	Ownership: EliteDomains.de (marketplace)
27.be	27.be	2020	Helmuts Meskonis		Belgium / European market	—
4m.uk	4m.uk	2024	Denys Ostashko	Denys Ostashko	UK domainer forum	Related: DomainLore.uk

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Registrar/Brand/Corporate Community Forums​

Forum	URL	Est.	Specialization	Notes
Dynadot Community	dynadot.com/forums	2013	Official Dynadot user community	Ownership: Dynadot

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Empty Startup Forums​

Forum	URL	Est.	Founder	Owner	Specialization	Notes
DomainForum.ro	domainforum.ro	2024	Helmuts Meskonis		Romanian market

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Dead & Closed Forums (either not resolving or resolving to a landing page)​

Forum	URL	Est.	Founder	Owner	Specialization	Notes
Domain Social	domainsocial.com	2006	—	—	General	Closed
zunmi.cn	zunmi.cn	2009	—	—	Chinese domain forum focused on parking	Closed
club.22.cn	club.22.cn/forum.php	2014	—	—	Chinese domainer forum focused on domain trading	Not resolving
west.cn	west.cn/club/forum.php	2016	—	—	Chinese domain forum by West.cn	Closed in 2017

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It would be great if you could help keeping this list even more accurate and complete!

If you see something that is not correct or have information on missing forums, owners, founders or more > please comment below.

 

[HelmutsHelmuts is verified member.]

@nicenic hi, you are very active at many forums globally - are there any forums that we have missed that you already use? Thank you.

@MapleDots how does this look?

@Rubber Duck - David, do you have a Linkedin, please?

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there are more dead (closed) forums, especially the registrar or service members communities.. I will add these later as well.

 

[nicenicnicenic is verified member.]

Hi Helmuts,

Thank you very much for sharing the information.

#1 I checked out your list on GitHub, and here is a forum that might be missing:
BlackHatWorld – Mostly about online marketing and SEO, but they also have a section for domain buying, selling, and management that could be useful.

#2 It might be helpful for DNForum to add a section specifically for discussions about registrars, domain management, and industry tips. This could make it easier for users to share knowledge in that area.

I’ll go over the list and help update it if I can. Let me know if you need anything else!

Kind regards,
Helen

 

[HelmutsHelmuts is verified member.]

#1 I checked out your list on GitHub, and here is a forum that might be missing:
BlackHatWorld – Mostly about online marketing and SEO, but they also have a section for domain buying, selling, and management that could be useful.

Hi, for this ("domain" categories at popular forums) I have a different list: https://github.com/helmuc/Domain-Na...n/Domain-Name-Categories-at-Popular-Forums.md .. and, bhw, of course, are there .. desptite them banning my account since 2007 (I think) - that is where I learnt that forum owners should be careful with keeping moody admins/moderators

I was planing to keep it separate as it could grow to hundreds of forums. .. do you think popular forum "domains" categories should be included in the same list? Tx

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#2 It might be helpful for DNForum to add a section specifically for discussions about registrars, domain management, and industry tips. This could make it easier for users to share knowledge in that area.

100%!!

hummm... thank you for pointing this out! I can't believe we don't have this section here. .. I'm on it.. it seems I can see which 2 categories can be merged

.. on it

@DNF Admin please don't be surprised when you see these changes

 

[HelmutsHelmuts is verified member.]

@nicenic or.. shall we rather have a full section with subcategories :? .. the more I think, the more I think we would need a proper Registrar/ Domain Business section

 

[HelmutsHelmuts is verified member.]

#2 It might be helpful for DNForum to add a section specifically for discussions about registrars, domain management, and industry tips. This could make it easier for users to share knowledge in that area.

What do you think of this structure? .. is there anything missing?

 

[Charles SweeneyCharles Sweeney is verified member.]

Good work, Fella!

 

[HelmutsHelmuts is verified member.]

Good work, Fella!

thank you, Charles. Any suggestions on possible improvements? .. the only part = we want to keep 5 subcategories only

 

[Charles SweeneyCharles Sweeney is verified member.]

Just a slight error: "The list is sorted by established date and divided into three categories:" You state three categories then show four. You could have "...divided into these categories:"

I'm not even sure if I would have categories. You could have a column in the table like "status", then you could have values "active", "dead" etc. You could have "type", values "Startup", "Corporate" etc.

 

[HelmutsHelmuts is verified member.]

Just a slight error: "The list is sorted by established date and divided into three categories:" You state three categories then show four. You could have "...divided into these categories:"

I'm not even sure if I would have categories. You could have a column in the table like "status", then you could have values "active", "dead" etc. You could have "type", values "Startup", "Corporate" etc.

perfect! thank you, Charles! - https://github.com/helmuc/Domain-Name-Communities/blob/main/Domain-Name-Forums-list.md has been updated

 

[Charles SweeneyCharles Sweeney is verified member.]

perfect! thank you, Charles! - https://github.com/helmuc/Domain-Name-Communities/blob/main/Domain-Name-Forums-list.md has been updated

Nice!

 

[MapleDotsMapleDots is verified member.]

Is it just me or has the French forum changed from DomaineForum.fr to https://www.forumndd.com

Can we elaborate on what happened here a bit?

 

[MapleDotsMapleDots is verified member.]

There were rumours for a while that DNTrade was going to be reopened to registrations but that seems dead in the water.

At this point one could almost say DNTRADE is dead

 

[HelmutsHelmuts is verified member.]

Is it just me or has the French forum changed from DomaineForum.fr to https://www.forumndd.com

Can we elaborate on what happened here a bit?

Yes, this was a deal that was innitiated by one of the original NDD Camp (French domain name events) David Chelly, and a couple time David stepped in and carefully guided us through. Without him it probably wouldn't happen.

The announcement:

🚀 ForumNDD.com is Back – Under New Management Great news for the domain community: ForumNDD.com (est. 2008), the leading French forum for domain investors, is officially back online after closing… | Helmuts Meskonis

🚀 ForumNDD.com is Back – Under New Management Great news for the domain community: ForumNDD.com (est. 2008), the leading French forum for domain investors, is officially back online after closing in 2022. 👉 What’s new? • A new management team: Helmuts (UK–Latvia) and Prashanna (Nepal, forum...

www.linkedin.com

domaineforum.fr now redirects to forumndd.com

in short > the original DNForum for French is back online

 

[HelmutsHelmuts is verified member.]

There were rumours for a while that DNTrade was going to be reopened to registrations but that seems dead in the water.

At this point one could almost say DNTRADE is dead

don't write it off yet .. it is serving a full continent and is owned by Trillion (owners of Above.com).