I am happy, and proud to be able to release to you, the public, the first batch of GUA Domain Tools.

These tools constitute a variety of scripts which help in the management, research, and purchase of domain names.

GUA Domain Portfolio Management.

This tool is aimed at those with a large volume of domains, at a variety of different registrars.

It allows you to copy and paste a list of your domain names. You can then ‘collect’ the data: creation, expiration, nameservers etc on the click of a button.

This tool, in NO way connects to any registrars, and you thus cannot change settings on domain names through this tool. Rather it serves as a panel through which you can see details on your domain names in a simple, and efficient manner. Then if necessary you can logon to your respective registrar and modify the domain.

This tool allows you to categorize your portfolio, and filter it by a variety of different criteria: registrar, age, expiration etc. It also provides visual representations of the makeup of your portfolio, as well as individual domain views.

Individual Domain Management.

This tool is a module of the main portfolio manager. It collects vital data relating to your domain, for example: Google backlinks, Alexa rank, and Technorai rating. Using a specially designed algorithm it also displays an estimated value for your domain.
The individual panel, contains a graphing suite. This allows you to plot graphs to monitor anything relating to your domain. Perhaps you can plot the offers you have received over time, the revenue over time, and so on.

Finally a few simple, but useful tools are integrated, such as a notes section, and a profit calculator. How often do you forget to add renewal fees to your sales prices, simply because you forgot!

Domain Whois Lookup

The GUA Whois lookup service, although not a completely original concept, is applied in a different way, and is free !

At this current time the service only works well with .com, and .net domain extensions. It queries the whois database, collects data, cleans it, and outputs it to your browser. Importantly, the service highlights the 3 most important aspects of a whois result: the creation/expiration dates, the nameservers, and the emails! All emails are modified to prevent spam bots, so no need to worry.

One of the revolutionary aspects of this service however is the ‘Whois archive’. When you do a whois query, we archive it. Thus when a domain is sold, you will be able to look at archived history to see previous owners.

This service thus in a sense relies on you doing whois queries (however we ask that you do not hound the servers of our host, and the whois database with queries). Over time this service will become more useful , as more data is collected.

What-They-Own

This service expands on the whois lookup tool. Based on archived whois data, this allows you to see other domains owned by a particular individual, or business, on the click of a button.

Say you are negotiating a deal with an individual. You are aware they own some high quality domains, but are not sure exactly what they are…. Well you can use this tool, and it will provide you with a list!

Nameserver Check

Another expansion on the whois lookup tool, this tool allows you to see domain names which are hosted on a particular nameserver. Run a hosting service, and want to see how many people you host.. use this (although you should really know anyway )!

Domain Extractor
This tool allows you to extract the domain names from a chunk of text. The data that a registrar displays to you is often very ‘busy’. Not many registrars simply provide a list of your domain names. This tool allows you to copy any chunk of text, be it a web page or your registrar account, and it will extract all the domains contained within. It then presents the domains as a list, AND in comma delimited format for usage with the variety of software and services available on the web.

Advanced Lists
This expands on the Domain Extractor tool. If you have a list of sold domains pending transfer, and a list of all the domains in your registrar account, you can use this tool to remove the domains contained in one chunk of text from the second chunk of text. Brilliant if someone wants a list of domains you have for sale, but you are unsure because many have already been sold…

and finally (for now at least), I am proud to release a tool which in essence is seperate from GUA.com but will in the future integrate: Domain Investment Updates, DIU.net !

Domain Investment Updates (DIU.net)
This website has been in production for a pretty long time, as you can hopefully imagine. Yesterday, I was made aware that domaining, a resource that I myself have used was becoming a paid service.
Now I actually contacted Francois, the owner a few weeks back, about a potential partnership, and advertising. I did not receive a response. I am quite glad I did not receive a response.
I have been trying to come up with ideas for tools constantly, and not once did the ‘Domain Blog Aggregator’ occur to me. Hearing this news, I thought bingo !

DIU.net does exactly that. It collates the posts of 7 top domaining blogs on one easy to view, well designed, clean, concise, and elegant page. This means you can keep up to date with all the happenings in the industry without clicking a thing.
One thing that annoyed me about domaining was the required registration to read other peoples work. DIU requires no registration at all. One feature that domaining doesn’t offer is the ‘Tags’ feature which may have seen on other websites. This allows you to view old, and new posts relating to certain keywords, be it WIPOs, sales, or conferences.

The real question now is: Which are you going to set as your homepage, GUA.com or DIU.net?

All questions, comments, and suggestions will be gladly heard, and are appreciated.
Best of Luck.