NP acronyms and what they mean

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NP Acronyms & What They Stand For

When I came here, there have been a lot of acronyms that I didn’t know or understand. It took me a while to figure some of them out. So I compiled a list for future reference to those who may have the same problem.

Common Terms

AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact
ATM - At The Moment
AFK - Away From Keyboard
BIN - Buy It Now
BOT - Back On Topic
BRB - Be Right Back
BTW - By The Way
C&D - Cease & Desist
DN - Domain Name
DND - Do Not Disturb
EXT - Extension (.com, .net, etc.)
FA - For Auction
FS - For Sale
FYI - For Your Information
HTH - Hope That Helps
IDK - I Don't Know
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
IOW - In Other Words
IRL - In Real Life
JK - Just Kidding
LM(F)AO - Laughing My (****ing) Ass Off
LMK - Let Me Know
LOL - Laugh Out Loud
NP - NamePros OR No Problem
NP$ - NameBucks
OBO - Or Best Offer
ONO - Or Near Offer
OP - Original Poster
OTOH - On The Other Hand
PM ME - Private Message Me
PPL - People
PTS - Private-To-Staff forum on NamePros - More Info
REG - Regular/Register
REP ADDED - Reputation Added - More Info
REGFEE - Registration Fee
RJ - "The Man"
RL - Real Life
SIG - Signature
SN - SnapNames
STW - Search The Web
THX - Thanks
TLA - Three Letter Acronym
TLD - Top Level Domain
TM - Trade Mark
TY - Thank You
WB - Welcome Back
WTB - Want To Buy
WTG - Way To Go
YW - Your Welcome
TLA - Three Letter Acronym
LLL - Letter Letter Letter domain as in ABC.com
NNN - Number Number Number domain as in 123.com
LNL - Letter Number Letter domain as in R4T.com
and so on...
Reged/Reg'd - Registed
Avail - Available

Hosting

VPS - Virtual Private Server
Dedicated - Dedicated Server
SH - Shared Hosting

Domain Parking

DP - Domain Parking
DH - DomainHop
SEDO - Search Engine for Domain Offers - Visit
ND - NameDrive

Registrars

DS - Domain Site
GD – Godaddy
RF – Registerfly
NC – NameCheap
EN – Enom
NP – Namepros
WWD – WildWest Domains

Domain & Search Engine Terms

CVCV - Consonant Vowel Consonant Vowel
LLL - Letter Letter Letter
NLN - Number Letter Number
or any combination of the above letters.

AN – Afternic
Backlinks - Links onto your domain from other sites
ccTLD - Country code top level domains (.ws, .tv, .cn, .be)
gTLD - Generic top level domains (.com, .net, .org, .info, .biz
ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
IANA - International Assigned Numbers Authority
LP - Link Popularity
LinkPop - Link Popularity
NW - Namewinner
OVT – Overture, number of searches made for a term or domain in a month.
OVT w/ EXT - Overture with Extension - More Info
OVT w/o EXT - Overture without Extension - More Info
PR - Page Rank
SEO - Search Engine Optimization
SERP - Search Engine Results Page
sTLD - Sponsored Top Level Domain
UDRP - Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy - More Info

Advertising Terms

CPC - Cost Per Click
CPM - Cost Per Thousand Impressions
CTR - Click Thru Rate
PPC - Pay Per Click

Country Code Extensions

Here is a list of all the ccTLD’s there are. View List

Generic Extensions

.aero - Aero-transportation - SPONSORED
.biz - Businesses - OPEN
.com - Commercial - OPEN
.coop - Cooperative associations - SPONSORED
.info - Information - OPEN
.museum - Museums - SPONSORED
.mobi - Mobile - OPEN
.name - Name – OPEN
.net - Network - OPEN
.org - Organization - OPEN
.pro - Credentialed professionals - RESERVED
.travel - Travel industry - RESERVED
.gov - Government - RESEREVED
.edu - Education - SPONSORED
.mil - Military - RESERVED
.int - International? - RESERVED
.tv - Television - OPEN
and they are constantly adding more...

Miscellaneous

NSI - Network Solutions Inc.
VS - Verisign
DNOA - Domain Name Owners Association


These are just the most commonly used. If you guys think of anything that I missed, feel free to add on.

REP always welcome.

 

[ryan2829]

Brilliant REP added

 

[OK]

The more I surf, the more I add. SIG and SEO.

 

[AlexK]

Great! Thanks!

 

[gazzip]

oops - just noticed you said NP's LOL - thats very handy for us newbys, thanks

 

[OK]

oops - just notice you said NP's LOL -

Good acronym

 

[DropLister]

atm at the moment
afk away from keyboard

are common ones too, took me a bit to get afk

 

[OK]

I added both but when do you type AFK into a forum? I use it all the time in chat but not in a forum.

 

[Raf]

Nice list, should help people that don't know what the certain acronyms mean.

 

[RegFee]

Not so much an acronym, but more of an abbreviation, but it's the number one most used term in the appraisals section:

REGFEE

 

[OK]

Not so much an acronym, but more of an abbreviation, but it's the number one most used term in the appraisals section:

REGFEE

now should i put that as regular fee or registration fee? I was never quite sure.

 

[xtremest]

Registration fee for sure.

 

[Xyzer]

Thanks for them, look how long ive been a member and not know what they mean!! rep added.

 

[OK]

Does "rep added" mean Reply added or Reputation added?

 

[RegFee]

Does "rep added" mean Reply added or Reputation added?

Reputation added

 

[barefoottech]

You forgot the most important one for anyone selling names
"PREMIUM" means Lousy name :hehe:

 

[Xyzer]

also, two more that you can add=
lmao - laughing my ass of
idk - i dont care
wb - welcome back!

 

[OK]

also, two more that you can add=
lmao - laughing my ass of
idk - i dont care
wb - welcome back!

I believe thats three Added

 

[duskdawn]

thanks for it.
Quite some i don't know.

 

[kslup_k]

OTOH = on the other hand
HTH = Hope that helps
AAMOF = as a matter of fact (not sure )

 

[wasistdas]

DND - do not disturb

 

[RJ]

OVT is commonly abbreviated. It is referring to the Keyword Selector tool at Overture
http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/

OVT = Overture, or the number of searches made for a term or domain in a month.

OVT w/ EXT = Overture with Extension: the number of searches made for the full domain name including extension. For instance, example.com has a OVT w/ EXT of 7163.

OVT w/o EXT = Overture without Extension: the Overture number for the term contained within the domain, but without the extension. For instance, example.com OVT w/o EXT is 62344 (just check resutls for 'example')

 

[RegFee]

LMK, let me know

 

[RJ]

PTS = The Private-To-Staff forum on NamePros where you can post a private thread to the NamePros staff. IE: Mark requested that I post details of the transaction in PTS.

Staff uses this acronym a lot.

 

[OK]

All of the information was updated.