1Listings and seller checks
In short: only the domain's real owner can list it.
Anyone can list a domain they own. Before a listing goes live, the seller proves ownership by adding a TXT record we give them (it starts with gyd-verify=) to the domain's DNS. We check for it automatically, and the listing only goes live once it's found.
Sellers set their own prices. The minimum is $100, or no price at all for offers-only listings.
2How idea pages are made
In short: drafted with AI, editable by the owner.
Each listing's "What to build" page is drafted with AI (Anthropic's Claude) from the domain name, its category and search data for the name. It suggests five business ideas with similar companies, the audience the name suits, and tagline ideas.
The page says when its ideas were drafted with AI, and the owner can edit any of it. Ideas are suggestions to help buyers picture the name in use, not research or financial advice.
Each listing's About page is drafted the same way, from the name and the facts we hold about it, and the owner can edit it too. It never states a domain's history, traffic or past sales unless we have that information.
3Traffic and search data
In short: we measure traffic ourselves; search figures come from a data provider.
Verified traffic counts real visits to a domain that is pointed at GrabYourDot, so we measure them ourselves. Bots and crawlers are removed, and a domain only shows the badge once there are real visits to report.
Domain data such as search volume and cost per click comes from a third-party provider (DataForSEO). We show it as reported and don't measure it ourselves.
4Prices, leases and offers
In short: lease payments are the price divided by the months, with no interest.
A lease's monthly payment is the domain's price divided by the number of months, rounded up to the next dollar, with 0% interest. Terms are 12, 24, 36 or 60 months, up to the seller's maximum, and only where a month costs at least $25.
Offers go to the seller, who can accept, decline or counter. Offers below a seller's minimum are declined automatically.
5Payments and buyer protection
In short: the payment is held until the domain is yours.
Purchases up to $5,000 are paid by card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover) or USDC through Stripe. GrabYourDot holds the payment until the domain is in the buyer's account. Above $5,000, payment goes through Escrow.com by bank wire.
If a transfer can't be completed, the buyer is refunded in full. Card payments of $400 or more are confirmed with the card's bank (3D Secure).
6Transfers
In short: the domain passes through our holding account, and every step is recorded.
The seller pushes the domain to GrabYourDot's holding account at their registrar, and we send it on to the account the buyer named at checkout. We keep the registrar's confirmation of each step with the order.
The buyer confirms receipt by signing a short delivery receipt that names the domain and their account. The seller is paid once the buyer confirms, or 5 days after the domain was sent if the buyer doesn't reply. Most transfers finish within a day.
7Fees
In short: buyers pay nothing extra; sellers pay 8% on a sale.
Buyers pay no fees: the price shown is the price paid, transfer included. Sellers pay 8% when a domain sells, and on each lease payment.