1. Preserve the listing
Save the exact asking price, marketplace, date, payment-plan language, and listing URL. Prices can change.
Buyer checklist
THE DOMAIN IS FOR SALE. NOW WHAT?
Before you decide whether an aftermarket price is tolerable, collect enough evidence to know what is actually being offered and what alternatives exist.
2. Check registration facts
Use RDAP/registry information for current registration dates, registrar, nameservers, and other available fields. Do not assume current public data tells the entire ownership history.
3. Check actual use
Is the name developed, parked, redirected, blank, or explicitly for sale? Current use can help you understand the seller's posture, but it does not prove motive.
4. Separate ask from sale
An asking price is what a seller wants. A completed sale is what a buyer actually paid. Do not use one as though it were the other.
5. Price the alternatives
Compare other extensions, phrasing, acronyms, local variations, and branding options before deciding a domain is indispensable.
6. Set your walk-away number
Base it on the value to your project, not merely on the seller's anchor. A broker can relay offers, but the decision remains yours.
Want the receipts assembled?
OUR RESEARCH TOOL CAN BUILD THE FILE.
Submit the exact domain, the price you were quoted, the marketplace or broker, and what you wanted the name for. The research pipeline checks public sources, separates allegations from verification, and queues relevant domains for independent Graveyard classification.
Keep digging
RELATED GUIDES
How much should I pay?
Separate the asking price from completed-sale evidence and your own walk-away number.
What is a parked domain?
Read the current use correctly before you negotiate.
Squatting vs. investing
Know when a resale situation is not the same thing as legal cybersquatting.
Did it disappear after a search?
Preserve the timeline without treating timing alone as proof.