We are a domain brokerage and aftermarket house. We negotiate, acquire, hold and sell premium domains for companies and founders — under written mandate, through escrow, and without your name attached to the approach.
Most of the names worth owning never reach a marketplace. They change hands in a conversation — and the conversation is the service.
Trust Domain Names Inc. has worked the aftermarket since 2010. We are not a registrar and we don't run a listings board. We take a small number of mandates at a time and work each one directly.
Every engagement is scoped in writing before anyone is approached. Open one to see what it covers.
Most acquisitions fail because the approach is clumsy. We identify the registered holder, open the conversation as an interested party, and negotiate a price and a structure you can actually accept.
Give us a target — a single name, a shortlist, or a whole portfolio. We do the ownership research and the valuation work, then bring you a number and our reasoning behind it. You decide whether to proceed.
Your domain is marketed privately to a qualified list rather than posted on a marketplace, where price expectations get anchored low. We agree a floor with you, run the negotiation, and report every approach we make.
If you want liquidity rather than a process, we will make a direct offer on your domain or portfolio. Payment settles through escrow and the transfer is handled for you, end to end.
Funds are held by a licensed escrow provider until the transfer is confirmed, and the name stays with the seller until the money clears. Neither party moves first. Longer custody arrangements are available for names held as assets.
Expiry dates, registrar changes, DNS shifts and aftermarket listings, tracked for the names on your list. You get told when something moves, along with an opinion on whether it matters.
Five stages, and you can stop at any of them. Most mandates end at stage three, which is a perfectly good outcome.
Send the domain and what it's worth to you. There's no form and no account to create — one email is enough to start.
We identify the registered holder, confirm the right to transfer, and open the conversation without disclosing who we're working for.
We come back with a price, a structure and our read on whether it's fair. Nothing is committed until you say yes to it.
Funds and the domain move through escrow at the same time. Neither side has to move first, and neither side has to trust the other.
Auth code, registrar transfer and DNS handover are handled by us. You get the name and the paperwork in the same place.
Identities and exact prices are withheld at the client's request. Ranges appear only where the seller agreed to them.
| Domain | Sector | Mandate | Time to close | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| harbourline.com | Logistics | Acquisition | 34 days | Six figures |
| northbeam.ai | Energy | Brokerage | 61 days | Undisclosed |
| quill.co | Publishing | Consignment | 12 days | Five figures |
| steadfast.com | Insurance | Brokerage | 88 days | Undisclosed |
| orchard.xyz | Agriculture | Acquisition | 19 days | Five figures |
| lantern.io | Travel | Consignment | 27 days | Five figures |
| meridianholdings.com | Financial services | Portfolio sale | 140 days | Undisclosed |
Every transaction we close settles through a licensed escrow provider. The buyer's money is held until the transfer is verified; the seller keeps the name until the funds clear. Neither side moves first, and neither side appears in a public record.
No mandate closes outside escrow, however small the amount. It is the only way both sides can stop worrying.
Before we approach anyone we confirm the registered holder and the right to transfer. Nothing is negotiated on a name that cannot move.
We approach as an interested party. Your identity is disclosed only when you approve it, after escrow is funded.
A domain name is the only asset most companies own that cannot be replaced. You can rebuild a website, redraw a logo, rename a product. You cannot buy back the name your customers already type.
Trust Domain Names Inc. has worked the aftermarket since 2010 — brokering, acquiring, holding and selling names for companies, funds and founders. We are not a registrar and we don't operate a listings board, which is why most of what we close was never publicly for sale.
We take a limited number of mandates at a time. Every one is scoped in writing, every approach is made without naming our client, and every close settles through escrow.
Straight answers. If yours isn't here, put it in the email and we'll answer it the same way.
Nothing until a deal closes. Brokerage is a percentage of the final price, agreed in writing before we approach anyone. Research, valuation and outreach are part of that fee, not billed separately.
Not unless you want them to. We approach as an interested party and negotiate in our own name. Your identity is disclosed only after escrow is funded and you have approved it.
You get a clear answer and no invoice. We'll tell you whether price or timing was the blocker, and whether a second approach later is worth making.
Yes. We agree a floor with you, market the name privately to qualified buyers, and run it as a written consignment. You see every approach we make and can stop the mandate at any point.
Two to five weeks for most acquisitions. Portfolio sales and contested names run longer. You get a realistic window before committing to anything.
Yes — auth code, registrar transfer and DNS handover are all part of the mandate. We deal with the registrar so you don't have to.
Tell us the domain. We'll tell you whether it can move, what it should cost, and how long it will take.
info@trustdn.comWe reply within one business day. If we can't help, we'll say so and point you somewhere better.