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Disclosures & methodology

Last updated 2026-09-03

Relationship to url.ventures

domainregistrar.ai is operated within the url.ventures network. Names marked "from the url.ventures book" are held by url.ventures or an affiliate; the desk is the seller's own front for those names. Names marked "listed by a desk partner" are held by third parties who have proven ownership and been approved.

The corpus behind "the two faces" — and the methodology shield

The comparison on the home page draws on the desk's own corpus of recorded domain sales (2,525 transactions, 2004–2026; 2,453 classified by venue), assembled from public sale reports and normalized by name, price, date, and venue. "Owner-listed venues" groups marketplaces where the holder lists the name (Sedo, Afternic, BuyDomains, Uniregistry, private, Flippa, Atom, Dan). "Registrar auctions and drops" groups expiry auctions and drop-catch services (GoDaddy auctions, Namecheap, DropCatch, Dynadot, NameJet, SnapNames, Park.io, Sav). Medians and quartiles are computed across the full distribution, never a top-sales subset.

The raw 4.6× is descriptive, not a claimed causal uplift. The two populations differ in TLD mix, name quality, year, length, venue reporting thresholds and selection bias. The adjusted figure matches the streams by TLD × year band (before 2020 / 2020–2023 / 2024–2026) × second-level-domain length band (≤6 / 7–10 / 11–15 / 16+) and keeps only cells with at least eight sales on each side (8 cells). Weighted by the smaller side of each cell, the adjusted spread is 1.6× (geometric) to 2.0× (arithmetic). The spread is concentrated after 2020: matched .com cells before 2020 show roughly 1.0×; 2024–2026 .com shows 4.4×. The script (tools/adjusted_two_faces.py) is re-run as the corpus grows and the figures above are dated.

The five-appraisal comparison shows the figures five tools returned for one name on one day; it is an observation about dispersion and disclosure, not a claim about any provider's intent. The registrar-engine revision figure compares one provider's automated appraisals of the same book on two dates. The desk does not claim that any appraisal caused any holder to let a name lapse; it records appraisal, expiry, auction and sale as separate dated events.

How figures are graded

• Primary-source confirmed — the price was disclosed by a party to the transaction in a filing, press release or first-person statement.
• Multi-source reported — reported consistently by independent trade press; no party disclosure.
• Party-reported — stated by one party (seller, buyer or broker) without independent confirmation.
• Marketplace observed — a figure the desk observed on a marketplace or tool on a dated visit; the provider does not disclose its data date.

The desk never averages across sources, never infers a missing date (UNKNOWN stays UNKNOWN), and records each third-party appraisal as an independent opinion with its own transparency. Adult-category records are excluded from public boards by policy. On name pages, ownership is graded Primary-source confirmed when verified from a registrar export or a DNS record the holder controls; third-party appraisal figures are graded Marketplace observed with the date the desk observed them.

Finder's fee and commission

Finders earn 10% only on a verified escrow settlement. The desk earns 10% on a partner name it closes directly and 5% when a finder introduced the buyer (15% all-in, never more). The desk does not accept payment for editorial coverage anywhere in the network.

Not an appraisal

Nothing on this site is an appraisal or advice. If you need a valuation for a legal, tax, or lending purpose, engage a qualified professional.