A curated list of places to buy aftermarket, expired, and premium domains.
These are the standard places everyone checks first. They connect to millions of domains.
- GoDaddy Auctions - The largest inventory. Good for expired domains and closeouts ($5-$50 deals).
- Sedo - Huge European presence, great for premium .com and international extensions (ccTLDs).
- Afternic - Owned by GoDaddy. Massive "Fast Transfer" network meaning you get the domain instantly.
- Dan.com - The "Apple Store" of domains. Famous for clean design and "Lease-to-Own" monthly payment options.
- Namecheap Market - A massive registrar with a trusted, active user-to-user marketplace.
Best for "sniping" domains that people forgot to renew.
- NameJet - High-end expired domains. Pre-release auctions here are gold for investors.
- SnapNames - Similar to NameJet; they often share inventory. Good for backordering.
- DropCatch - The heavy hitter for catching deleting .com/.net domains the second they drop.
- Dynadot Auctions - Excellent UI. They have "expired" auctions and user auctions. Great for techies.
- Park.io - The #1 place for "hacker" TLDs like .io, .ly, .me, and .to.
You pay a premium here, but the names are creative, pronounceable, and often come with a logo.
- Atom (formerly Squadhelp) - High-quality creative names. Very popular with startups.
- BrandBucket - The original "brandable" marketplace. Strict curation, high prices, good quality.
- BrandPa - Similar to BrandBucket but often has more affordable options.
- HugeDomains - You will see them everywhere. Massive portfolio of "okay" names at fixed prices.
Places where you can buy the domain and the website content.
- Flippa - The eBay of websites. You can find domains here, but also full businesses.
- Empire Flippers - Higher end. Usually for established businesses, not just raw domains.
Don't buy here directly; use these to find the deals on the other sites.
- ExpiredDomains.net - The holy grail. Ugly interface, but the most powerful free search tool in existence.
- DomCop - Paid tool that visualizes metrics (SEO strength) better than ExpiredDomains.
- SpamZilla - Great for checking if an expired domain was used for spam before you buy it.
Buy directly from other domainers. Usually no fees, but higher risk (use Escrow!).
- NamePros - The largest forum. Check the "Domains for Sale" section.
- DNForum - One of the oldest forums, still active for trading.
- Sav.com - Known for very low commission fees, attracting lots of bulk sellers recently.