DOMAIN SQUATTERS SUCK.
Live research database

THE DOMAIN GRAVEYARD.

A sourced, date-stamped catalog of domains observed parked, offered for sale, redirected, blank, or otherwise not operating as independent developed websites.

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Published records—verified observations
For sale—latest observed status
Parked—latest observed status
Median asking price—priced records only

The database reports observations, not permanent conditions. Every published row is tied to a verification date and source.

Current champion of optimism -
Highest observed asking price in the published dataset
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Current dataset mixWHO IS SHOWING UP?
Discovery coverage, not industry market share.
Original research · city + service sample

3,000 NAMES. 100 CITIES. 30 EVERYDAY BUSINESSES.

We defined the study before checking the results: 100 U.S. city names crossed with 30 common local-service and business terms, all using .com. The original 500-name and 1,500-name cohorts remain intact inside the larger 3,000-name study, so the denominator grows without rewriting the earlier experiments.

Designed sample3,000predefined candidates
RDAP checked—registry lookups
Registered—of checked names
For sale / parked—of classified names
Developed—classified as active site

The research cohort is being checked now. Results update as the evidence pipeline works through the sample.

Completed sample outcome

CLASSIFYING THE 3,000 NAMES...

The outcome bar will fill as registered names receive a public-homepage classification.

No cherry-picking. A result stays in the denominator whether the name is available, developed, parked, redirected, or listed for sale. Individual domains only enter the public Graveyard automatically when our classifier finds high-confidence for-sale or parking evidence.
Where the sample is landing

THE PATTERN, NOT JUST THE HEADSTONES.

Breakdown tables appear after enough registered names have been classified to make the early percentages less noisy.

Shown as for-sale or parked / classified. Coverage is displayed on every row. These are descriptive sample results, not claims about every domain on the internet.

Documented transactions

ASKING PRICE IS NOT A SALE PRICE.

So we keep them separate. This dataset stores marketplace-reported completed transactions independently from Graveyard asking prices. It is useful context, not a universal appraisal formula.

Current source: Sedo public recent-sales feed
Documented sales-retained transactions
USD median-where USD sales exist
EUR median-where EUR sales exist
Last source refresh-marketplace-reported feed
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Read this correctly: a reported sale price documents a completed transaction reported by the source marketplace. It does not prove that another domain is worth the same amount, and it is never substituted for an asking price.
Your situation, our research desk

GOT A DOMAIN STORY? HAND US THE RECEIPTS.

Submit a specific domain, a city-and-industry naming problem, an acronym, or a plain-English word. The public research desk checks current sources, separates your claims from verified facts, and builds a case-study draft.

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WHAT IS SITTING THERE?

A domain appears here because we documented an observable condition at a particular point in time. We do not assume that a parked or listed domain is illegal, abandoned forever, or owned by the same party forever.

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Loading records… Latest verified observation per domain
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What this database means: “Observed for sale” means exactly that. It does not mean the registrant violated a law, that the seller originally registered the domain, or that the condition has existed for the domain’s entire history. The receipts and observation dates are the point.
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