International Relations

What International Relations does

International Relations operates ExpiredDomains.com, a free online platform that aggregates expired and expiring domain names into a single searchable inventory. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with 53 employees, the platform maintains a continuously updated catalogue of over 1 million domains across more than 677 top-level domains (TLDs), refreshing listings on a daily basis. Beyond raw availability, the platform layers proprietary valuation and ranking signals — Estimated Auction Price, BrandRank, and SEO Price — and incorporates third-party authority data from MOZ, Majestic, and Semrush to enable SEO-aware filtering by domain buyers, investors, and agencies.

The product functions as a discovery and triage layer rather than a registrar. Listing pages route prospective purchasers to external domain registrars (notably GoDaddy) for auction participation, backorder, or direct registration, with the platform capturing the funnel via referral economics. The audience is domain investors, SEO practitioners, brand-protection teams, and small businesses searching for dropped or expiring names. Pricing is free to end users, monetized via referral/affiliate flows from downstream registrars.

The business model is therefore affiliate-style rather than subscription or transaction-fee on a captive marketplace. Operating scale is modest — 53 employees supporting the data pipeline, ranking system, and UI — and no management team, funding history, or revenue figures are disclosed. The platform's strategic differentiation rests on (a) scale and freshness of domain aggregation, (b) the proprietary BrandRank and SEO-based pricing metrics, and (c) the integration of recognized third-party SEO telemetry, which positions it as an SEO-aware alternative to bare expired-domain lists.

Name

International Relations

Website

https://gbusinessdirectory.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

International Relations operates ExpiredDomains.com, a free Sunnyvale-based platform that aggregates 1M+ expired and expiring domain listings across 677+ TLDs with proprietary SEO metrics, routing domain buyers to external registrars such as GoDaddy for purchase.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Domain Discovery Platform

NAICS

Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (51929), Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (5192)

akta.pro primary industry

Domain Names & Digital Identity NFT Marketplaces (FSADANAK)

Keywords

• Expired domain search
• Domain name marketplace
• SEO domain metrics
• Domain auction listings
• Backlink profile analysis

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Operates a free online platform (ExpiredDomains.com) that aggregates over 1 million expired and expiring domain listings from 677+ top-level domains, refreshed daily. Users search and filter domains using proprietary valuation metrics (Estimated Auction Price, BrandRank, SEO Price) combined with third-party SEO data (MOZ Domain Authority, Majestic Trust Flow/Citation Flow, Semrush Rank), and are then redirected to external registrars such as GoDaddy to complete domain purchases.

Product overview

ExpiredDomains.com operates as a single unified platform for discovering expired domain names. The core offering consists of a searchable database of over 1 million domains across 677+ TLDs with daily updates, providing proprietary metrics (Estimated Auction Price, BrandRank, SEO Price) alongside data from third-party tools like MOZ and Majestic. Users browse and filter listings through the platform and are redirected to complete purchases through external registrars and marketplaces such as GoDaddy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ExpiredDomains.com Domain Discovery Platform A free online search platform that aggregates expired and expiring domain listings across 677+ top-level domains (1+ million listings, updated daily). Provides proprietary metrics (Estimated Auction Price, BrandRank, SEO Price) plus integrated third-party SEO data (MOZ Domain Authority, Majestic Trust Flow/Citation Flow, Semrush Rank) for evaluating domain value, and redirects buyers to external registrars like GoDaddy to complete purchases.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Dan.com: Domain name marketplace with buyer-friendly installment payments and a strong focus on premium and expired domains; directly comparable marketplace experience.
• Afternic: GoDaddy-owned domain marketplace with a large inventory of premium and expired domains; serves as both a competing marketplace and a downstream purchase channel for ExpiredDomains.com referrals.
• Sedo: One of the largest domain name marketplaces globally, offering expired domain auctions, brokerage, and marketplace listings — competing for the same buyer and seller audience.
• DropCatch: Specialized platform for catching high-value expired domains at auction; competes for the same expired domain acquisition audience as ExpiredDomains.com's search users.
• SpamZilla: Direct competitor focused specifically on expired domain discovery with SEO metrics for domain investors and SEOs; most closely comparable in product scope and target user.
• FreshDrop: Expired domain aggregator providing searchable listings with valuation metrics for domain flippers and SEO professionals; overlaps directly with ExpiredDomains.com's core offering.

Broad incumbents

• Dynadot: Domain registrar with built-in expired domain auctions and aftermarket tools; offers an integrated alternative that overlaps with ExpiredDomains.com's discovery-to-purchase flow.
• Namecheap: Major domain registrar with its own marketplace and aftermarket services; competes broadly in domain acquisition while offering an alternative purchase channel for ExpiredDomains.com users.
• GoDaddy: World's largest domain registrar with its own expired domain auctions, marketplace, and aftermarket; functions as both a referral partner and a broad competitor across domain services.

Emerging players

• Park.io: Domain tooling platform focused on backorder and drop-catching services for valuable expiring domains; serves an overlapping niche audience of domain investors and SEOs.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ExpiredDomainHQ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/international-relations

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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