Sell a domain without trusting a middleman.
The seller is paid automatically once the registry shows the domain moved, or the buyer gets refunded.
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How a deal works
The terms are fixed when the deal starts. Each step has a deadline, and what happens after it is decided in advance, so a party who goes quiet can't stall it.
Agree and lock
Buyer and seller agree on the domain and price. The buyer locks the price in the escrow, and the seller accepts.
Transfer
The seller unlocks the domain and hands over the transfer code, and the buyer moves it to their registrar. Or, inside one registrar, the seller sets the buyer's nameservers and pushes it.
Proof
A tamper-proof copy of the registry's own record shows the domain arrived at the buyer's registrar. The escrow checks it and Yescrow submits it for you.
Check and release
The buyer checks the domain is in their account during the challenge window. If nobody objects, the seller is paid automatically. If something is wrong, a dispute is opened.
First deal? Follow the step-by-step guide:
What it costs
1% when the seller is paid.
| Fee | What you pay |
|---|---|
| Our fee | 1%Of the amount paid to the seller, taken from their payout. The buyer locks the price and the seller pays nothing upfront: a $500 sale pays the seller $495. |
| Arbitration fee (optional) | ~$2Paid by each side only if there is a dispute. The winner gets theirs back. Deals up to $2,000 go to a fast AI-juror court, where Yescrow normally pays it for you; larger ones to human jurors and cost about $12. |
What is protected
Fixed in the escrow's rules. Nobody can change them, us included.
Nobody can take it
Nobody, including Yescrow, can withdraw or redirect the money.
Paid only on proof
The seller is paid only after a passing registry proof and the challenge window, the buyer's confirmation, a settlement, or a court ruling.
No transfer, full refund
If the domain hasn't moved by the deadline, the buyer gets the full price back.
Each side withdraws their own
Money owed to one side can't be held up by a problem on the other side.
Who you rely on
We don't ever touch your money.
| Who | What they do |
|---|---|
| Its jurors decide disputed deals, and only those. Its operators can upgrade the court, so it is a trust point for disputes. | |
Kleros, an online court that has decided disputes since 2018. Its jurors are drawn at random from people around the world who put down a deposit to serve, and lose part of it if they vote against the majority, so a careless vote costs them. Yescrow doesn't pick or see the jurors. Deals up to $2,000 go to its AI court, where three AI jurors rule and the deal usually pays out within a day. Larger deals go to human jurors and take days to weeks. Either side can appeal to more jurors. Kleros's operators can upgrade the court, which is why it is on this list, but it only ever sees a deal that ends in a dispute. If it refuses a case or gives no ruling within 90 days, Yescrow's judge (two of three signers must agree) decides between the buyer and the seller. How disputes work. | |
| Confirms that a registry's record is genuine. Every proof also needs Yescrow's own confirmation, so forging one takes both; the buyer's challenge window is the backstop. | |
Reclaim Protocol, a service that vouches that a copy of a web page really came from the site it names, unchanged. Every domain ending has a registry (Verisign for .com) that publishes which registrar holds each domain. When Yescrow fetches that record, Reclaim's server and Yescrow's each sign that the copy is genuine. The escrow accepts a proof only with both signatures, so neither Reclaim nor Yescrow could forge one alone. A proof shows the registrar, not the account, so the buyer still checks their account during the challenge window and objects if the domain isn't there. | |
| Yescrow | Runs this website, the service that submits each step for you, and the second proof check. None of them can move or freeze deal money. While the check is down, deals don't release automatically. |
Questions
What if the seller never transfers the domain?
If the registry doesn't show the domain at your registrar before the transfer deadline, the deal can be refunded in full. Anyone can trigger the refund once the deadline passes; Yescrow does it within a minute.
Do I need an account or ID?
No account, no ID. There is nothing to sign up for, and Yescrow never asks who you are. If you buy the dollars at an exchange, the exchange runs its own ID check.
What if the transfer is done but the buyer goes quiet?
Once the registry shows the move, the buyer has the challenge window to object. If they don't, the seller is paid automatically. A silent buyer can't hold the money.
What if the transfer happened but the proof fails?
For example, the registry's server is down. The seller opens a dispute before the transfer deadline, and independent jurors decide from the evidence.
Can Yescrow freeze or take my money?
No. The escrow has no owner and no off switch, and nobody can change its rules, us included. It pays only the deal's buyer, seller, fee and referrer. Like a bank, the company behind the dollars in a deal can freeze them at any address, including the escrow; Yescrow can't prevent that.
Which domains work?
.com, .net, .ai, .io, .org, .xyz, .app, .dev, .co, .cc, .info, .vc, .me, .bet, .pro, .art, .now, .bot, .sh, .ac, .bz, .live, .finance, .fm and .inc. Their registries publish a public record of each domain, which the proof is made from. Subdomains and other endings are not supported.
What happens in a dispute?
The side that opens it pays the arbitration fee; the other side must pay the same fee before the deadline or lose by default. On deals up to $2,000, Yescrow normally pays both. Jurors then answer one question: was the domain in the buyer's account after the deal started? The winner gets back what the court didn't use (normally their whole fee). The two sides can settle at any time. Read the dispute guide.
More in the guides for sellers, buyers and disputes, and the glossary.
For agents
Agents use the same API as this website. They can check a domain, quote a deal and draft it, then hand a signing link to a person. A person approves every step that moves money. Counterparty text is always returned apart from the deal's fields and marked untrusted.