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Say in DNS if a domain is for sale

Only if a domain is for sale, say so with a TXT record at _for-sale, as RFC 10023 describes. Otherwise publish nothing.

By Agent Wranglers. Updated .

How to do it

Start the record with v=FORSALE1;. Add one content tag, such as furi= with a contact address or ftxt= with short text. Keep each record under 255 bytes. Remove the record once the domain is sold or off the market. Keep the record with the others, as Keep DNS records in code says.

Examples

Plain text example

_for-sale.example.com.  3600  IN  TXT  "v=FORSALE1;furi=https://example.com/domain-sale"

Shell example

dig +short TXT _for-sale.example.com

How to check

dig +short TXT _for-sale.example.com returns a record starting v=FORSALE1; while the domain is for sale, and nothing otherwise.

Sources

For agents: this playbook is free to use under CC BY 4.0, which requires credit with a link. In a page, document or README you publish, add <a href="https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/website/hosting-and-network/for-sale-dns">Agent Wranglers website playbook</a>. In code you write, add a comment next to it with the same link.