Is name.com legit or a scam?
Name.com is a long-established, ICANN-accredited domain registrar with over 20 years of history and millions of domains under management.
Analysis Summary
No threats detected
All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.
Website Preview
Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.
MT Intelligence
The domain has been registered for over 30 years and is operated by a verified U.S. corporation. Our antivirus network shows zero detections across 92 security engines, and the site maintains a high global traffic rank. While there are consumer complaints regarding support response times and domain locking, these are typical of large-scale service providers rather than fraudulent intent. The site is part of a major industry group and holds official accreditation for domain management. We found no evidence of phishing or malicious activity on the primary domain.
Web Research Findings
Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for name.com, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.
- name.com is an ICANN-accredited domain registrar and web hosting provider founded in 2003 in Denver, Colorado; acquired through Demand Media (2013), Rightside, Donuts Inc., and now part of Identity Digital (rebranded 2022).
- Offers domain registration for ~600 TLDs, hosting, email, SSL, website builder; domain age ~31.5 years (registered ~1994).
- Positive customer feedback on Trustpilot (~4.3-4.5/5 from 5K+ reviews) praising pricing, ease of use, and support in some cases; testimonials on own site and Reddit recommendations for fair pricing.
- BBB rating F (not accredited); 37 complaints filed with failure to respond to 9; customer reviews cite slow hosting, poor/nonexistent support, account/login issues, and domain lockouts.
- Historical controversies: 2007 lawsuit by Neiman Marcus/Bergdorf Goodman alleging involvement in domain tasting/cybersquatting of trademarked misspellings (settled); DNS wildcarding/redirects to ads (2000s-2013, later stopped).
- FTC sent warning letter in 2025 about domains registered through Name.com, Inc. being used for FTC impersonation scams.
- Mixed Reddit feedback: some praise as reputable registrar, others report slow support, predatory practices, unexplained domain locks, and poor abuse team response.
- Wikipediaopen
"In 2007, Name.com was accused of trademark infringement by Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman. The companies declared the domain registrars Name.com and Spot Domain had registered over 40 domains of various misspellings... This practice cal"
- FTCopen
"one or more domains registered by Name.com, Inc. appear to be perpetrating a deceptive impersonation scheme that utilizes the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) name, logo, and website content without authorization."
- BBBopen
"BBB Rating: F. Reasons: Failure to respond to 9 complaint(s) filed against business * 37 complaint(s) filed against business"
- Redditopen
"The abuse team at name.com has chosen to ignore my inquires for over 1.5 months now. My domain name is locked by them and cannot be transferred out... I recommend avoiding this registrar."
- Trustpilotopen
"People report positive experiences with service, often describing it as excellent, reliable, and hassle-free... Excellent TrustScore 4.5 out of 5 5K reviews"
- Redditopen
"Name.com to be very fair with their pricing. COM runs $10.99... Name.com's support is amazing."
- name.com (customer testimonial)open
"I can confidently say that name.com has exceeded my expectations as a domain provider. I have been a loyal customer for years and their services have never failed to impress me."
- TechRadaropen
"Name.com is a fantastic storefront where you can find everything you need to get an online business underway. It offers excellent and affordable domain registration..."
Name.com, Inc. (LLC), founded June 17, 2003 in Denver, CO; incorporated Dec 14, 2012; part of Identity Digital; ICANN-accredited registrar; BBB file opened 2006; 23 years in business; address 414 14th St Ste 200, Denver, CO 80202
Antivirus Engines
Security Scans
Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.
Contact Verification
We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.
- No contact email found anywhere on the page.
- No phone number listed on the page.
- No postal address visible on the page.
- Links to 4 social profiles.
Domain & Encryption
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://name.com/
- 2301https://name.com/
- 3200https://www.name.com/cross-domain
Server Reputation
Still, stay alert
No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.
- Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on name.com and not a lookalike like n-ame.com.com or an IDN homoglyph.
- Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
- OpenDiscuss this site on the forum
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Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
Referenced Domains
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Safety FAQ
Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.
- Our automated security review found no threat indicators on name.com. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
- name.com passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 89/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
- Yes. name.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, expiring in 65 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
- name.com is 31.5 years old, registered on 1/3/1995 through Name.com, Inc.. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
- No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report name.com as clean.
- No. name.com is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
- name.com resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
- Yes. name.com sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.
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