ExpiredDomains.net gives you hundreds of millions of dropped names for free and leaves every check to you. SEODomain goes the other way: a short list of expired domains we have already checked, each showing Ahrefs DR, referring domains, first registration year and an asking price, with a direct link to buy it.
Membership $24.50/mo billed yearly, or $49/mo. Your first listing unlocks free when you open an account.
| Domain | DR | Backlinks | Ref. domains | Age | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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cus*****nce.io
Technology
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51 | 214 | 164 | 12 years | $1,800 |
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por*****hub.io
Premium SEO domain
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42 | 626 | 228 | 7 years | $2,400 |
The short answer
The main alternatives to ExpiredDomains.net are SpamZilla, DomCop, CatchDoms and SEODomain. SpamZilla ($37 a month) and DomCop ($816 to $1,416 a year) search the same kind of drop lists with far more SEO data. CatchDoms adds exports and an API. SEODomain is not a search tool: it sells a short list of expired domains that have already been vetted, with the Ahrefs report and the price on the listing.
Stay on ExpiredDomains.net if you enjoy the hunt and have an Ahrefs plan to judge what you find (our ExpiredDomains.net review adds up what that hunt really costs for one domain). Move to a paid finder if you buy every week and want the data in one screen. Buy a checked domain if you need one good name for one project and would rather read a report than build a filter.
The first row is where ExpiredDomains.net wins, and it wins it outright: nobody else here is free, and nobody covers as many extensions.
| Source | Access cost | SEO data shown | Export / API | Who vets it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ExpiredDomains.net | Free with an account | Own backlink counts, Majestic TF and CF, Archive.org birth year, Wikipedia links, search volume. 676 TLDs, 30 lists | Copy about 200 names at a time, no metrics in the copy. No API | Nobody |
| SEODomain | $24.50/mo billed yearly ($294/yr), or $49/mo. One listing free on sign-up | Ahrefs DR, backlinks, referring domains, first registration year, asking price, full Ahrefs report for members | Not needed: the list is short and already checked | We do, before listing |
| SpamZilla | $37/mo billed monthly. Free tier reviews 25 domains | Spam score, Majestic, Ahrefs and Moz data, 70 plus filters | 1,850 domain credits a month for your own lists | You do, with the spam score |
| DomCop | $816, $1,152 or $1,416 a year, yearly only, no free trial | 90 plus metrics from Moz, Majestic, Ahrefs, Semrush and Estibot, plus a Google ban check | Exports on paid plans, personal crawler on Guru | You do |
| CatchDoms | Paid subscription, priced in EUR | Quality scoring, language detection, screenshots | Exports and an API | You do |
ExpiredDomains.net figures are from its own home page. SpamZilla and DomCop prices were checked in September 2026. Prices change, so confirm on the vendor's site before you pay.
ExpiredDomains.net is a good first filter. It is not a verdict. These are the checks that decide whether a dropped domain is worth money, and where each one comes from.
| Check | On ExpiredDomains.net? | Why it decides the purchase | On an SEODomain listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahrefs Domain Rating | No | The authority number most buyers and resellers price against | Shown on every listing |
| Referring domains (Ahrefs) | Only its own backlink counts and Majestic data | Many links from few sites usually means a network, not real mentions | Shown on every listing |
| Anchor text | No | Pharma, casino or foreign-language anchors signal a spammed past | Reviewed before listing, full report for members |
| Wayback history | Birth year only | A clean age can hide years as a thin affiliate or a Japanese keyword hack | Read before listing, first registration year shown |
| Price | Auction bid or registration fee, set at the source | A quiet auction can close at $12 or at $3,000; you learn which at the end | Fixed asking price, visible before you sign up |
ExpiredDomains.net counts more than 586 million deleted domains and adds around 1.8 million names a day. That volume is the reason people love it and the reason they leave. A filter for English names with Archive.org history and some Majestic Trust Flow still returns thousands of rows, and none of those rows tells you whether the links are real editorial mentions or a sold network that got the site penalized in 2021.
So the workflow most buyers end up with is the same: shortlist fifty names on the free list, paste them into a paid Ahrefs account one by one, open the Wayback snapshots for the survivors, check the anchors, then backorder or bid on the three that pass. Ahrefs alone starts at $129 a month on its Lite plan. The evenings do not show up on any invoice, but they are most of the cost.
That is where SEODomain fits. We do that shortlist, the Ahrefs pass and the history read before a name is listed. SEODomain membership is $294 a year or $49 for a single month. The 2 domains in the catalogue right now are priced from $1,800 to $2,400, with Ahrefs DR 42 to 51. That price, the DR and the referring domain count are public on the listing before you sign up.
If you already own a site and want the domain for a redirect rather than a rebuild, the expired domains for 301 redirect page covers the extra checks that use case needs.
Every listing shows Ahrefs DR, backlinks, referring domains, first registration year and the asking price with the name masked. No filters to build.
Your first unlock is free when you open an account. Membership unlocks every listing, the Ahrefs report and the direct purchase link, and e-mails you when a new domain passes the checks.
The domain is bought separately from the registrar or broker holding it, at the price on the listing. Members can send an offer instead of paying the asking price.
It depends on what you are missing. For more SEO data on the same kind of drop lists, SpamZilla at $37 a month or DomCop from $816 a year. For exports and an API, CatchDoms or Estibot. For domains that someone has already vetted, with the Ahrefs report and a fixed price attached, SEODomain. None of them is free, which is the one thing ExpiredDomains.net does better than all of them.
Yes. ExpiredDomains.net is free to use with a registered account. It lists deleted, pending delete and auction domains across 676 TLDs with filters and a watchlist. The cost is your time: it does not vet anything, it does not export your results with their metrics, and it has no API, so every shortlist is built and checked by hand.
No. ExpiredDomains.net shows its own backlink counts, Majestic Trust Flow and Citation Flow, Archive.org birth dates, Wikipedia links and a few other columns, but not Ahrefs Domain Rating or Ahrefs referring domains. Most buyers check each shortlisted name in their own Ahrefs account afterwards, which needs a paid Ahrefs plan.
Not in the way most buyers want. Users on the NamePros forum report that you can copy about 200 names at a time and that the copy carries only the domain names, not the metrics beside them. There is no API either. Tools like CatchDoms and Estibot sell export and API access for exactly this reason.
ExpiredDomains.net does not sell domains. It is a search engine over public drop lists and marketplace auctions, and every buy button sends you to the registrar, backorder service or auction house that holds the name. The safety question is about the domain itself: its history, its anchor text and whether Google still indexes it, and that part is on you.
Searching yourself is cheaper per domain and slower per decision. A free list and a paid Ahrefs plan will find good names if you put in the evenings. Buying a vetted domain costs more per name but the history check, spam review and metrics are done before you see it. For one or two domains a year, the vetted route usually costs less once your time is counted.
SpamZilla is better if you want a spam score, Ahrefs and Majestic data and 70 plus filters on the same kind of lists, and you are willing to pay $37 a month. ExpiredDomains.net is better if you want the widest TLD coverage at no cost and are happy to do the SEO checks elsewhere. Many buyers use the free list to spot names and a paid tool to judge them.
Open an account and reveal one listing with its Ahrefs report at no cost. If it is not better than what you would have filtered out of the free list, you have lost ten minutes.
Buy expired domains
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Where each buy button goes and what the backorder really costs.