About TLDscout

Last updated 2 October 2026

TLDscout checks one name across hundreds of domain extensions at once. Type a name like moonbakery and it shows, for .com, .io, .shop and every other extension a registrar sells, whether the name looks free, which ones are taken, what the extension usually costs and where you can register it.

How it works, briefly

• DNS first. For every extension, TLDscout asks that extension's own nameservers whether the name is in use. That's quick and public, and it doesn't touch any registry's database. A name that isn't in DNS is likely available, not certainly.
• Verify on request. On a row you care about, Verify with the registry asks that one registry about that one name, where the registry's terms allow lookups made to help someone register a domain. Where they don't, TLDscout points you to registrars instead. What TLDscout asks registries.
• Reference prices. Porkbun's and Cloudflare's published prices are shown as reference prices, with the time they were fetched. TLDscout earns nothing from them.
• Registrar links. Some links to other registrars may be paid links; each is labelled. How TLDscout makes money and ranks results.

TLDscout isn't a registrar and doesn't sell domains. It isn't affiliated with or endorsed by any registrar or registry. Whether a name is really available, and its final price, is decided at the registrar's checkout.

Who runs TLDscout

TLDscout is run by C.S. Assets LLC, a Florida limited liability company based in Alachua County, Florida, USA.

Contact

We read every message, and we'll answer as soon as we can.

Credits

• TLD data: IANA (the root zone database, the RDAP bootstrap and the IDN tables).
• Porkbun prices: Porkbun's public price list.
• Cloudflare prices: via cfdomainpricing.com by NameBeta (MIT licence); unofficial, not from Cloudflare itself.
• Bot protection: Cloudflare Turnstile.

Registrar and registry names belong to their owners and are used only to identify them.