Confidentiality
What we will
never say
Discretion is the product, not a courtesy we extend on request. This page sets out exactly what we do to keep a transaction invisible, and, just as importantly, what we cannot promise.
Undertakings
Four things we put
in writing
These appear in every engagement letter we issue, and they bind us for good, not just for the duration of the work.
Nominee purchase
Where you prefer it, we buy in our own name and assign the domain to you on completion. The seller and the public record never see your interest.
Sealed records
No press, no case studies, no published prices, no client logos. Completed work is never used to market us, however useful it would be.
Need to know
One person leads your instruction. Files stay separate, correspondence stays off shared systems, and our obligations outlast the engagement.
Clean handover
Registrar privacy applied on arrival, historic records reviewed, and the transfer timed around your announcement rather than ours.
Who learns what
Kept from customers,
suppliers and rivals
The people most likely to notice a domain purchase are not strangers. They are the companies you buy from, the customers who watch your every move, and the competitor who has been waiting to see what you do next. Each of them reads a registrar record just as easily as you do.
- The seller — learns only that a broker is asking, unless you choose otherwise
- Your competitors — see no listing, no bidding and no ownership change they can trace to you
- Your customers — hear about a rebrand or a launch from you, on your timing
- Your suppliers — get no early sight of expansion plans they might price against
- The trade press — gets nothing at all, from us, ever
Mechanics
How it is actually done
Confidentiality is a series of small operational choices rather than a promise on a website.
Mutual NDA
Signed before any detail is exchanged, binding both ways. We are happy to work to your paperwork instead of ours.
Escrow settlement
Regulated third party escrow, or solicitors where the sum or structure warrants it. Funds reach the seller only on verified transfer.
Registrar privacy
Applied the moment the name arrives, with nameservers left untouched until you are ready to use it.
Staged transfer
Where sensitivity demands it, the name can sit with us or in a holding entity until your own announcement is ready.
Compartmented files
Instructions are not discussed internally beyond the person leading them, and are not stored on shared drives.
Quiet correspondence
No identifying detail in subject lines, no company names in calendar invitations, no shared documents left open.
Honestly
What we cannot
promise you
Anyone claiming a domain purchase can be made completely untraceable is overselling. Some records are public by design and some sellers talk. We will tell you before you commit what a determined observer could still work out, and where the residual risk actually sits.
- Historic ownership records captured by third party archives cannot be unwritten
- A seller is bound by the NDA they sign, but we cannot control what they suspect
- Certain registries publish limited data regardless of privacy settings
- Pointing the name at your website is itself an announcement, and the timing is yours to choose
- Court orders and lawful requests override any commercial confidentiality agreement
Next step
Ask us anything,
before you commit
Send an enquiry and we will answer the confidentiality questions first, in writing, before any name is discussed.
Have a solicitor review this page before launch, particularly the undertakings, so that what it promises matches what you can actually deliver.