Cookie Policy

2.1 Strictly necessary

Required for the site to function and for basic security and abuse prevention (for example, rate limiting). These cannot be switched off.

2.2 Preferences

Stored in your browser's localStorage, never sent to our servers:

• dm-theme — remembers your light/dark mode choice.
• Recent searches — the WHOIS, DNS and domain search tools keep your recent lookups locally so you can return to them. You can clear this from within the tool or by clearing your browser data.

2.3 Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand aggregate traffic patterns — which pages are visited, from where, and on what devices. Google Analytics sets cookies such as _ga and _ga_<container-id> to distinguish unique visitors. We have IP anonymisation enabled and we do not use Analytics data to identify individuals.

We also use Vercel Analytics, a privacy-focused, cookieless page-view counter that does not track users across sites.

2.4 Advertising

DomainsMesh is supported by advertising served through Google AdSense. The following applies to that advertising and is disclosed in line with Google's publisher requirements:

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and other websites.
• Google's use of advertising cookies — including the DoubleClick DART cookie and cookies set on google.com and doubleclick.net — enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
• You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
• You can opt out of third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info/choices, optout.networkadvertising.org or, in Europe, youronlinechoices.eu.
• Opting out of personalised ads does not remove ads — you will still see advertising, but it will be non-personalised (contextual) rather than based on your browsing history.

A full list of Google's advertising cookies and how they are used is available in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

2.5 Affiliate tracking

Outbound links on our Deals page are routed through /api/go/[partner]. When you click one, the destination provider may set its own cookie to attribute the referral. That cookie is set by the provider, on their domain, under their privacy policy — not by us. See our Affiliate Disclosure.

3.1 Consent (EEA, UK and Switzerland)

If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, we ask for your consent before setting analytics or advertising cookies, using a Google-certified consent management platform in line with Google's EU User Consent Policy. You can change or withdraw your choice at any time through the cookie settings link in the site footer.

3.2 Browser controls

Every major browser lets you block or delete cookies through its settings. Blocking all cookies may break parts of this or other websites. Most browsers also offer a "Do Not Track" signal; because there is still no agreed industry standard for honouring it, we do not respond to DNT headers, but we do honour Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals where legally required.

3.3 US state privacy rights

If you are a resident of California or another US state with comparable law, you may opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising. Use the opt-out links in section 2.4, enable GPC in your browser, or email us at [email protected].