Privacy Policy

NameMarket is the controller for personal data collected directly through this website. For privacy questions, email [email protected].

• Contact details you submit: full name, email address, optional phone number and message content.
• Purchase details: domain of interest, agreed price, payment route, transfer status, registrar or IPS tag information where needed.
• Admin account data: admin email, authentication status, session data and audit records.
• Technical data: IP address, user agent, referrer, security headers, approximate country and browser/device signals.
• Cookie and preference data: cookie consent choice, accessibility settings and optional analytics signals if you consent.
• Communications: emails, support messages and operational notes needed to complete or discuss a purchase.

• To respond to purchase requests and pre-contract enquiries.
• To arrange card, PayPal, escrow, manual or external marketplace payment routes.
• To coordinate .co.uk and .uk transfers, including Nominet / IPS tag transfer steps.
• To secure the site, prevent fraud, protect admin access and investigate suspicious activity.
• To keep transaction records, accounting records and legal records.
• To improve the marketplace and understand domain interest where optional analytics consent is given.

• Contract or pre-contract steps: responding to purchase requests, arranging payment and transferring domains.
• Legitimate interests: operating the marketplace, preventing fraud, securing admin access and keeping business records.
• Legal obligation: retaining records required for tax, accounting, regulatory or dispute purposes.
• Consent: optional analytics cookies or similar technologies where consent is requested.

NameMarket shares personal data only where needed to operate the marketplace, complete a purchase, comply with law, protect the site, or use a service provider.

• Payment providers such as card processors, PayPal, escrow services or approved manual payment providers.
• External marketplaces such as Afternic when you choose or are sent that checkout route.
• Registrars, Nominet-related transfer processes and domain service providers needed to transfer ownership.
• Hosting, database, email, security, analytics and infrastructure providers.
• Professional advisers, regulators or law enforcement where legally required or needed to protect rights.

• Purchase and transfer records: up to 6 years after the transaction, unless a longer period is needed for a dispute or legal requirement.
• Uncompleted purchase enquiries: usually up to 24 months after the last contact.
• Security, admin and audit records: usually up to 12 months, or longer where needed to investigate abuse.
• Cookie consent records: usually up to 180 days in your browser.
• Optional analytics records: retained only as long as useful for marketplace operation and review.

Some providers used for hosting, email, payments, analytics, security or marketplaces may process data outside the UK. Where required, NameMarket relies on appropriate safeguards such as provider data processing terms, adequacy decisions or standard contractual clauses.

Depending on your location and the applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct, erase, restrict or receive a copy of your personal data, object to certain processing, and withdraw consent for optional analytics. You can request this by emailing [email protected].

If UK data protection law applies and you are unhappy with the response, you may complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office.

Cookie and local storage details are listed in the Cookie Policy. Optional analytics is not enabled unless you accept it.