We believe in being fully transparent about how ReallyDownOrNot.com earns revenue
⚠️ Important: ReallyDownOrNot.com participates in affiliate programmes. This means we may earn a commission when you click certain links on our site and make a purchase — at absolutely no extra cost to you. This helps us keep the tool free for everyone.
An affiliate link is a specially tracked URL that lets a company know that a visitor came from our website. If you click one of our affiliate links and make a purchase, we receive a small commission from the company. You pay exactly the same price you would pay if you went directly to their website — there is no additional cost to you whatsoever.
ReallyDownOrNot.com's primary function is to check whether websites and domains are up or down. As part of this service, when a user searches for a domain name that does not exist or is not registered, we display a prompt suggesting they may wish to register that domain.
This prompt contains an affiliate link to a domain registrar. If you click the link and purchase a domain, we earn a small commission. This is a natural and relevant recommendation — if the domain you searched doesn't exist, registering it is the logical next step.
Our affiliate relationships do not influence our tool's results in any way. The up/down status, DNS checks, SSL checks, and all other diagnostics we perform are completely independent and unbiased. We would never alter or manipulate results to generate affiliate revenue.
We only display affiliate links where they are genuinely relevant and helpful — specifically, when a domain you searched for does not exist and registering it would be a natural next step.
In accordance with the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines and equivalent regulations in other jurisdictions, we are required to disclose any material connection between us and the companies whose products we recommend. This page, along with in-context disclosures on our site, fulfils that requirement.
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