Atom.com in 9 slides
A marketplace for premium brandable domains with included logo designs, plus crowdsourced naming contests creatives can enter.
- Brandable domain marketplace
- Website marketplaces
- Based in Chicago, United States
What you do on Atom.com
How the money is made: selling digital products
- Make it once
- Upload and list it
- Buyers download it
- Royalties paid out
A marketplace for premium brandable domains with included logo designs, plus crowdsourced naming contests creatives can enter.
Founded 2011 · next to 7 other website marketplaces
Work and topics
Good for
What Atom.com takes
15-35% commission by tier
From the published fees, before payment-processing, currency or withdrawal charges. Work out your own amount →
What people actually earn
Atom says domain sellers pay 7.5% commission on its Standard plan, 15% on Plus, and 15% to 30% on Premium depending on sale price.
Source: atom.com ↗How it scores
Strong on access and track record. Weaker on fees.
- Fees1.5
- Getting paid2.3
- Access4.0
- Track record4.0
- Proof of earnings2.5
- Open worldwide
- Clear fees
- Top 10K website
- 10 years running
Atom.com against its peers
Guess: next to the 8 other website marketplaces that charge a percentage, is Atom.com…
The cut of all 9 website marketplaces that charge a percentage
| Platform | Fee |
|---|---|
| Acquire.com | 7% |
| Flippa | 10% |
| Empire Flippers | 15% |
| Sedo | 15% |
| Motion Invest | 17.5% |
| Afternic | 20% |
| GoDaddy Auctions | 20% |
| BrandBucket | 22.5% |
| Atom.com | 25% |
- At 15%–35%, Atom.com charges more than 8 of the 9 website marketplaces we track that take a percentage (median 17.5%).
How much we know
We have 7 of the 17 things we track for every platform. Fees, payouts, join rules, countries and real earnings count most.
What we have
- What kind of platform it is
- Year founded
- Headquarters
- Fees
- Withdrawal methods
- Countries it accepts
- Real earnings figures
Still missing
- Plain-English overview
- Minimum payout
- How fast you get paid
- Payment protection
- Join requirements
- Review ratings
- Wikipedia or reference page
- Support channels
- Mobile apps
- Social accounts