Announcing the Website Launches Domain Intelligence API: 10x Cheaper, 100x Faster Domain Evaluation

We're excited to announce the launch of the Website Launches Domain Intelligence API — a breakthrough solution for evaluating domains at scale.

After two years of tracking 200M+ domains and newly launched websites, we've built something the domain intelligence market desperately needed: bulk domain evaluation that's 10x cheaper and 100x faster than traditional tools.

The Problem: Domain Evaluation is Too Slow and Expensive

If you've ever tried to evaluate hundreds or thousands of domains, you know the pain:

• Manual checking takes forever: 5+ minutes per domain across multiple tools
• APIs charge per lookup: Costs add up fast when checking 500+ domains
• Rate limits kill productivity: Most tools throttle bulk requests
• Missing data: No insight into whether domains had actual businesses

The typical workflow for domain investors, SEO professionals, and lead enrichment teams looks like this:

1. Get a list of 1,000 expired or prospect domains
2. Manually check each one on 3-4 different tools
3. Spend 40+ hours evaluating the entire list
4. Pay hundreds of dollars in API credits
5. Still miss the auction deadline or opportunity window

We knew there had to be a better way.

The Solution: Built for Bulk, Priced for Scale

The Website Launches Domain Intelligence API is purpose-built for evaluating domains at scale:

100x Faster

• Batch processing: Evaluate up to 50,000 domains in a single API call
• 10-second processing: Get results for 1,000 domains in ~10 seconds
• No rate limits: Process as fast as your tier allows

10x Cheaper

• Flat monthly pricing: No per-lookup fees
• Free tier: 3,000 requests/month with no credit card
• Growth tier: 250,000 requests for $99/month ($0.0004 per lookup)
• Pro tier: 1,000,000 requests for $299/month ($0.0003 per lookup)

Compare that to typical domain authority APIs charging $0.004-$0.01 per lookup. We're 10-25x cheaper.

Unique Website Intelligence

Here's what makes us different: we track actual launched websites, not just domains.

Our API enriches every domain with data you can't get anywhere else:

• Launch Detection: Did this domain ever have a real business? When did it launch publicly?
• Industry Classification: 3-level taxonomy with 350+ categories (e.g., "Finance > Payments > Payment Processing")
• Quality Signals: Was the site legitimate or spam? Real business or parked domain?
• Historical Authority: Track domain authority changes over time (Growth+ tiers)

This is data we've collected over 2+ years of monitoring website launches at scale. It's not available from Moz, Ahrefs, or any other domain tool.

What You Get

Every API lookup returns comprehensive domain intelligence in milliseconds:

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "domain": "stripe.com",
    "domain_authority": 89,
    "domain_age": 16.3,
    "domain_age_date": "2009-06-15",
    "launch_detected": true,
    "launch_date": "2010-09-01",
    "category": "Finance",
    "subcategory": "Payments",
    "subcategory2": "Payment Processing",
    "description": "Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform..."
  }
}

Real-World Use Cases

1. Expired Domain Investors

Evaluate entire auction lists in seconds. Filter by authority score, check for penalties with historical tracking, and identify domains that hosted real businesses.

Before: 40 hours to evaluate 1,000 domains manually
After: 10 seconds with batch API + $0.40 in API credits

2. Lead Enrichment & Sales Intelligence

Enrich prospect lists with domain data. Prioritize leads with high-authority domains, identify their industry, and understand how established they are.

Example: Enrich 10,000 B2B leads with domain age, authority, and industry classification in under 2 minutes.

3. SEO & Link Building

Evaluate backlink prospects at scale. Check domain authority, verify they're not penalized, and identify their niche for outreach targeting.

4. Domain Portfolio Management

Audit your entire portfolio (100-10,000+ domains) to decide which to renew vs. drop. Track authority changes over time to identify rising stars.

5. Competitive Intelligence

Analyze competitor domains, track new market entrants, and discover trending industries based on launch patterns.

Developer-First Experience

CLI Tool (Free Forever)

Get started instantly with our open-source CLI:

pip install webl
webl github.com
webl batch domains.txt --csv > results.csv

The CLI uses the free tier (3,000 requests/month) with no signup required.

REST API

Simple, well-documented REST API with client libraries in Python, JavaScript, and PHP:

curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://websitelaunches.com/api/v1/domain/github.com

Batch Endpoint

Process thousands of domains in a single request:

curl -X POST \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domains": ["domain1.com", "domain2.com", ...]}' \
  https://websitelaunches.com/api/v1/domain/batch

Pricing That Scales With You

We offer transparent, flat-rate pricing designed for scale:

• Free: 3,000 requests/month (no credit card, works with CLI)
• Starter: $19/month — 50,000 requests/month
• Growth: $99/month — 250,000 requests/month + batch API + historical data
• Pro: $299/month — 1,000,000 requests/month + priority support
• Business: $499/month — 5,000,000 requests/month + 50k batch size
• Enterprise: Custom pricing — Unlimited requests + dedicated support

View detailed pricing →

Get Started in 60 Seconds

Try the API right now with our free tier:

1. Install the CLI: pip install webl
2. Run your first lookup: webl stripe.com
3. Batch check domains: webl batch domains.txt --csv

Want more than 3,000 requests/month? Get your API key →

Documentation & Resources

• API Documentation: websitelaunches.com/docs
• CLI Repository: github.com/WebsiteLaunches/webl-cli
• API Dashboard: websitelaunches.com/api/dashboard

Why We Built This

Website Launches has been tracking newly launched websites for over 2 years. In that time, we've built:

• A database of 200M+ domains
• Real-time website launch detection
• Industry classification systems with 350+ categories
• Authority scoring based on Common Crawl data
• Historical tracking of domain authority changes

We realized this data was incredibly valuable for domain investors, SEO professionals, and businesses enriching lead data. But existing tools charged too much and were too slow for bulk evaluation.

So we built the API we wished existed: fast, affordable, and enriched with unique website intelligence.

Questions?

We're here to help! Reach out:

• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter: @WebsiteLaunches

Ready to evaluate domains 100x faster? Get started now →