This Acceptable Use Policy applies to all Domain Market services.
Prohibited use
Illegal activity, phishing, malware, credential theft, botnets, DDoS attacks, unauthorised access, fraud, infringement of third-party rights and attempts to bypass security measures are prohibited.
Spam and email
Unsolicited bulk email, email bombing, spoofing or impersonation, open relays and sending practices that seriously damage an IP address or domain’s reputation are prohibited. Domain Market may restrict outgoing email immediately.
Email Marketing
Senders must be able to demonstrate a lawful right to contact recipients, provide a working unsubscribe mechanism and maintain suppression lists. Purchased, scraped or otherwise unlawfully obtained lists are not permitted.
Prohibition on newsletters and advertising emails — indefinite suspension
Using any Domain Market plan or service, whether free or paid, to send newsletters, advertising emails or promotional emails is expressly prohibited, with Email Marketing plans as the sole exception. This prohibition applies regardless of recipient count, sending frequency or recipient consent and covers all sending methods, including SMTP, webmail, scripts, applications, CMS plugins and automations.
These messages may be sent exclusively through the sending infrastructure of an Email Marketing plan, subject to its specific terms, plan limits and the Acceptable Use Policy. Holding an Email Marketing plan does not permit using another plan or service for these messages.
Any service account found to have been used to send messages in breach of this prohibition will be suspended indefinitely, with no possibility of lifting the suspension, reactivating the account or restoring it to operation. Subsequently stopping the messages or removing the relevant software or recipient lists does not lift the suspension.
Hosting resources
Use that repeatedly overloads CPU, RAM, I/O or process resources, interferes with other customers or is incompatible with the intended purpose of the plan is prohibited.
Security
Customers must keep their software up to date, use secure passwords and cooperate in securing compromised accounts.
Copyright and third-party rights
Content that infringes third-party rights must not be hosted or distributed. Substantiated reports are reviewed in accordance with applicable law.
Security testing
Scanning, penetration testing or exploiting third-party infrastructure without permission is prohibited. Testing Domain Market infrastructure requires prior approval.
Enforcement
Depending on the severity of a breach, measures may include a warning, restriction, quarantine, suspension or termination. Where there is an immediate risk, phishing, malware, spam or an attack, action may be taken without prior notice.
Resellers must impose equivalent rules on their own end customers.