Summary

A beta CLI for the name.com API is now available on GitHub, allowing developers to register domains, manage DNS, and automate transfers from the terminal. Hercules launched an MCP that lets their users register hundreds of domains in minutes through any AI chat app. Also this month: a new domain pricing guide and transfer eligibility endpoint.

What's new

Just launched: name.com CLI (beta)

namecom-cli (beta)

A beta CLI for the name.com API is now available. From the terminal, you can check domain availability, register and renew domains, manage DNS records, handle transfers in and out, set up email and URL forwarding, configure DNSSEC, and get a status overview of your entire portfolio.

It's built for workflows that benefit from scripting, like bulk operations across multiple domains, automation in build and deploy pipelines, and testing changes against the sandbox before running them in production.

The name.com web UI is great for one-offs. The CLI is for everything else:

  • Automate domain renewals, DNS changes, and email forwards in CI/CD pipelines
  • Script bulk operations across dozens of domains at once
  • Integrate with secret managers via token_cmd — no credentials in shell history
  • Pipe JSON output directly into jq, grep, and other tools
  • Stay fast — tab completion, --dry-run, and --yes flags for confident automation

Learn more on GitHub

New guide: domain purchase pricing

Pricing on domain creates, renewals, and transfers has a few moving parts: which endpoint returns the right number, when purchasePrice is required versus optional, and how acquisition types behave differently from standard registrations.

We published a dedicated guide that maps every scenario: which endpoint to call, when to use Get Pricing versus Search or Check Availability, and exactly what to send on create.

Domain purchase pricing guide

New guide: automating MX records

At scale, MX record provisioning breaks in two predictable ways: records getting written twice when a retry fires too fast, and conflicting priority settings that cause routing failures that are hard to diagnose.

The guide covers the full MX record lifecycle, how priority works and how to script a failover swap, and a safe write function you can drop into any domain provisioning workflow.

Automate MX record configuration

June changelog highlights

  • Transfer eligibility endpoint — New GET /core/v1/transfers/eligibility/{domainName} checks whether a domain is at name.com and whether its TLD supports internal transfer between accounts. Route transfer-in flows without needing an RDAP lookup. Docs
  • Internal transfer contacts — contacts on POST /core/v1/transfers/internal/in no longer requires all four roles. Omit a role and it defaults to the gaining account's contacts. Docs
  • Pagination cap — List endpoints now enforce a maximum of 1,000 records per request when perPage is set explicitly. Default limits vary by endpoint; see the changelog for specifics. Changelog
  • requireIdnSld on tldInfo — New field on TLD requirements indicating whether ASCII/Latin SLDs are valid for registration on a given IDN TLD.

ICYMI

  • Well … we launched the whole name.dev website last month. It's a dedicated developer hub for the name.com API, with technical guides, partner case studies, and product updates in one place. If you haven't explored the site yet, here's where to start:
    • Railway case study — How Railway scaled to 1,700+ domain registrations per month with one product engineer. Read it
    • Zone Check deep dive — When to use Zone Check versus Check Availability, and how to build fast bulk browse UIs. Read it
    • CNAME records guide — When to use them, when to avoid them, and common pitfalls. Read it
  • Read our report on AI and digital identity — We surveyed 1,120 decision-makers and interviewed AI and tech leaders on how AI is reshaping domain strategy. Read the full report

Partner spotlight

name.com x Hercules.app

Hercules integrated the name.com API in February 2026, going from API key to production in 3 days. Now they've launched an MCP that allows users to register hundreds of domains and launch hundreds of websites in minutes, through most AI chat apps, in a single prompt.

Hercules CEO Brendan Falk shared use case details on X: a plumber in the Netherlands registered 4,000 domains for hyper-targeted SEO across neighborhoods and suburbs, and an equipment wholesaler in Tennessee built roughly 100 product-specific sites.

Read the Hercules case study

Events & Community

Coming up:

  • Laracon US — July 28–29, Boston, MA
  • Let's Vibe — Monthly vibe coding meetups in Denver, CO. We're the pizza sponsor. Check letsvibe.org for the July dates and get local with our Denver team.
  • API World — September 1–3, Santa Clara, CA
  • Future Product Days — September 22–24, Copenhagen, Denmark

If you'll be at any of these, get in touch. We'd love to connect.

Quick links

Anticipating big volume? Growing fast? Get in touch with our team to discuss custom pricing and features.