A domain holding page that says who owns it and how to get in touch

Why not leave the registrar's parked page?

Most registrars show their own parked domain page on names with no site: their logo, a search box and ads, sometimes for your competitors. It earns them money and tells visitors nothing about you. Anyone who types the name from a business card or an email signature gets the impression the business has gone. A plain page of your own costs little effort and fixes that.

Four kinds of holding page

Avoid an empty "under construction" message with no date and no contact. If launch is months away, say so plainly, and give people a way to hear when it happens; a waitlist page does that well.

A domain for sale page that gets serious enquiries

• State the domain in large type, so a screenshot shows exactly what's for sale.
• Say how it'll be transferred: through an escrow service or a marketplace you name, so buyers know you're legitimate.
• Give a price guide or minimum offer if you have one, written in words, or say "offers considered".
• Ask enquirers for the right details: their name, email and offer, through the contact form, which asks for name, email and a message.
• Don't publish a personal phone number. Domain enquiries attract spam; a form keeps your details private.

Every enquiry is saved in your dashboard, sealed at rest, and can be emailed to you, or sent to Slack or Telegram through a connector so you see it quickly.

Setting it up on your domain

Describe the page in a sentence, such as "a single holding page for northfieldbakery.co.uk saying we're opening in spring 2027, with a contact form". Swiss (Inter Tight) or Editorial (Geist) keep a one-screen page calm. Publish it, then connect your own domain, which is available on paid plans; see pricing.

1. Add the domain to the site in Anticode.
2. At your registrar or DNS host, add the record Anticode shows you: a CNAME, or a TXT record for verification.
3. Wait for verification. DNS changes can take a while to reach everywhere.
4. The certificate for HTTPS is issued automatically once the domain is verified; you don't buy or install one.

The connecting a custom domain guide goes through these steps in detail, including which record to use.

Small things that come with it

Even a one-page site gets its own robots.txt and sitemap.xml, and a security report at /.well-known/anticode-security, computed from the published page. The page from the design engine runs no scripts. When the real site is ready, build it in the same project or a new one and point the domain at it; the holding page simply stops being served.

Limits

• A custom domain needs a paid plan. On the free plan you get a <name>.anticode.dev address, which doesn't help hold your own name.
• Anticode doesn't sell or register domains. Buy the name from a registrar.
• No email hosting. Mail at your domain needs a separate email provider; the email with a custom domain guide explains the records.
• No domain sale handling. Use an escrow service or a marketplace for the transfer and payment.
• The bare name needs a DNS host that can point it. Domains are connected by hostname with a CNAME, so for the bare name (without www) check whether your DNS host supports a CNAME-style record at the root, or forward it to the www address at your registrar; the www vs non-www guide explains the choice.

Questions people ask

Will a holding page help the domain in search?

A little: a real page with a few honest sentences is better than a parked page. Most of the work still happens when the full site launches.

Can I hold several domains this way?

Yes, on a paid plan. The simplest approach is a small holding site for each name, each connected to its own domain; check the domain settings for how many your plan allows.

Do I need HTTPS on a page that collects nothing?

Yes. Browsers warn on plain HTTP pages. Here the certificate is issued automatically once the domain is verified.