# is-dns-hosted-by-name-com

> is-dns-hosted-by-name-com is a paid API for AI agents from dns.intel.rallylive.ca, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-22).

Checks whether a domain's DNS is hosted by Name.com by looking up its NS records via Cloudflare DoH and matching them against Name.com nameserver patterns, returning yes/no plus matched nameservers.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://dns.intel.rallylive.ca/dns/hosted-by/name-com?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-22
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/is-dns-hosted-by-name-com-d3176329
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_IlmhJI8hNVn3o2nJJkzXn

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability is-dns-hosted-by-name-com-d3176329
```

Example prompt: Can you check if shopify.com has its DNS hosted by Name.com? I need to know whether their nameservers match Name.com's patterns and which ones matched.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to definitively detect whether a specific domain is using Name.com as its DNS hosting provider, for use cases like sales lead qualification, DNS vendor audits, pre-migration checks, or competitive intelligence. Use the bulk sibling endpoints if you need to check multiple domains at once. Prefer this over generic WHOIS or NS lookup tools when you specifically need Name.com pattern matching with structured yes/no output.

## Known failure modes

- Domain does not exist or has no NS records — returns no match with empty nameserver list
- Cloudflare DoH lookup failure due to network issues — may return an error or timeout
- Invalid or malformed domain input — may return an error response
- Domain uses Name.com-like patterns that are false positives — edge case in pattern matching

## How this service works

Is the domain's DNS hosted by name com? Looks up the NS records (Cloudflare DoH) and matches them against name-com's nameserver patterns, returning yes/no, the nameservers and which ones matched. Vendor detection for sales, migration and security work. $0.01 per lookup.

## Output

Returns a yes/no boolean indicating whether the domain's DNS is hosted by Name.com, the full list of NS records retrieved via Cloudflare DoH, and a subset list of nameservers that matched Name.com's known nameserver patterns.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/is-dns-hosted-by-name-com-d3176329/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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