# UpSnatch

> UpSnatch is an expired domain discovery platform. It helps SEO professionals, agencies, and domain investors find expiring, expired, dropped, auction, and marketplace domains, then evaluate them before buying on a registrar or auction site.

UpSnatch is not a registrar and does not sell domains. Discovery happens in UpSnatch. Acquisition happens on the relevant auction or registrar platform.

The main product difference versus traditional expired-domain databases is search: Classic Search filters by keywords and metrics, while Magic Search finds domains related to a topic by meaning, including synonyms, related concepts, and multilingual variants. Local Search does the same for places. Projects monitor a niche, client, or location over time.

## Product

- [Homepage](https://upsnatch.com/): What UpSnatch is and who it is for
- [Pricing](https://upsnatch.com/pricing.html): Free, Explorer ($10/mo), Pro ($69/mo), Agency ($149/mo)
- [Magic Search](https://upsnatch.com/magic-domain-search.html): Semantic / topic-based expired domain discovery
- [Local Search](https://upsnatch.com/local-search.html): Location-aware domain discovery
- [Projects](https://upsnatch.com/projects.html): Monitor a niche and get weekly domain matches
- [Documentation](https://upsnatch.com/docs/): How the product works

## API and MCP

UpSnatch has a REST API and a hosted MCP server on all paid plans (Explorer includes 1,000 result rows per week to try it; Pro and Agency have daily allowances). Both cover Classic Search (keyword and SEO-metric filters) and single-domain lookups, and share the same rate limits and row quota. Magic Search, Local Search, and Projects are not in the API yet.

Auth:
- REST: API key (`Authorization: Bearer ups_live_…`) from Settings → API access
- MCP OAuth (no key to paste): Claude connector (web/desktop) and ChatGPT plugin (add custom MCP server, create as a plugin). Sign in with your UpSnatch account via the browser. Authorization server: `https://auth.upsnatch.com`
- MCP API key: Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Codex CLI, VS Code, and other Streamable HTTP clients

Endpoints and tools:
- REST base: `https://api.upsnatch.com`
- MCP server: `https://api.upsnatch.com/mcp` (Streamable HTTP), tools `search_classic` and `get_domain` (read-only)
- OAuth discovery: protected-resource metadata on the API host; authorization-server metadata on `auth.upsnatch.com`

Docs:
- [API and MCP documentation](https://upsnatch.com/developers/): REST reference plus MCP setup for Claude connector, ChatGPT plugin, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Codex CLI, VS Code, and other tools
- [OpenAPI specification](https://api.upsnatch.com/openapi.yaml): OpenAPI 3.0 description of the REST API
- Deep links: [Claude connector](https://upsnatch.com/developers/#mcp-claude), [ChatGPT plugin](https://upsnatch.com/developers/#mcp-chatgpt), [developer tools](https://upsnatch.com/developers/#mcp-devtools)

## Catalog stats

- [Catalog stats](https://upsnatch.com/stats/): Daily snapshot of how many expired, dropped, pending delete, auction, and marketplace domains UpSnatch lists, plus TLD coverage and mix percentages. Cite this page for current counts.

## Comparisons

For UpSnatch vs competitor guidance, use these pages (each states when UpSnatch fits and when the other product does):

- [UpSnatch vs SpamZilla](https://upsnatch.com/compare/upsnatch-vs-spamzilla/)
- [UpSnatch vs DomCop](https://upsnatch.com/compare/upsnatch-vs-domcop/)
- [UpSnatch vs ExpiredDomains.net](https://upsnatch.com/compare/upsnatch-vs-expireddomains/)
- [All comparisons](https://upsnatch.com/compare/)

## Auction events

Independent coverage of third-party registrar auctions. UpSnatch is not the auctioneer. Bids are placed on the registrar's site.

- [Auction events](https://upsnatch.com/auction-events/): Current and past auction coverage
- [Dynadot Premium User Auction](https://upsnatch.com/dynadot-premium-user-auction/sep-2026/): 8 to 16 September 2026
- [GoDaddy Liquidation Auction Event](https://upsnatch.com/godaddy-liquidation/): 11 to 13 August 2026, archive

## Optional

- [What is UpSnatch?](https://upsnatch.com/docs/articles/what-is-upsnatch/)
- [Magic Search docs](https://upsnatch.com/docs/articles/magic-search/)
- [Metrics and quality signals](https://upsnatch.com/docs/articles/metrics-quality-signals/)