LookalikeGuardWhy newly registered lookalikes matter more
A misspelling of your domain that has been registered for ten years is probably a typo-traffic parking page or an unrelated business. One registered last week, with a mail server, is more likely to have been set up for a purpose.
Free, no account needed. A scan takes 15 to 60 seconds. You get a shareable result link.
How age changes the score
| Registered | Points |
|---|---|
| Within 30 days | +25 |
| Within 90 days | +15 |
| Within a year | +5 |
| 2+ years ago | −5 |
| 5+ years ago | −15 |
Registration dates come from RDAP, the modern replacement for WHOIS. Some country-code domains don't publish RDAP, so age is sometimes unknown; the result says so.
Real examples from our scanner
Copied from LookalikeGuard scans of public brands run on 2026-10-18, 2026-10-19 (UTC). Data comes from public DNS, RDAP registration records, certificate logs and a fetch of the page. A score is an automated risk signal, not a finding that anyone is doing something wrong: many lookalikes are defensive registrations, unrelated businesses or parked pages. Results change over time. Names of medium and high results are partly hidden for that reason.
| Brand | Lookalike | Score | Techniques | Top reasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basecamp.com | bas••••pos.app | 100 (high) | ct-match, ct-seen | +10 Domain is registered (has DNS) +15 Resolves to an IP address, so a website can be live +15 Has mail servers (MX), so it can send or receive email +8 Contains your brand name (found in certificate logs) +15 Registered in the last 90 days (61 days ago) +5 TLS certificate issued 0 days ago |
| basecamp.com | basec•••••ammar.com | 93 (high) | ct-match, ct-seen | +10 Domain is registered (has DNS) +15 Resolves to an IP address, so a website can be live +15 Has mail servers (MX), so it can send or receive email +8 Contains your brand name (found in certificate logs) -15 Registered 8 years ago (long-standing) +5 TLS certificate issued 0 days ago |
| basecamp.com | basedcamp.com | 0 (info) | insertion | +10 Domain is registered (has DNS) +15 One-character variation of your name (insertion) -15 Registered 8 years ago (long-standing) -15 Looks parked, placeholder or for sale (no real content right now) |
| allbirds.com | allbi•••••••icial.com | 70 (high) | combosquat | +10 Domain is registered (has DNS) +15 Resolves to an IP address, so a website can be live +10 Your name plus the word 'official' +25 Registered recently (7 days ago) +5 TLS certificate issued 7 days ago +5 Serves a live web page (page title hidden) |
| allbirds.com | allb•••••shop.com | 65 (medium) | combosquat | +10 Domain is registered (has DNS) +15 Resolves to an IP address, so a website can be live +10 Your name plus the word 'shop' +25 Registered recently (10 days ago) +5 TLS certificate issued 10 days ago |
| allbirds.com | allbirdsnordic.com | 3 (info) | ct-match, ct-seen | +10 Domain is registered (has DNS) +15 Resolves to an IP address, so a website can be live +8 Contains your brand name (found in certificate logs) +5 TLS certificate issued 0 days ago -35 Managed by a corporate brand-protection registrar (e.g. MarkMonitor/CSC), often the brand's own defensive registration |
| gitlab.com | app•••lab.com | 95 (high) | combosquat | +10 Domain is registered (has DNS) +15 Resolves to an IP address, so a website can be live +10 Your name plus the word 'app' +5 Registered within the last year (192 days ago) +5 Serves a live web page (page title hidden) +15 The page prominently shows your brand name |
| gitlab.com | git•••••uth.com | 65 (medium) | combosquat | +10 Domain is registered (has DNS) +15 Resolves to an IP address, so a website can be live +20 Adds a sensitive word: 'auth' +15 Registered in the last 90 days (41 days ago) +5 TLS certificate issued 27 days ago |
| gitlab.com | gritlab.com | 0 (info) | insertion | +10 Domain is registered (has DNS) +15 One-character variation of your name (insertion) -15 Registered 12 years ago (long-standing) -15 Looks parked, placeholder or for sale (no real content right now) |
Paid monitoring catches new lookalikes as their certificates appear and in daily re-scans, so you hear about them while they're new. Related: Certificate Transparency monitoring.
What it does not do
LookalikeGuard is monitoring and early warning. It does not take down domains, send legal notices, or give legal advice. Scores are automated and can be wrong in both directions: a high score is a reason to look, not proof of abuse. Many lookalike domains are parked, owned by unrelated businesses, or registered defensively by the brand itself; you can mark those as yours or dismiss them.