Why iQ Global Is Supporting Reputable Domains

Every week, legitimate business owners contact us with the same problem: their domain has been blacklisted. Traffic has stopped. Emails are bouncing. They are stuck trying to figure out which provider flagged them, how to contact them, and what documentation to provide. Some providers never respond.

After 8 years operating abuse management infrastructure for 175+ registries and registrars, processing 250 million domains daily, we have seen this pattern repeat at every scale. From companies with a handful of domains to enterprises managing portfolios of hundreds. The frustration is universal.

The removal process is notoriously difficult. Businesses spend days or weeks navigating a broken system while their operations are disrupted. The solution is not better cleanup. It is prevention.

Introducing Reputable Domains

That is why we founded Reputable Domains, an independent initiative creating a human-verified whitelist platform that prevents false flagging before it happens.

The concept is straightforward: verified brand-domain associations, distributed to abuse report producers and receivers worldwide. When security teams make blocking decisions, they have additional context: this is a verified legitimate brand.

For brands: Verification provides a layer of protection against being incorrectly flagged. One verification process protects your entire portfolio.

For threat intelligence providers: An additional data source to cross-reference before generating reports, helping enhance accuracy and avoid false accusations against legitimate brands.

For abuse desks: Free, unlimited access to verified brand data. Filter incoming reports more efficiently and focus resources on actual threats.

Why We Are Supporting This Initiative

Our position at the center of the abuse management ecosystem gives us visibility into the entire workflow. We see abuse report producers working to detect threats, receivers struggling with overwhelming report volumes, and legitimate brands caught in the middle.

Reputable Domains fills a gap we have witnessed repeatedly: no standardized whitelist verification exists for DNS abuse. Each blocklist provider has a different process. There is no prevention layer, only reactive cleanup.

We believe this initiative can improve the abuse ecosystem for everyone. That is why we founded it, and why we will continue to support its development.

Learn More

The full announcement, including how the platform works, the two-sided model, and how to get started, is available on the Reputable Domains website:

Read the full article at reputable.domains →

For brands: Get verified at reputable.domains

For abuse desks: Sign up for free access at reputable.domains

For partnerships: Contact hello@reputable.domains