Pillar Discovery Process · institutional intake

The 100,000+ that aren’t on the public list.

The Discovery Process delivers a curated shortlist of 10-25 domains from Pillar’s full private portfolio — matched to your category, language, audience, budget, and timeline. Five business days from intake to delivery. $250 secures the curation work. The shortlist is yours to act on or not.

Begin Discovery — $250Browse the public library

What Discovery is. What Discovery isn’t.

What Discovery is.

A scoping conversation with Pillar’s partnerships team plus a written shortlist of 10-25 domains from the broader inventory — each annotated with category, language, audience fit, recommended pricing (lease, buy, financing), and comparable-sales context. The $250 fee secures the curation work. The shortlist is yours.

What Discovery is not.

Not a brokerage representation agreement. Not exclusive — we can deliver Discovery to multiple buyers in the same category. Not a guarantee that any specific domain in your interest range exists in the portfolio. The shortlist is honest about what’s available; if your specific request isn’t fillable, you’ll be told.

$250 is the commitment, not the cost.

Generic domain brokerage inquiries are free everywhere on the internet — Sedo, Afternic, GoDaddy. The fee isn’t for the inventory list. The fee secures the curation work and filters for serious buyers. In the context of typical deal sizes ($15K-$1M+ purchases), $250 is the buyer’s signal of intent.

Your shortlist delivers in 5 business days from payment confirmation. The shortlist arrives as a written deliverable (PDF + email with embedded links) plus a calendar invite for the scoping call with the partnerships team.

Begin Discovery.

Tell us about your project. The partnerships team reviews every intake and returns the shortlist within five business days.

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Intended use *
Category interest (select all that apply — 32-category taxonomy)
Language interest (select all that apply — held-back languages accessible only through Discovery)
Audience requirements (optional)
Budget & timeline
Project description *
Mutual NDA & Non-Circumvention

Substantive mutual confidentiality, non-circumvention, three-year term. Acceptance below is electronic signature under the E-SIGN Act and UETA, binding under the same legal weight as a wet signature.

Read the full Mutual NDA and Non-Circumvention Agreement →

Pillar Media & Entertainment — Mutual Non-Disclosure & Non-Circumvention Agreement

Parties. This Agreement is entered into between Pillar Media & Entertainment (“Pillar”) and the individual or organization completing this intake form (“Recipient”), together the “Parties”. Effective Date is the timestamp captured at electronic acceptance below.

1. Confidential Information. “Confidential Information” means any non-public information disclosed by one Party to the other, in any form, including: domain inventory lists, valuations, acquisition strategies, business plans, financial information, customer and vendor relationships, technical specifications, and any documents or communications marked or reasonably understood to be confidential. Confidential Information of Pillar specifically includes the Discovery shortlist and the identity of any held-back inventory disclosed during this engagement.

2. Obligations. Each Party agrees to: (a) hold the other Party’s Confidential Information in strict confidence; (b) not disclose Confidential Information to any third party without prior written consent; (c) use Confidential Information solely for the purpose of evaluating and pursuing the Discovery Process and any business relationship contemplated between the Parties; (d) limit access to employees, advisors, and representatives bound by confidentiality obligations at least as restrictive as these; (e) use reasonable care to protect Confidential Information, no less than each Party uses for its own confidential information of like importance.

3. Non-Circumvention. For a period of three (3) years from the Effective Date, neither Party shall, directly or indirectly, without prior written consent: (a) solicit, contact, or transact business with any party introduced by the other Party during the Discovery Process for the purpose of purchasing, leasing, brokering, or otherwise acquiring rights to any domain name disclosed during Discovery; (b) circumvent or bypass the other Party in any transaction involving domain names, intellectual property, or business opportunities disclosed under this Agreement; (c) use Confidential Information to compete with or undermine the other Party’s interests.

4. Exclusions. Confidential Information does not include information that: (a) is or becomes publicly available through no fault of the receiving Party; (b) was known to the receiving Party prior to disclosure, with documentary evidence; (c) is independently developed without reference to Confidential Information; (d) is rightfully received from a third party without breach of any confidentiality obligation; (e) is required to be disclosed by law or court order, provided the receiving Party promptly notifies the disclosing Party.

5. Term. This Agreement is effective on the Effective Date and remains in effect for three (3) years. Confidentiality obligations survive termination indefinitely with respect to information that retains its character as a trade secret.

6. No License. No license under any patent, trademark, copyright, or trade secret is granted by this Agreement. Neither Party is obligated to disclose any particular information or to enter any further agreement.

7. Remedies. The Parties acknowledge that monetary damages may be inadequate to remedy a breach and that the non-breaching Party is entitled to seek equitable relief, including injunctive relief and specific performance, in addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity.

8. Governing Law. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict of laws principles. Any dispute arising hereunder shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Wilmington, Delaware.

9. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between the Parties with respect to its subject matter and supersedes all prior agreements. Modifications must be in writing.

10. Electronic Acceptance. By checking the box below, Recipient acknowledges they (a) have read this Agreement in full, (b) have legal authority to bind themselves and the organization named in this submission, and (c) intend their electronic acceptance to have the same force and effect as a handwritten signature under the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq.) and the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as adopted in applicable jurisdictions.

Pillar mutual NDA, version 2026-06-02.

On submission you’ll be redirected to Stripe to complete the $250 Discovery commitment. The fee credits any subsequent acquisition. Submission record + NDA acceptance is preserved as your audit trail.

Discovery surfaces all languages, not just launch languages.

The public library at /portfolio displays English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Multi-language domains at v1 — the current launch languages. Discovery surfaces the held-back languages too: Filipino/Tagalog, Swahili, Indonesian, Indigenous-language, and the “Other” bucket.

Institutional buyers working in a held-back language access the relevant inventory through Discovery rather than the public library. The shortlist deliverable is the same; the language filter is just broader.

Discovery Process FAQ.

What does Discovery actually deliver?

A PDF + email shortlist of 10-25 domains matched to your intake, each annotated with category, language, audience fit, recommended pricing (lease at $100/mo, purchase outright, financing from $X/mo over 12-60 months at 8% APR), and comparable-sales context. Plus a calendar invite for a 30-60 minute scoping call with the partnerships team.

What if you don’t find what I want?

You’ll be told directly. The shortlist is honest about what’s available; if your specific request can’t be fulfilled from the current inventory, the deliverable will say so and recommend adjacent options. The $250 fee secures the curation work, which we deliver whether or not the conclusion is ‘we have the perfect domain.’

Is the fee refundable?

No. The fee secures the curation work, which is the deliverable. If you transact on a shortlist domain afterward, the fee is not credited against the transaction. If you don’t transact, the shortlist is still yours.

How is this different from working with a domain broker?

A broker negotiates a single transaction on a domain you’ve already identified. Discovery surfaces options you don’t know exist from a 100,000+ portfolio that’s not publicly listed. Different position in the stack. Sophisticated buyers often use both — Discovery to surface the option, broker (or our own partnerships team) to negotiate.

Who sees my Discovery information?

The Pillar partnerships team. NDA terms are mutual confidentiality, non-circumvention, three-year term. We don’t share intake submissions with third parties. Your interest in a category doesn’t leak to competitors using Discovery in the same category.

What happens after I receive the shortlist?

You pick one or more domains and transact through the standard lease/buy/finance paths at standard pricing. The Discovery fee is not credited against subsequent transactions — it’s the fee for the curation work, which is delivered whether or not you transact.

Can I escalate to a full institutional partnership?

Yes — Discovery often initiates Institute or Authority conversations for buyers whose actual ambitions exceed a single domain purchase. The partnerships team can route an institutional inquiry through the Institute flow directly if the scoping conversation surfaces that scale.