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title: ToolRouter — Workflow
description: A multi-tool workflow showing how to combine ToolRouter tools for a complex task.
url: https://toolrouter.com/workflows/pre-acquisition-domain-audit
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# Pre-Acquisition Domain Audit

Audit a domain before purchase by reviewing registration history, DNS state, web archive history, and SEO reputation.

Purchasing a domain without proper due diligence can mean inheriting spam penalties, malware blacklist entries, or legal disputes. A thorough pre-acquisition audit reveals the domain true history and current standing across registration, DNS, content, and search engine perspectives.

This workflow examines registration history for ownership disputes or suspicious transfers, inspects current DNS configuration for residual services, reviews web archive history to uncover any problematic past usage, and assesses SEO reputation to identify penalties or toxic backlink profiles. The combined intelligence helps make informed acquisition decisions and price negotiations.

**Tools:** whois-rdap, dns-domain, web-archive, seo
**Category:** security

## Steps

### 1. Review Registration History

Examine the domain registration history including ownership changes, registrar transfers, and current status.

- **Tool:** whois-rdap
- **Skill:** lookup_domain
- **Input:** Domain being considered for acquisition.
- **Output:** Complete registration history with ownership timeline, registrar details, and current status.

### 2. Inspect Current DNS State

Review current DNS configuration to understand what services are connected and identify any concerning records.

- **Tool:** dns-domain
- **Skill:** lookup_dns
- **Input:** Domain to inspect DNS records for.
- **Output:** Current DNS records showing connected services, mail configuration, and any residual entries.

### 3. Research Historical Usage

Review the domain historical usage through web archive snapshots to check for malicious or problematic past content.

- **Tool:** web-archive
- **Skill:** site_history
- **Input:** Domain URL to search historical archives.
- **Output:** Timeline of domain usage with archived snapshots showing content at different points in time.

### 4. Assess SEO Reputation

Analyze the domain SEO profile to check for spam penalties, toxic backlinks, or reputation issues that could affect value.

- **Tool:** seo
- **Skill:** analyze_page
- **Input:** Domain URL for SEO reputation analysis.
- **Output:** SEO health assessment including domain authority, backlink profile, and potential penalty indicators.

## Benefits

- Uncover ownership disputes or suspicious registration transfers
- Identify problematic past content through web archive analysis
- Detect spam penalties and toxic backlinks that reduce domain value
- Verify current DNS state for residual service connections
