The domain you stopped using still bills you every year.
Donate it to a 501(c)(3) charity instead. The whole transfer happens inside your registrar account — no shipping, no pickup, no photographs. Most donors spend under an hour on it.
We sell the domain and the proceeds fund charitable work.
Giving Center is a 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 92-1162407. We accept non-cash gifts — vehicles, real estate, collectibles, intellectual property, domain names — convert them, and put the proceeds toward charitable causes.
A domain is the simplest gift we handle. Nothing has to be inspected, insured or moved. Once you have unlocked the name and released it, the asset is ours and the renewal bill stops being yours. If a name we accept does not sell right away, we hold it and keep renewing it until it does.
We are selective. Not every name has a buyer, and accepting one we cannot sell costs the charity money in renewals. We will tell you plainly either way, within two business days.
Nothing transfers until we've both agreed. We assess the asset first, and we accept it in writing before anything changes hands.
Tell us about the asset
We reply within two business days. Sending this commits you to nothing.
Four steps, and only one of them is yours to do.
You tell us the name
Send the form. We need the domain, the registrar and a way to reach you. No account access, no auth code yet.
We assess and answer
Within two business days you get a written yes or no. We are selective, and a no costs you nothing.
You release the name
Unlock it, turn off privacy, and either push it to our account at the same registrar or send us the auth code. We pay the transfer fee.
We acknowledge the gift
Once the name is in our control we send a written acknowledgment for your records, and we sign Form 8283 if your deduction requires it.
Registered marks and patents move a different way.
There is no registrar push for a trademark or a patent. Ownership changes by written assignment, drafted and executed through your attorney, then recorded with the USPTO. It takes longer than a domain and the paperwork is real.
We accept these case by case, and we will tell you early if the mark or the patent is not something we can carry.
How IP assignment works
Four things worth knowing first.
What is my domain worth?
We do not value it for you, and we would not be believed if we did. Your deduction follows what the domain actually sells for. If you intend to claim more than $5,000, the IRS requires an independent qualified appraisal, obtained by you.
What if it never sells?
We hold it and keep paying the renewal until it does. That is part of why we are selective — an unsellable name is a standing cost to the charity rather than a gift to it.
Do I have to give you my registrar login?
No. Never send us account credentials. If we are at the same registrar you push the name to our account; otherwise you unlock it and send the auth code, which authorizes that one transfer and nothing else.
Am I taking on any risk by asking?
No. Sending the form starts a conversation, not a transfer. Nothing ships until we've both agreed, and you keep full control of the name until you choose to release it.
Have something else to give?
Giving Center also accepts vehicles, real estate, boats, aircraft, collectibles and computer equipment. Everything runs through the same charity, the same team and the same two-business-day reply.