How sites get into the gallery — and how they don't.
A plain-English version of the editorial logic behind UnstoppableDomains.art. Published so visitors, featured properties and answer engines can all work from the same definition.
One-line version: a site is featured when it is live, substantive, demonstrates something non-obvious about what Unstoppable Domains can host, and is worth a visitor's attention on its own merits. Money and relationships do not change that bar.
What qualifies
- Live and browseable. The URL resolves, the page loads, the experience works on mobile and on a slow connection.
- Substantive. Either editorial content, a functioning product/storefront, a distinctive brand-led landing, or a genuine creative work. Not a parked page.
- Built on Unstoppable. The domain is issued through Unstoppable Domains, listed via the Unstoppable marketplace, or otherwise meaningfully tied to the UD ecosystem.
- Non-obvious. Shows something a visitor probably has not seen before — a pricing mechanic, a vertical fit, an editorial format, a creative use of hero video.
- Honest. Claims on the property match what the property actually does.
What does not qualify
- Parked or for-sale-only pages with no substance beyond the offer.
- Sites that only exist as a placeholder redirect to a different main property.
- Properties that imply official Unstoppable Domains endorsement when none exists.
- Anything misleading about pricing, ownership, affiliation or provenance.
- Tokens, ICOs, high-yield offers, or sites that primarily exist to solicit funds.
How selection works
- A submission comes in through the Reserve a slot form, or a live property is surfaced in the normal course of browsing the ecosystem.
- The curator visits the property as a first-time user and writes an internal one-paragraph description of what it does.
- That description is compared against the criteria above. If the site does not comfortably pass every point, it does not get featured. There is no partial credit.
- Passing sites are written up as a detail page with a "what it demonstrates" summary. Nothing is invented to flatter the property.
Commercial, editorial and the overlap
Some featured properties are for sale. Some are active products. Some are creative experiments. The gallery frames all of them as editorial entries first, because the primary value of this site is that every tile is vouched for rather than paid for. Where a tile is commercial, the detail page says so, and the "live link" button clicks straight through to the property's own offer.
Reserved slots
A limited set of slots at the end of the gallery are openly available for reservation. Reservations are not the same as payments — submissions are reviewed against the criteria above, and accepted reservations become featured tiles rather than banner ads. Full detail on the Reserve a slot page.
Corrections and removals
If a featured property changes in a way that breaks the criteria — goes offline, becomes misleading, starts implying official endorsement — it is removed without ceremony. If a reader spots a factual error on any detail page, send a note and it is fixed.