Know who you're dealing with — the business, not the person.
Entity and domain due diligence is the practice of collecting and analyzing publicly available records about businesses, websites, and infrastructure — registration history, DNS and certificate data, corporate filings, and hosting patterns. Done right, it's a defensible research discipline. Ours is done right.
In one sentence: Entity and domain due diligence answers questions about businesses, domains, and infrastructure — is this vendor legitimate, who registered this domain, is this website a lookalike of a real brand — using only publicly available records.
What this service is
Everything on the public internet is fair game — but that doesn't mean everything you find is accurate or reliable. Professional entity research is a discipline: define the question, choose lawful sources, corroborate findings across independent records, timestamp everything, and report with confidence levels.
We take engagements for vendor and counterparty due diligence (is this business legitimate?), domain and infrastructure analysis (who's really behind this website?), and lookalike-domain or brand-abuse detection. We research businesses, domains, and infrastructure. We do not research individuals.
Who this is for
- You're about to send money to a business or vendor and want to verify it's legitimate before you do.
- You need domain registration, hosting, or DNS history on a website you're evaluating.
- You suspect a lookalike or spoofed domain is impersonating your brand and want it documented.
- You want a professional to sanity-check a business's corporate filings and online footprint before you act on it.
How it works
Scope the question
We narrow the ask to something answerable about the business, domain, or infrastructure in question — not about any individual associated with it.
Research
Domain registration and hosting history (WHOIS, DNS, TLS certificates), business registration and corporate filing records, website and infrastructure analysis, lookalike-domain comparison.
Corroborate
No single-source findings without a confidence label. Confirmed = two or more independent sources. Probable = strong single-source. Possible = indicative but unverified.
Report
Executive summary in plain language, methodology, sourced findings with links and timestamps, and next-step recommendations.
What's included
- Full due-diligence report tailored to your specific question — no boilerplate.
- Every finding sourced with the URL, timestamp, and screenshot preserved.
- Confidence levels applied to every claim.
- Executive summary suitable for sharing with a partner, lender, or counsel.
- Follow-up thread in your client portal for 30 days.
Frequently asked
Is this legal?
In the United States, collecting and analyzing publicly available business and domain records is legal for private research firms. It becomes illegal the moment it involves accessing accounts, systems, or private data without authorization (which crosses into CFAA territory). We only use lawful, public sources.
Do you research individuals?
No. We research businesses, domains, and infrastructure — not people. We do not locate, identify, or profile natural persons, and we decline engagements whose subject is an individual.
How much does this cost?
Our standard engagements start at $299 (one-time). Scope and depth affect price. We quote after a free 15-minute intake.
What can you tell me about a domain?
Registration history, DNS records, TLS certificate history, hosting patterns, and how a domain compares against a legitimate brand's domain — all from public records.
How long does it take?
Most engagements deliver in 3–7 business days. Complex multi-domain or multi-entity research is quoted individually.
Can I use your report to support a business decision?
Reports are sourced, timestamped, and preserved for exactly this use case — vendor onboarding, counterparty checks, and brand-protection decisions. They are not consumer reports and may not be used for employment, tenant, credit, or insurance decisions.
Ready to get started?
Open a free account, describe your situation in plain language, and a GhostTrace analyst will pick it up within one business day.