ballotmeasuredomains.com

What It Is

Ballot Measure Domains (BMD) is a highly specialized U.S.-based domain leasing provider. Since 2007, it has focused on renting highly recognizable, memorable domains for ballot measure campaigns. Unlike conventional registrars, BMD holds a large portfolio of politically persuasive premium domains such as “YesOn2.com” or “VoteNoOnProp2.com”, solving the problem campaign teams often face when the ideal domain is no longer available to register directly.

Core Dimensions

• Service Type and TLDs: The platform only offers domain leasing and does not sell ownership. Its supported TLDs are deliberately limited to .com and .org, as these are the standard formats voters are most familiar with.
• DNS and Add-on Services: After a lease begins, BMD will configure DNS resolution or forwarding within 24 hours based on the Nameserver or URL provided by the user. Add-on services include free email alias forwarding and paid full mailbox accounts. Once the lease ends, domain traffic is redirected back to a BMD page, with the option for users to pay to retain ad placement.
• Defensive Strategy: One of its key selling points is preventing opponents from registering similar domains to create fake websites, while also capturing voters’ “direct type-in traffic” and reducing the chance that they are influenced by opposing messaging through search engines.

Pricing

BMD uses a leasing model, with prices varying significantly based on market supply and demand and typically far exceeding standard domain registration fees. For example, YesOnG.com is listed at $11,000, while NoOn1.com is listed at $6,395. The minimum lease term is 3 months and must extend to 1 month after election day. Discounts are available for leasing multiple domains, but all leases are non-refundable.

Pros and Cons

• Pros: Precisely addresses the short-term domain needs of campaign operations; helps prevent opponent registration and traffic diversion; domains are highly action-oriented; supports pointing multiple domains to the same website to maximize traffic.
• Cons: Extremely expensive and unsuitable for campaigns with limited budgets; explicitly limited to U.S. domestic campaign activity; users do not own the domain, and traffic is lost immediately after the lease ends; no clear WHOIS privacy protection information is provided.

Who It’s For

Designed specifically for U.S.-based state, county, and municipal ballot measure/referendum campaign committees and campaign managers, especially teams that need short, powerful domains for billboards, flyers, and other offline advertising while defending against online interference from opponents.

Access from China

Unknown. As a U.S.-focused political service, its target users are not in China, and domestic accessibility is not mentioned in the source text.