Which domains count as billable?
Any domain added to your account counts as billable — including inactive or misconfigured domains, and subdomains with their own DMARC policies.
In DMARCeye, the domain slot is the billing unit. Each domain that you add to your account — whether fully working or not — uses one slot, and is therefore billable.
This approach ensures transparent and consistent billing for all users.
What counts as a billable domain?
- Any root domain added to your account
- Any subdomain that has its own DNS entry and DMARC policy
- Domains that are misconfigured or have incorrect DNS settings
- Domains that do not yet generate data (e.g. not sending emails)
🧠 Why? Because billing is based on what’s configured in your account, not on whether the domain is “active” — we cannot reliably detect domain activity in real time.
Examples
| Domain | Counts as billable? | Notes |
| example.com | ✅ Yes | Root domain with valid or invalid setup |
| mail.example.com | ✅ Yes | If it has a separate DMARC record |
| example2.com (broken DNS) | ✅ Yes | Still takes up a slot, even if not functional |
| Removed domain | ❌ No | Only while it’s actively present in account |
Subdomain policy explained
A subdomain will be counted as billable only if it has its own DMARC policy defined in DNS (e.g. a TXT record for mail.example.com).
Otherwise, it inherits the parent domain’s policy and does not count as a separate slot.
Why we use domain slots
We’ve chosen the domain slot model to avoid complications with DNS propagation delays, inactive setups, or hard-to-detect misconfigurations. Once a domain is added, it reserves a slot — regardless of current activity.
This ensures fairness and prevents billing ambiguity.