# WEB-012 — A parked or for-sale domain is not a website

> A registrar placeholder, parked domain, or domain-for-sale page is rejected.

- **Rule ID:** WEB-012
- **Layer:** Website (`WEBSITE`)
- **Checks:** `brand website`
- **Severity:** BLOCKING — Breaking this rule gets the submission rejected outright.
- **When it bites:** Gates approval — get this wrong and registration is refused
- **How it is detected:** AI judgement over the crawled website or policy page
- **Fix type:** Fix the website — no form edit clears it
- **Required by:** TCR, Twilio, Bandwidth
- **Applies:** Applies to every 10DLC registration.
- **Canonical URL:** https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/website/web-012/

## Why this rule exists

A parked domain proves someone bought a name, not that a business operates. It is a strong fraud signal because it is exactly what a registration created to obtain numbers looks like.

## How to fix it

Publish the real site at that domain, or submit the domain where the business actually operates.