Domains
Groups, Personal and Business
Two ways to organise a portfolio: free-form group labels, and the Personal/Business split that files a domain under a client.
Updated · 2 min read
DomainGuard has two organising tools, and they answer different questions.
Groups: labels
A group is a label you put on domains: "Brand sites", "Client A", "Region East". A domain is in at most one group. Groups sort and filter the list on the web and drive saved filters in the app.
- Web: Dashboard, Domains, the group manager (
/dashboard?panel=groups). Bulk-assign picks several domains and one group. - iOS: Manage domain on a domain's page sets its group; the Domains list filters by it.
- API/MCP:
GET/POST /api/groups,POST /api/groups/bulk-assign,DELETE /api/groups/:id. Tools:list_domain_groups,create_domain_group,assign_domains_to_group(up to 50 domains in one call; pass an empty name to ungroup),delete_domain_group(the domains are kept and become ungrouped).
Personal and Business: clients
The Personal/Business split is for consultancies, agencies and MSPs. A scan client is a record for a customer, and a domain is filed either in the Personal workspace (no client) or under one Business client. IP and network targets can be filed under the same client, so a customer's domains and ranges sit together.
- Web: Domains, the Personal / Business switch above the list; a domain's edit pane assigns it to a client.
- iOS: the setup guide step "Which business this is", and Manage domain. The Organisation screen under Account lists clients and their domains read-only; clients are managed on the web.
- API/MCP:
GET/POST/DELETE /api/scan-clients;PATCH /api/domains/:idwith a client id, or null to move it back to Personal. Tools:list_scan_clients,create_scan_client(names are unique per account),delete_scan_client(domains and targets are kept, unassigned), andupdate_domain.
Which one to use
- Use groups for your own way of sorting: brand, region, priority.
- Use clients when the domain belongs to someone you do work for. Reports and the Overview roll up by client, and network targets attach to a client the same way.
Both can be used at once: a domain can be under client "Acme" and in group "Priority".
Notes
Each domain has a free-text notes field (web: the edit pane; API: notes on PATCH /api/domains/:id). Notes are searchable in the list and are a good place for the registrar login owner or the renewal budget line.
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