How is branch.io?

Looks fine risk 0/100

Registered 15 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered 200 in 98 ms.

Why

02050100

finecarefulhigh risk

·Nothing in the checks added risk.

Rule-based: domain age, blocklists, TLS. A heuristic, not a guarantee.

The home page, rendered by how.is in a sandboxed browser. Nothing on it is clickable here.

Site

200

98 ms · ends at www.branch.io

HTTPS

71 d

left on a Amazon certificate

Age

15 years

registered 2011-11-10

Blocklists

listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records6 record types

A	52.85.193.101 52.85.193.50 52.85.193.107 52.85.193.23
AAAA	2600:9000:215a:ca00:e:6c93:2e80:93a1 2600:9000:215a:4000:e:6c93:2e80:93a1 2600:9000:215a:ec00:e:6c93:2e80:93a1 2600:9000:215a:1000:e:6c93:2e80:93a1 2600:9000:215a:9800:e:6c93:2e80:93a1 2600:9000:215a:8a00:e:6c93:2e80:93a1 2600:9000:215a:2200:e:6c93:2e80:93a1 2600:9000:215a:c00:e:6c93:2e80:93a1
MX	5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com 5 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com 10 aspmx3.googlemail.com 1 aspmx.l.google.com 10 aspmx2.googlemail.com
NS	ns-991.awsdns-59.net ns-236.awsdns-29.com ns-1091.awsdns-08.org ns-1809.awsdns-34.co.uk
TXT	default-domain-verification-s0yes6=0gsTXeTPfvCpLAIu7xxvPeyyr lyb8vwnk417tpq35llqvmnkt5fhgrvtk v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mg-spf.greenhouse.io include:stspg-customer.com include:mktomail.com include:spf.tipalti.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:mailgun.org -all zapier-domain-verification-challenge=6a0cebdf-aee7-44e7-92c4-fe878ab152f3 gc-ai-domain-verification-fyngm9=DmVW9GtGZRxbjMeek7HHZoGyV atlassian-domain-verification=cQVPHGxF7xozv8YN7f0YFszavoQXsa4jIyy0YTh1l703iGGjj1aEM+lLVqB198Vn anthropic-domain-verification-vxgwse=7vzaxsvDZC1tWjjEGU23reiCR box-domain-verification=b50bb9d4c71875c10b09cd6e310b592b20353cd15bbbefb4fad5b398c35f6281 google-site-verification=ZEAcwPyVJrLK8UiyTfLALfAb3RtGeKMm9GHQf62PROk rippling-domain-verification=96f39fac3e0393f3 docker-verification=8e34f3f0-0aa5-4d34-bb94-f54b00bb7e81 figma-domain-verification=6b48ca69b772dd85a5eafc93089ccbce085476786d8eaf45e1609b34df675411-1747842463 google-site-verification=QTcEoV1p6n5Wlr0HAHzEe5RBESSyKsi_fWsLRYGwOPo google-site-verification=A6Wokcxexs3h8RCPep5ikPj_5Ou35JR9zynIBt4_VOs docusign=6295a189-1693-4624-bfae-ebdd192e05c1 google-site-verification=mOSvNFm6z5fqbFkSxjQly5TWxPyScSXCEdSXSur_Siw google-site-verification=d-LV6kMUE24jvMMrtDY8uzCXNhljPeWP4pho55cHBuE google-site-verification=VYcubAv9DhS-FXW62xNkvua2iyEN-0SfyyY7xP47Zw4 zapier-domain-verification-challenge=8cf9e29c-60c9-4452-a2db-9a86307fdbe3 bugcrowd-verification=c44172c0849844f8508e7908047a84bf adobe-idp-site-verification=2a89b891432143ce2403c051e2ba92b042188556f48ed29a21f58f7a19425836 uber-domain-verification=ce94fe1c-f3e0-4dc4-8497-0880cb913fa8 google-site-verification=QkSu5Qzm3bnrSyy0MRphM8GB8wL3gbISeqrGOwnV0h8 google-site-verification=IT9U2rOS45RPU4SahdQirbmjpGxqlIDq2WZX4NDmwSs status-page-domain-verification=l8kq9jjk7nvg notion-domain-verification=h4Hv4k0X4eQZsSUGQGXLDeJTULRMzfxchQE9lZEv8df zapier-domain-verification-challenge=eaaa362d-2eda-4ada-a189-3b1be7ac34af canva-site-verification=5aT9JJUuponuDnyrDMzOpw
CAA	{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'amazon.com', 'critical': 0} {'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'amazontrust.com', 'critical': 0} {'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'awstrust.com', 'critical': 0} {'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'ssl.com', 'critical': 0} {'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'amazonaws.com', 'critical': 0} {'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'letsencrypt.org', 'critical': 0} {'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'digicert.com', 'critical': 0} {'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes', 'critical': 0}

RegistrationGandi SAS

registrar	Gandi SAS
registered	2011-11-10
expires	2027-11-10
last changed	2026-10-20
owner	Branch
nameservers	ns-1091.awsdns-08.org ns-991.awsdns-59.net ns-1809.awsdns-34.co.uk ns-236.awsdns-29.com
status	client transfer prohibited

registered 2011-11-10expires 2027-11-10

HTTPS certificate71 days left

valid	yes
issuer	Amazon
covers	.branch.io, .branchmobile.io, deeplinks.io, .deep-link.io, .branchlinks.com, branchlinks.com, .branchmetrics.com, branchmobile.io, .branchmetrics.io, deep-link.io, branchmetrics.io, branchmetrics.com
protocol	TLSv1.3

issued 2026-06-22expires 2027-01-05

DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → io → branch.io

Email authenticationexcellent

SPF	pass `v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mg-spf.greenhouse.io include:stspg-customer.com include:mktomail.com include:spf.tipalti.com include:mail.zendesk.com include:mailgun.org -all`
DMARC	pass policy reject
DKIM	found: google, s1, s2

Whether mail claiming to be from this domain can be checked as genuine.

Security scoregrade A · 185/205

Basic Security

20/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled

Record Security

45/45missing: DKIM Presence

Advanced Security

25/25

Domain Reputation

50/50

Threat Detection

45/45missing: Domain Age Check

Blocklists0 listings · 14 lookups

SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop52.85.193.23Barracuda52.85.193.23UCEPROTECT Level 152.85.193.23SpamCop52.85.193.50Barracuda52.85.193.50UCEPROTECT Level 152.85.193.50SpamCop52.85.193.107Barracuda52.85.193.107UCEPROTECT Level 152.85.193.107SpamCop52.85.193.101Barracuda52.85.193.101UCEPROTECT Level 152.85.193.101

Green: clean. Red: listed. Grey: the list did not answer.

Ask it yourself

Agents get this as data. Bought through the API, the checks behind this page cost $0.070: profile $0.025 + trust $0.020 + screenshot $0.020 + site status $0.005.

curl "https://how.is/v1/domain/trust?domain=branch.io" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HOWIS_KEY" # or pay per call in USDC (x402), no key: the 402 tells your agent the price curl -i "https://how.is/v1/domain/profile?domain=branch.io"

MCP: add https://how.is/mcp to Claude, Codex or Cursor (one-line install) and ask for domain_trust on branch.io. Reference: /llms.txt.

Watch branch.io. DNS read at the source every 5 minutes; certificate, blocklists and expiry every 6 hours. You get an email only when something changes.

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