diff --git a/bookwyrm/migrations/0121_filelink_link.py b/bookwyrm/migrations/0126_filelink_link_linkdomain.py
similarity index 58%
rename from bookwyrm/migrations/0121_filelink_link.py
rename to bookwyrm/migrations/0126_filelink_link_linkdomain.py
index 716d56040..1235e81dc 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/migrations/0121_filelink_link.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/migrations/0126_filelink_link_linkdomain.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Generated by Django 3.2.5 on 2021-12-16 00:20
+# Generated by Django 3.2.10 on 2022-01-09 21:16
 
 import bookwyrm.models.activitypub_mixin
 import bookwyrm.models.fields
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import django.db.models.deletion
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
 
     dependencies = [
-        ("bookwyrm", "0120_list_embed_key"),
+        ("bookwyrm", "0125_alter_user_preferred_language"),
     ]
 
     operations = [
@@ -36,13 +36,53 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                     ),
                 ),
                 ("url", bookwyrm.models.fields.URLField(max_length=255)),
-                ("name", bookwyrm.models.fields.CharField(max_length=255)),
             ],
             options={
                 "abstract": False,
             },
             bases=(bookwyrm.models.activitypub_mixin.ActivitypubMixin, models.Model),
         ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="LinkDomain",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "id",
+                    models.AutoField(
+                        auto_created=True,
+                        primary_key=True,
+                        serialize=False,
+                        verbose_name="ID",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("created_date", models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
+                ("updated_date", models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)),
+                (
+                    "remote_id",
+                    bookwyrm.models.fields.RemoteIdField(
+                        max_length=255,
+                        null=True,
+                        validators=[bookwyrm.models.fields.validate_remote_id],
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("domain", models.CharField(max_length=255)),
+                (
+                    "status",
+                    models.CharField(
+                        choices=[
+                            ("approved", "Approved"),
+                            ("blocked", "Blocked"),
+                            ("pending", "Pending"),
+                        ],
+                        default="pending",
+                        max_length=50,
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("name", models.CharField(max_length=100)),
+            ],
+            options={
+                "abstract": False,
+            },
+        ),
         migrations.CreateModel(
             name="FileLink",
             fields=[
@@ -60,7 +100,7 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                 ("filetype", bookwyrm.models.fields.CharField(max_length=5)),
                 (
                     "book",
-                    bookwyrm.models.fields.ForeignKey(
+                    models.ForeignKey(
                         null=True,
                         on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
                         related_name="file_links",
diff --git a/bookwyrm/models/link.py b/bookwyrm/models/link.py
index bc8f5ce3c..12a5fae19 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/models/link.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/models/link.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """ outlink data """
 from django.db import models
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from bookwyrm import activitypub
 from .activitypub_mixin import ActivitypubMixin
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ class Link(ActivitypubMixin, BookWyrmModel):
     """a link to a website"""
 
     url = fields.URLField(max_length=255, activitypub_field="href")
-    name = fields.CharField(max_length=255)
 
     activity_serializer = activitypub.Link
     reverse_unfurl = True
@@ -31,3 +31,24 @@ class FileLink(Link):
         "Book", on_delete=models.CASCADE, related_name="file_links", null=True
     )
     filetype = fields.CharField(max_length=5, activitypub_field="mediaType")
+
+
+StatusChoices = [
+    ("approved", _("Approved")),
+    ("blocked", _("Blocked")),
+    ("pending", _("Pending")),
+]
+
+
+class LinkDomain(BookWyrmModel):
+    """List of domains used in links"""
+
+    domain = models.CharField(max_length=255)
+    status = models.CharField(max_length=50, choices=StatusChoices, default="pending")
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+
+    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """set a default name"""
+        if not self.name:
+            self.name = self.domain
+        super().save(*args, **kwargs)