About Sealname

What does Sealname do?

Sealname registers domain names so that your name, home address and phone never appear in public WHOIS/RDAP. Where the registry allows it, the public record shows our privacy service's contact details instead of yours. We sell only extensions where one email is enough. Extensions whose registry needs a name and address, such as .de or .uk, are sold registered in our name only, so the registry sees our company, never you; those that need residence, such as .eu, are not sold.

The domain is yours. You are the registrant of record, the legal holder of the domain. By default Sealname registers domains in your name; registering in our name, the proxy model, is a separate paid option: Registered in our name. The difference is explained on WHOIS privacy vs proxy registration.

There is no sign-up form. A random 16-digit account number is your login. Each domain needs one verified email, because ICANN requires registrars to verify it within 15 days of a registration, transfer or change. That email is never published. The rest is in how it works.

Who operates Sealname?

Sealname is operated by DomaineGoat LLC, an ICANN-accredited registrar incorporated in Panama.

As an accredited registrar, the operator is bound by ICANN's 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement. That contract brings duties you can rely on:

• verification of the registrant's email, within 15 days;
• deposit of registration data with an escrow agent (RAA §3.6), so that ICANN can move domains to another registrar if a registrar loses its accreditation;
• prompt action on well-documented DNS abuse (RAA §3.18, as amended on 5 April 2024);
• published terms for the privacy service: relay, reveal and termination rules, and an abuse contact.

It also brings duties of disclosure in specific cases, listed in our disclosure policy.

What does Sealname believe?

That privacy is legitimate, and that it lasts only when it is honest about its limits.

• Private to the public, not above the law. Your details stay off the public record. A valid court order still applies.
• Strict exceptions, written openly. Phishing, malware, botnets, child sexual abuse material and fraud that takes money from victims lead to suspension. A registrar that ignores abuse puts every customer at risk: Trustname promised its customers protection from takedowns, and ICANN sent it a termination notice on 27 August 2026 for breaches of its abuse-handling duties (ICANN notice).
• No takedown on complaint alone. Copyright, defamation, political or competitor complaints need a decision from a Panamanian court, and your data only goes out on a Panamanian court order.
• Only extensions that can be private. We do not sell .us, .es or other extensions where privacy is impossible, rather than sell them with a promise we cannot keep.
• One price, no teaser. The first year, every renewal and a transfer cost the same.
• No surprises about payment. Crypto only. We do not accept Monero, and we say so on our Monero page.

What does Sealname never do?

• We never sell your data and never use it for marketing.
• We never ask for an ID document, a selfie, an ID or tax number, a date of birth, a phone number, a postal address, or card and bank details.
• We never ask for your password, your account number or your domain transfer (EPP) codes by email or chat.
• We never register your domain in our own name unless you choose the paid Registered in our name option, and you can take it back in your name any time, free.
• We never charge an exit fee: the transfer code is free, from your account, at any time.
• We never publish a figure we cannot back: the transparency report will show real counts from January 2027, and nothing before.

How can I reach Sealname?

• Support: [email protected]. Email replies within 12 hours, 7 days a week, including help with DNS, transfers and renewals.
• Abuse reports: [email protected], with no account needed. Every report receives an automatic acknowledgement with a reference number.
• Legal requests from courts, authorities and lawyers: see law enforcement.
• Domain disputes: see UDRP and disputes.

All addresses and what to include are on the contact page.