OrangeWebsite alternative for private domains

Why choose Sealname over OrangeWebsite?

Price and clarity about ownership are the two main reasons.

• Lower prices. As of October 2026, every Sealname price in the table above is lower than OrangeWebsite's. A .io costs $54.99 against €92.00. The euro was worth more than the dollar in 2026, so converting widens the gap.
• One price, every year. The renewal and a transfer cost the same as the first year. There is no teaser price.
• The domain is yours. You are the registrant of record, and the transfer code is free, from your account, at any time, with no exit fee.
• No ID, no KYC. A random 16-digit account number is your login. Each domain needs one verified email, as ICANN requires, and it is never published.
• Published rules. Our disclosure policy and quarterly transparency report say who can get your data, and how often it was asked.

We sell only extensions that can be registered privately: 130 of them. The domain privacy index explains the others.

Who is the registrant of record at OrangeWebsite?

We did not find it stated in the sources we checked. A Techlore forum thread reports that OrangeWebsite shows its own details in WHOIS by default. That tells you what the public sees. It does not tell you who the legal holder is.

There are two possible models behind a masked WHOIS record:

• Privacy service: you are the registrant of record, and the public sees the service's contact details.
• Proxy service: the provider is the registrant of record and lets you use the domain.

Under ICANN's registrar contract (RAA 2013, §3.7.7.3), a proxy holder accepts liability for wrongful use. It avoids that only by disclosing the user's details within 7 days, on reasonable evidence of actionable harm. Ask any provider in writing which model it uses. At Sealname, the answer is published: you are the registrant of record. More: WHOIS privacy vs proxy registration.

Does OrangeWebsite hand over customer data?

According to a SelfPrivacy forum post of 23 June 2025 (a secondary source), OrangeWebsite discloses data only on an Icelandic court order.

Sealname's rule is of the same kind, and it is written on our own page: your data only goes out on a Panamanian court order. No foreign lawyer, private company or foreign government gets it without Panamanian legal process. We add what every ICANN-accredited registrar must do, so that nothing is hidden: trademark disputes follow the UDRP, whose provider receives the registrant details, and registration data is deposited with an escrow agent.

We also publish our takedown rule: no takedown on complaint alone — copyright, defamation, political or competitor complaints need a decision from a Panamanian court — with strict exceptions for phishing, malware, botnets, child sexual abuse material and fraud that takes money from victims. You are notified before any disclosure, unless the Panamanian court order forbids it, and every request is counted in our quarterly transparency report, first due January 2027.

When is OrangeWebsite the better choice?

OrangeWebsite fits better in these cases:

• You want to pay in Monero or Bitcoin Cash. OrangeWebsite lists XMR and BCH. Sealname accepts neither; see our Monero page.
• You prefer Icelandic jurisdiction and a disclosure rule tied to Icelandic court orders, as reported on the SelfPrivacy forum.
• You budget in euros. OrangeWebsite prices are in euros; Sealname prices are in US dollars.

If you mainly want the lowest price and a documented holder of record, Sealname is the better fit.