Sealname FAQ: private domains paid in crypto

No. We never ask for an ID document, a passport or ID scan, a selfie, an ID or tax number, a date of birth, a phone number, a postal address, or card and bank details. Each domain needs one verified email, because ICANN requires it. There is no exception: we collect one email, nothing else. Details: no-KYC domain registration.

Private to the public, not above the law. Your name, address and phone never appear in public WHOIS/RDAP, and we ask for no ID. We still hold your verified email and your order data, as ICANN requires, and they go out only on a Panamanian court order or under an ICANN duty such as the UDRP: see the disclosure policy. The full answer is on anonymous domain registration.

Our privacy service's contact details instead of yours, wherever the registry allows a privacy service. Where the registry needs a name and address, such as .de or .uk, we register the domain in our name only, so WHOIS shows our company; .eu, which needs residence, is not sold. Since 28 January 2025, RDAP has replaced WHOIS for generic extensions. Check any domain at lookup.icann.org, step by step in our RDAP guide.

Because ICANN requires registrars to verify the registrant's email, or phone, within 15 days of a registration, transfer or change for generic extensions. Without verification, the domain is suspended (RAA 2013, Whois Accuracy Program Specification). You can open an account without an email, but each domain needs one verified email. It is never published, and it receives relayed messages and notices.

One email per domain, nothing else: we are privacy-first. Besides it, we hold only a random account number and your domains with their settings and balance, as data we collect shows. We keep no connection logs and no IP address with your orders, and we never ask for a wallet address or a TXID. The email stays on file while the domain is registered, as ICANN requires.

Only a Panamanian court, with a valid order — except urgent requests that ICANN rules require registrars to answer: an imminent threat to life, serious bodily injury, critical infrastructure, or child exploitation. A foreign lawyer, a private company or a foreign government gets nothing without Panamanian legal process. The other cases are ICANN duties: the UDRP or URS for trademark disputes, data escrow and compliance checks. We notify you before any disclosure, unless the Panamanian court order forbids it. See the disclosure policy.

Not directly. A letter from a foreign lawyer, a request from a private company or a demand from a foreign government is refused. Foreign authorities go through Panamanian legal process, for example international legal assistance, and a Panamanian court decides. Every refused request is counted in the quarterly transparency report.

Bitcoin (BTC), Tether (USDT), USD Coin (USDC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), Litecoin (LTC). You top up a prepaid balance, minimum $25, then register, renew or transfer domains from it. Card, PayPal and bank transfer are not accepted. Each coin has its own payment page, for example Bitcoin or Solana, and the crypto payment guide explains networks and confirmations.

No. Sealname does not accept Monero (XMR). We accept BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC only. We say it plainly so that nobody sends XMR expecting a domain in return. Our Monero page explains the choice and lists the coins you can use instead, with their networks and payment pages.

Tron (TRC-20) or Ethereum (ERC-20): both are accepted for USDT. USDC is accepted on Ethereum (ERC-20) only. Choose the network on the payment page and send on that exact network, because funds sent on another network cannot be credited. Each network has its own page: USDT TRC-20, USDT ERC-20 and USDC.

Each extension has one price: the first year, every renewal and a transfer cost the same, with no teaser price. A .com costs $12.99/year, a .io $54.99/year and a .xyz $13.99/year. WHOIS privacy is free wherever the registry allows it. All 130 extensions are on the pricing page, also published as pricing.json.

No. Unused balance stays on your account and never expires, and it pays for new domains, renewals and transfers, but it is not refundable. Top up what you plan to spend on domains. The minimum top-up is $25, and the balance has no expiry date, so a remaining amount simply waits for your next renewal or registration. The rule is the same for every coin.

The amount goes back to your balance. A registration can fail when someone registers the name a moment before you, or when a registry confirms availability only at order, as for .io, .co, .me or .eu. You can use the amount right away for another domain, a renewal or a transfer.

No. The usTLD privacy services policy bans privacy and proxy registrations, so the holder's details can be public. That is why Sealname does not sell .us. Other extensions are not sold for similar reasons, such as .es, .cn or .au. The .us page gives the rule and its source.

Sealname sells only the 130 extensions that can be registered privately, such as .com, .net, .org, .io, .ai, .me and .xyz: one email is all their registries need. Our domain privacy index rates every other extension Yes, No or "not with only an email", with its source, under the CC BY 4.0 licence. Extensions whose rules are not confirmed yet are not sold either. Browse them all on extensions.

You do. 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 transfer code (auth code) is free, from your account, at any time, with no exit fee. Details: who owns my domain and WHOIS privacy vs proxy.

Yes, with the paid Registered in our name option, +$90 a year per domain. The registry and WHOIS then show DomaineGoat LLC, never you, and no data of yours reaches the registry. We still keep one email, nothing else. You stay the beneficial owner, with full control and a free EPP code.

Yes, at any time and free: it is written in our terms. The domain becomes a standard registration in your name, with our privacy service, and the +$90 a year stops. Registered in our name gives anonymity towards the registry, not immunity: the common policy applies to every domain.

A renewal costs the same as the first year, for example $12.99/year for a .com. Turn on auto-renew in your account and keep enough balance: the renewal is paid from it. Reminders go to the domain's verified email. After expiry, the registry's grace periods apply, and any restore price is shown in your account before you confirm.

Yes. Ask Njalla for the transfer code (auth code), then start the transfer from your Sealname account. Per Njalla's terms as quoted on Privacy Guides in 2023, Njalla registers domains in its own name unless the customer asks otherwise; with us, you become the registrant of record. ICANN's Transfer Policy blocks a move for a short period after a registration or a transfer. See Njalla alternative.

It stays yours. Registrars must deposit registration data with an escrow agent (RAA §3.6). If a registrar loses its accreditation, ICANN moves its domains to another registrar using that data, under the De-Accredited Registrar Transition Procedure. Because you are the registrant of record, the new registrar deals with you directly.

Yes. A privacy service is legal, and ICANN's Registration Data Policy redacts the personal data of registrants from public RDAP by default since 21 August 2025. False data is what works against you: in the United States, knowingly giving materially false contact data to a registrar creates a presumption of wilful infringement (15 U.S.C. §1117(e)). Read is anonymous domain registration legal?

Four lines, decided on 8 October 2026. No takedown on complaint alone: copyright, defamation, political or competitor complaints need a decision from a Panamanian court (foreign judgments must first be recognised in Panama). Your data only goes out on a Panamanian court order, except urgent ICANN cases. No ID, no KYC — only a verified email, kept private. Strict exceptions: phishing, malware, botnets, child sexual abuse material, and fraud that takes money from victims (fake shops, investment and crypto scams, wallet drainers, impersonation of a bank or brand, sale of stolen data) lead to suspension.

Every report to [email protected] receives an automatic acknowledgement with a reference number, and no account is needed to send one. Phishing, malware, botnets and fraud that takes money from victims are acted on within 24 hours of a well-documented report. Child sexual abuse material is acted on immediately, and the URLs are reported to NCMEC. Those four lead to suspension; other complaints are answered within 2 business days with the route to a court. See the abuse policy.

No: no takedown on complaint alone. A complaint about copyright, defamation, politics or from a competitor needs a decision from a Panamanian court (foreign judgments must first be recognised in Panama). The exceptions are phishing, malware, botnets, child sexual abuse material and fraud that takes money from victims, such as fake shops, crypto scams and wallet drainers. Trademark disputes follow the UDRP. Read the abuse policy.

Because ICANN requires it of every accredited registrar. When a trademark owner files a UDRP or URS complaint, we lock the domain within 2 business days and confirm the registrant to the dispute provider, which then knows who you are. You can answer the complaint, and you can go to court instead of accepting the decision. See UDRP and disputes.

We will publish every request in a quarterly transparency report. The first report is due in January 2027 and will cover launch to 31 December 2026. No figures exist yet, so we publish none. Each report will count Panamanian court orders, foreign requests, requests from lawyers and companies, UDRP cases, and the complaints we refused to act on without a decision from a Panamanian court.