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Good Privacy Domain Registrars?

bruh21bruh21 Member, Host Rep
edited May 2021 in Help

I'm looking for more private registrars that do not require your address and phone number. Does anyone have any recommendations?

I should add that I am looking for a somewhat obscure tld, ".party"

Comments

  • MannDudeMannDude Host Rep, Veteran
    edited May 2021

    Not sure if they offer the TLD, but https://njal.la/ is known for this. But, they just resell Tuscows as far as I know.

    Edit: They do offer it, https://njal.la/#pricing for 30€/yr

  • bruh21bruh21 Member, Host Rep

    @MannDude said:
    Not sure if they offer the TLD, but https://njal.la/ is known for this. But, they just resell Tuscows as far as I know.

    Edit: They do offer it, https://njal.la/#pricing for 30€/yr

    Damn, I'm paying $2.50 yearly with porkbun. Looking to protect my privacy but that costs more than I pay for hosting in a year lol

  • MannDudeMannDude Host Rep, Veteran

    @bruh21 said:

    @MannDude said:
    Not sure if they offer the TLD, but https://njal.la/ is known for this. But, they just resell Tuscows as far as I know.

    Edit: They do offer it, https://njal.la/#pricing for 30€/yr

    Damn, I'm paying $2.50 yearly with porkbun. Looking to protect my privacy but that costs more than I pay for hosting in a year lol

    Yeah, pricey for a novelty TLD but I had it bookmarked as I had read about them previously.

    Can always just use a burner number and PO Box or something. No one is mailing you a Christmas card or calling you to tell you happy birthday.

  • bruh21bruh21 Member, Host Rep

    @MannDude said:

    @bruh21 said:

    @MannDude said:
    Not sure if they offer the TLD, but https://njal.la/ is known for this. But, they just resell Tuscows as far as I know.

    Edit: They do offer it, https://njal.la/#pricing for 30€/yr

    Damn, I'm paying $2.50 yearly with porkbun. Looking to protect my privacy but that costs more than I pay for hosting in a year lol

    Yeah, pricey for a novelty TLD but I had it bookmarked as I had read about them previously.

    Can always just use a burner number and PO Box or something. No one is mailing you a Christmas card or calling you to tell you happy birthday.

    true that, I'm probably just a little too worried about my privacy. Guess it's my fault for picking a shitty tld, but it's too late to change it now.

  • Daniel15Daniel15 Veteran
    edited May 2021

    Is WHOIS privacy not sufficient? The registrar would have your details but it wouldn't be publicly visible.

    Registrars risk losing their ICANN accreditation if they don't verify WHOIS data is legit (which is why you get annual "verify your WHOIS details" emails), so if you really don't want the registrar to know who you are, you'll likely have to use a sketchy registrar that's not ICANN accredited (most likely a reseller).

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  • szymonpszymonp Member

    namesilo has free whois privacy+they don't check the details you give them

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  • LeviLevi Member

    Avoid porkbun at all costs. Nja.la is good and privacy aware registrar. Basically they buy domain for them-self and allow you to manage it. So, if any legal issue - nja.la is on the line, not you. Of course no harmfull activities, but for example torrent sites they are way to go.

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  • jadenjaden Member

    @LTniger said:
    Avoid porkbun at all costs.

    At all costs is a bit much. If you have complaints, could you share them? Then we can do our own cost benefit analysis.

  • LeviLevi Member

    @jaden said:

    @LTniger said:
    Avoid porkbun at all costs.

    At all costs is a bit much. If you have complaints, could you share them? Then we can do our own cost benefit analysis.

    They suspend domain over google security scan. At least it was year and a half back.

  • JasonMJasonM Member
    edited May 2021

    @LTniger said: Nja.la is good and privacy aware registrar

    Njalla is not a icann-accredited registrar. Do you know their upstream provider? I suspect its Tucows

  • sandozsandoz Veteran
    edited May 2021

    @bruh21 said:

    @MannDude said:
    Not sure if they offer the TLD, but https://njal.la/ is known for this. But, they just resell Tuscows as far as I know.

    Edit: They do offer it, https://njal.la/#pricing for 30€/yr

    Damn, I'm paying $2.50 yearly with porkbun. Looking to protect my privacy but that costs more than I pay for hosting in a year lol

    You should read who Njal.la works.
    They are just middleman, they use their own information in Whois. You never will need to use your own name etc in your domain.

    For this reason is not cheap, Porkbun doesn't do that! That's difference.
    Njal.la sits at the middle of you, they use Tucows but the information that will be in Whois is from Njal.la (behind the proxy) also.

  • LeviLevi Member

    @JasonM said: Njalla is not a icann-accredited registrar.

    You are thinking about traditional registrar here. No, nja.la is not accredited. As I said, they register domains and provide control of it for user. Actual owner of that domain is nja.la, as well as liabilities...

    "When you buy a domain in our system, we're actually purchasing it for ourselves. We will be the actual owners of the domain, it's not an ownership by proxy as found with all other providers. However, you will still have the full control over the domain name. You can either use our information, our nameservers or you can go with your custom data. "

  • Daniel15Daniel15 Veteran
    edited May 2021

    @LTniger said: Basically they buy domain for them-self and allow you to manage it.

    Oh yeah, this is the other alternative I didn't mention in my comment. Someone else buys the domain and 'loans' it to you. They accept liability while letting you use it.

    The big risk here is that you don't actually own the domain, so you're not in control of anything. If that company shuts down and doesn't transfer the domain for you, you'd lose the domain. You wouldn't be able to transfer it in that case, since you don't own it. It's like living in a subleased apartment where you're not actually on the lease - you usually don't really have any rights as a tenant, since you're not actually a tenant.

    There's also a risk that they steal the domain from you, but if they're a legit company then that's less likely of course.

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  • angstromangstrom Moderator

    I still don't quite understand what the OP is so worried about (and why Whois privacy isn't sufficient)

  • angstromangstrom Moderator

    "Njalla protects you from ferocious domain predators."

    I find it rather amusing that this seems to be their main selling point

  • RazzaRazza Member

    The way I see it if the whois is non public or masked with whois protection, it shouldn't be a issue if the registrar know your address.

    when I see this kind of request the user is privacy conscious doesn't like giving his details to anyone or possibly doing something illegal and doesn't want to be linked to it with his address.

  • raindog308raindog308 Administrator, Veteran

    @jaden said: If you have complaints, could you share them?

    They're based in Portland, Oregon.

    Portland, Oregon sucks.

    I don't want my money going here.

    But hypocritically, I got a good deal on a .party domain from a Porkbun promo and I have it there.

  • JasonMJasonM Member
    edited May 2021

    @Daniel15 said: The big risk here is that you don't actually own the domain, so you're not in control of anything. If that company shuts down and doesn't transfer the domain for you, you'd lose the domain

    right! That's why I avoided Njalla for registering domains that run the business websites. Njalla registrar can be only good if anyone wants to throw-in hacking/cracking/pirated stuff on their sites so even if the domain is lost, its not a big deal. They can simply get a new one. But for brands or legit sites Njal.la is definitely not a good choice since you are not the owner (legally and technically) of your domain. All you get it as an illusion of owning a domain but real owners are njalla.

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  • VoidVoid Member

    @szymonp said:
    namesilo has free whois privacy+they don't check the details you give them

    Can confirm. You can give whatever garbage you like and they don’t mind.

  • @bruh21 said: Looking to protect my privacy but that costs more than I pay for hosting in a year lol

    Why not to place fake address and temporary phone number? This will save your money a lot.

  • MannDudeMannDude Host Rep, Veteran

    We now sell domains, and require no PII. We don't even ask you for a name or address, just an email to send invoices to.

  • namesilo for me

  • @MannDude said: We now sell domains

    great. will give it a try. BTW who is your registrar for domains?

  • @JasonM said:

    @MannDude said: We now sell domains

    great. will give it a try. BTW who is your registrar for domains?

    Their website says NameCheap: https://portal.incognet.io/knowledgebase/23/How-the-private-registration-works..html

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  • MannDudeMannDude Host Rep, Veteran

    @Xrmaddness said:

    @JasonM said:

    @MannDude said: We now sell domains

    great. will give it a try. BTW who is your registrar for domains?

    Their website says NameCheap: https://portal.incognet.io/knowledgebase/23/How-the-private-registration-works..html

    NameCrane, when available. Namecheap and internet.bs for now.

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  • @MannDude said: Yeah, pricey for a novelty TLD but I had it bookmarked as I had read about them previously.

    Can always just use a burner num

    @bruh21 said: Damn, I'm paying $2.50 yearly with porkbun. Looking to protect my privacy but that costs more than I pay for hosting in a year lol

    @szymonp said:
    namesilo has free whois privacy+they don't check the details you give them

    Is Namesilo TOR friendly? Does Namesilo allow sign in from TOR'?

  • kdhkdh Member

    @ismailsabribinyaakob All of your comments are necros
    Please don't

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