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Where can I buy a domain with Bitcoin? Looking for a service that accepts crypto payments and doesn’t require too much personal info. Any recommendations?

I’ve been using fastdomainbot on Telegram for two years now. They don’t require any ID or personal details, and they accept crypto payments. It’s been reliable, never had any problems.

There are numerous hosts having this required service offers but then as listed below, you must check out of their terms and conditions so you can always review policies so that you would find a suitable one for your available preserved informations since you seek for limited personal reveal of informations.

glowhost (https://glowhost.com/?sscid=31k9_68mqj)

hosteinds (https://www.hostwinds.com)

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Namecheap.com, Yohost.org, Porkbun.com.

All these have been accepting crypto for quite a while now, though Yohost is mostly a hosting provider that happens to also offer domains. Yohost also accepts payments via Lightning Network, if that's of interest. Namecheap probably has the largest selection and some of the best prices of these. Some personal info is required by all of them, but that's something ICANN generally requires from domain owners. They don't require anything like personal documents though, I think none of the registrars and domain resellers do.

There are many services that accept the purchase of a domain in bitcoin, all you can do is to know how you can locate one, some examples have already been given to you, now left to you to explore on them, check to see if they are active, still accepting bitcoin payment and can offer you the same required service you wanted, don't also forget to check on their online reviews to know more better before using them.

I have a link as well to give, this comprises of other places you can spend Bitcoin, it may also be useful.

where to spend bitcoin
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5467964.msg62902489#msg62902489

You can try with
Services that accept Bitcoin and don't request KYC. (https://kycnot.me/?t=service)
Private Web Server Hosting & Domain Provider. (https://www.privacytools.io/private-hosting)

You will have more options if you don't care about KYC, but your request is like non KYC services, and I believe with above recommendations you will have enough good options.

 I found a website where a list of 10 crypto domain name providers here  (https://droomdroom.com/top-10-crypto-domain-name-providers/#:~:text=Handshake%20makes%20use%20of%20a,to%20traditional%20domain%20registration%20methods.). Maybe you could check it out for yourself and see the one that best suits your interest.

You can also make use of this section of the platform which is the service board (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=52.0) for your request and also get more responses from members and from there you could have many more options and feel free to choose from them the one that best sits your criteria or interests.

Yes there are many services you can use to buy domains with crypto without asking any personal information.
Njal.la is one of the better options based in Sweden, and they are accepting payments in bitcoin, monero and other coins.
Second available option is Flokinet.is, they are based in Iceland and they exist since 2012 and they have good reputation.
I am sure there are a bunch of other services that can be found on the net, but I recommend to always read terms before purchasing anything.

I recently started using Njal.la, for privacy reasons. They don't want to know anything, which means they domain is registered in their name and not yours. Privacy comes with trade-offs: you have to trust them and I'm okay with that.

Namecheap would be a better option for you. I have been using Namecheap for crypto payments. You can get domain hosting for anything you want from Namecheap through Bitcoin payment. It's one of the top domain hosting providers also and trusted as well. Still now I hadn't faced any issues with them. You don't need to verify KYC or something else. You can use their guard to protect your privacy; it's free from Namecheap if you buy a domain from them. You don't need to reveal any of your real identity.

I am fine with that also and this is acceptable compromise, but they are probably charging a bit higher fees for this reason, compared to mainstream domain services.
They are also offering VPN services but I never tried it, and I think Mullvad VPN is much better for this purpose.

It's a bit higher than competitors, because they themselves buy from competitors.
Somehow I fell for the cheap first year when I registered my domains, and never expected to keep them more than a year. But I'm locked in now, so it's €30 per year.

Even though there is personal info to fill up, I still recommend Namecheap; they will not ask you to provide your personal details; you have the choice to do so. When it comes to features, Namecheap has all the tools and apps that you need to successfully launch a website. You can buy Bitcoin through Bitpay and other cryptocurrencies as well.
I maintain that when it comes to domain registration, its important that you have the correct information submitted so, in case of a breach, you can always reclaim your account with your first submitted info.
And besides ICANN, the domain-regulating authority required all domain owners to supply their correct information.

That sounds like a rip-off. What TLD is this? If it's something like .io or .design then it makes sense, but for a .com domain then it's daylight robbery.

I had always thought that njalla buy their domains from Tucows, another registrar. They once applied to become a tier-1 registrar who can issue domains (whatever that is), but ICANN rejected their application because their founder (Peter Sunde) used to be associated with the Pirate Bay.

I use .club and .today. They're only a bit more expensive than Namecheap. For .com it's €15 per year.

Instead of Namecheap, it is better to use Spaceship, which is a sub-company of Namecheap, offering very similar conditions but at significantly more favorable prices for domain registration.

BitPay asks for KYC when using it

Yes, if they ask for the personal info of the domain owner, then it is an obligation. With most registrars, it is possible to enter false information, but in the case of a check, this can be considered a criminal offense.

I guess rebelneo means that you can pay (instead of buy) Bitcoin and other crypto in Namecheap using Bitpay which is Namecheap's payment processor for bitcoin aside from BTCPayServer. Since i don't see why you need to buy bitcoin from Bitpay just to pay on Namecheap.

You can buy a domain with us with crypto, as we happily accept crypto currencies and bitcoin, however we dont ask any personal information for offshore dedicated servers, but for domain registration as per the rules of ICANN, you would have to submit your information, though domain will be instantly registered, and you can pay via crypto: https://www.zakservers.com/cart.php?a=add&domain=register

Thank you, brother PX-Z for clarifying this. I may be off topic, but for the benefit of those who do not have an account on Namecheap and had no idea how to buy a domain, you need to fund your account first. The fund your account link is visible in your dashboard. These images are step-by-step guides on how to fund your account.





You will receive an email confirmation once the transaction is confirmed, and you can use the funds you deposit to buy and subscribe to Namecheap's products and services. If you encounter any issue, they have the best support in the industry; you can chat with them anytime.

Couldn't this cause more security issues than privacy issues on other platforms? Why would anyone want to purchase and use a domain name that isn't registered to them? While this might be fine for blogs and personal websites, it's not at all professional for service-oriented sites. Also, if they sell domains registered under their own name, wouldn't this encourage scammers to use it more, since privacy is their top priority?

Honestly, any domain registrar can be vulnerable to this; the difference is that some have stricter policies against fraud. However, a few don’t enforce such measures, which is why they don’t require admin personal information.

Honestly speacking, I wasn't aware of these details, as i wasnt interested to use them. I assumed that any domain name sold was registered in the name of the buyer, who could later transfer ownership by selling it to another person, with the domain being re-registered in the name of the new buyer. Regarding anonymous services, I imagine this is possible if the company isn't responsible for any potential uses of its products.

As in: "they can take it"? Yes. But that's a risk that comes with it.

For privacy :)

If you're running some service, I assume you don't mind not being private.

From what I've seen, phishing sites are usually registered through different services. I don't know why.

i've been using namesilo for years now... They do require KYC, but you can use privacygaurdian to make sure your name doesn't end up in the whois records. They have their own implementation of crypto payments, which is a bit "basic" and looks a bit dodgy, but it so far it has always worked for me.

I have also been using Namesilo for many years. Due to the registration of some .eu domains, I had to provide my data or the data of the client in whose name I registered them. Later, some users confirmed that they managed to register the domain through Namesilo without providing any personal data. I think bitmover can confirm that too. If I remember correctly, he also registered his domain without KYC there.

However, since January of this year, Namesilo has also significantly raised the prices of renewal domains, so considering that I have a large number of domains on them, I am slowly moving them to a cheaper registry. The price difference is almost -50%

I think they are following the lead of Namecheap; they offer up to 70% on domains, and then when you renew it, they increase the price to 200% or even more; this is the catch, so you will prefer to buy on their platform. Good strategy indeed.
I got a TLD domain last year for $3 in their sales and renews it yearly for $15. I have to look for a renewal code to lower the price, but its not really the price but the kind of support Namecheap is giving to their clients; they have one of the best support in the industry.

I've never needed "support" for a domain name.

They offer free SSL the first time you buy the domain; you can ask support to do it for you if you host the domain on their server. I always ask them to do it for me, and they are happy to do it. This is another reason why Namecheap is preferable: free SSL when you buy the domain the first time. :)

every time i see a domain provider say they offer "free" SSL, i just laugh :D
it's not like you need to pay for one these days, you can get one for free anyway with let's encrypt or cloudflare.

saying it's free is just marketing. if it's a paid option, you should just register your domain elsewhere tbh, same with whois protection and other domain protection upsells bs.

Yeah, I know, let's encrypt, but its validity is only 90 days; you have to renew it after 90 days, and you need domain validation, which is a hassle to do, compared to a paid one, which offers a one-year validity.
And letsencrypt does not offer 24/7 support, so if there's an issue, you need to fix it yourself.
Between the pros and cons of using a free one and a paid one, I prefer a paid one.

Here I use Caddy to host all my projects and configure their access with my domain. They do Let's Encrypt for you and it's so freaking easy that it's like SSL just comes by default, I haven't spent 1 minute thinking about this for years.

Install Caddy -> create a Caddy file with my subdomain and the IP:port to point to -> Run Caddy -> That's literally it.

It even auto renews it for me. Believe me, there is no need to pay anything. :P

So you're saying you can get support if you buy hosting. That's normal for shared hosting, many webhosts offers that. It's also more expensive than unmanaged hosting.

That's what Let's Encrypt (https://letsencrypt.org/) is for :)

It has been a bit of a hassle to setup, but my automated renewals are running for years now.

That is of course totally fine, but you're talking about paid features with a hosting account. This topic was about domain names.

Interesting! I think I've been missing something. I'm checking on the documentation and will probably implement this on the next renewal or possibly early; this will save me $7 for every domain.

https://caddyserver.com/docs/automatic-https

The thread might have gone off topic, but I believe something comes out that will benefit every reader. Thank you for this!

well, i don't think you are going to be able to set this up with namecheap, so don't waste your time trying as i'm pretty sure caddy doesn't work with cpanel.
you could use let's encrypt plugin instead but namecheap doesn't allow installing plugins in shared hosting either.

if you want to save that $7 per domain and don't want to manage your own hosting, you can always route your domains through cloudflare and use their free SSL.

"Caddy" looks like something you'd install on a VPS. I don't think you need it with shared hosting.

I can only add how much I dislike Cloudflare: I've spent many hours of my life looking at their "verifying" page that no doubt collects as much data on me as they can for a few seconds each time. Or, as theymos puts it: