Domain protection: your domain, registered in our company name

What are the four protections?

Domain protection adds exactly four things to a standard registration. Nothing else is promised.

What does each protection mean in practice?

Registered in our company name. With a standard registration, you are the registrant of record: the registrant record is yours, built from the email you verify. Registries that hold registrant data, such as .org (PIR) or .io (Identity Digital), receive it, even when public WHOIS hides it. With Domain protection, the registrant is DomaineGoat LLC, so they hold our company's details, not yours. The .com and .net registries (Verisign) are thin: they receive no registrant contact data either way, so on a .com the option changes what our registrar partner holds and what RDAP shows.

Transfer lock on by default. The domain carries a lock that blocks transfers to another registrar. To move it, or to change its DNS, you confirm the action from your account. This protects the domain if someone gains access to your email.

Your data kept to the minimum. DomaineGoat LLC holds only your email, plus the orders and records needed to manage the domain. The registrant record sent to our registrar partner and to the registry carries the company's details, not your email. DomaineGoat LLC releases the data it holds only when Panamanian law requires it (a Panamanian court or prosecutor's order), or in a UDRP case.

Every complaint read by a person. A person reads the complaint and checks it against our policy before any action on the domain, and you are told when the law allows it. Phishing, malware and child sexual abuse material are still handled at once. Without Domain protection, complaints follow the abuse policy: an acknowledgement with a reference number, no action on a complaint alone about copyright, defamation, politics or from a competitor, and action within 24 hours of a well-documented report on phishing, malware, botnets or fraud. The reading by a person and the notice to you come with the option.

What stays yours?

The domain stays yours to use and to leave with. DomaineGoat LLC is the registrant of record, and you are the beneficiary.

• Full control: DNS records, nameservers and renewals are managed from your account, as with any domain.
• A free transfer code: free, requested from the client area. You can move the domain to another registrar.
• Back to your own name: on request, we hand the domain over to your own name, free of charge.

These rules are written in the terms of service, in the clause on Domain protection.

What Domain protection does not do

It keeps you out of the registrant record. It does not give a domain immunity. The abuse rules are the same for every domain, protected or not; the option adds a reading by a person before any action.

• Strict exceptions still apply: phishing (including pharming), malware, botnets, child sexual abuse material and fraud that takes money from victims lead to suspension within 24 hours of a well-documented report (CSAM: immediately, with a report to the competent hotline or authority).
• Panamanian law still decides: a Panamanian court or prosecutor's order, or a foreign judgment recognised in Panama, is applied, and it can include the release of the email we hold.
• UDRP decisions are applied: a trademark panel can order a transfer. We tell you about the complaint so you can defend yourself.
• Your hosting and payment are separate: the option does not hide the server that hosts your site. A crypto payment stays visible on its public blockchain.

The full complaint process is on complaints and court orders.

How much does Domain protection cost?

$29 per year and per domain, on top of the domain price. It renews each year with the domain. Some examples as of 19 October 2026:

• .com: $11.99/year for the domain + $29 for Domain protection.
• .io: $34.49/year the first year, then $52.99/year, + $29 each year.
• .ai: $85.49/year, sold 2 years at a time, + $29 for each year.
• .de, sold with Domain protection only: $36.99/year in total, of which $7.99 is the domain.
• .uk, sold with Domain protection only: $38.49/year in total, of which $9.49 is the domain.

All prices are on the pricing page, paid from your crypto balance.

Which extensions can have Domain protection?

Domain protection is available on 54 extensions: .com, .net, .org, .io, .ai, .co, .app, .dev, .xyz, .info, .me, .de, .uk, .online, .shop, .store, .site, .tech, .nl, .biz, .tv, .cc, .gg, .to, .ch, .pl, .be, .at, .cloud, .vip, .club, .live, .pro, .blog, .art, .design, .agency, .studio, .digital, .world, .life, .space, .website, .fun, .page, .link, .network, .email, .media, .news, .software, .cz, .nz, .fi.

12 of them are sold with Domain protection only: .de, .uk, .nl, .cc, .to, .ch, .pl, .be, .at, .cz, .nz, .fi. Their registries want a name and a postal address in the record, and some publish or check them under national rules. Registering them in our company name means the registry receives the details of DomaineGoat LLC, not yours. Each one has its rules on the extensions page.

How is it different from free WHOIS privacy?

WHOIS privacy hides your email from the public; Domain protection takes you out of the registrant record itself.

With free WHOIS privacy, you are the registrant. Registries that hold registrant data, such as .org (PIR) or .io (Identity Digital), keep the registrant record under their own law, and the public record hides your email where the extension allows it. With Domain protection, the registrant is DomaineGoat LLC: the registrant record carries the company's details, and the public record shows our company. On a .com or a .net, Verisign receives no contact data in either case.

WHOIS privacy is enough for most domains. Domain protection is for people who also want a transfer lock, a reading by a person of every complaint, and no personal record at the registrar or the registry. Our guide shows how to check what WHOIS shows in each case.

Njalla or Isthmus Domains: which one fits?

If you want the smallest bill for a domain held in a company's name, and you pay in Monero, Njalla fits better. Its .com is €15 a year as of 8 October 2026, less than our .com with Domain protection.

If you want to choose for each domain between your own name and a company name, Isthmus Domains fits better. The plain .com costs $11.99/year with free WHOIS privacy, and you add the option only where you need it. Our rules on complaints, court orders and data are written for Panama. The full side-by-side view is on Njalla vs Isthmus Domains.

How do I add or remove Domain protection?

Tick Domain protection when you order, or add it later from your account. It is paid from your balance at $29 a year. On a transfer in, $29 covers the year the transfer adds, and the time already paid at your current registrar is billed pro rata from your balance once the transfer is done.

To stop it, ask for the domain to be handed over to your own name, free of charge. The registrant record then shows you, with WHOIS privacy where the registry allows it. For the 12 extensions sold with Domain protection only, the hand-back depends on the registry's own rules for a registrant in your name.