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@MannDude
We just resell InternetBS and NameCheap. (And will be reselling @Francisco 's NameCrane once it's ready)
The anonymity comes from us acting as a proxy between the end-user customer and the registrar. It's basically what Njalla does.
No reason that @Uchiha can't do the same.
Well, i figure he probably wants to resell to not be tied in with possible legalities associated with acting as a proxy.
Sounds interesting. Could you please share a bit more information about the process you use? Also, doesn't Namecheap display some information about the customer in WHOIS lookup?
Well at least while their whois privacy is enabled the whois isn't GDPR'd. Not sure how it's handled in other cases. It doesn't really matter though as you'd register the domain in your name, so if there's anything displayed it won't be the customers data. You could obviously also activate namecheap's whois privacy on top of that and also hide your data.
Sure. We sell a lot of domains now. All orders are processed manually so we can review them, to weed domains that would violate the TOS/AUP of the upstream registrars. Since we do not require any customer information during ordering, the information the upstream registrars receive is our business info. This means we 'technically' own the domain (just like Njalla does for their customers) but we allow the end-user to manage the nameservers. We're also working on integrating a decent free DNS product as well into the mix.
@MannDude won't it put you at risk in case they engage in anything malicious or illegal?
Thats why the do manual domain registrations on their end, which kinda helps, but yeah.
Well, it'll probably depend on jurisdiction but i guess as long as he can clearly document that he's not the actually responsible for operating the domain but just providing a trustee (i guess that's the right word?) registration service and there is no legal requirement to record client data he's likely off the hook where he's located (i very much doubt he'd offer this otherwise - screening is just done to weed out the most obviously problematic domains), so it might result in a bit of spicy communication needing a little bit of skill in dealing with such situations but pose no real risk. I guess for an actual specific answer it would be best to ask a lawyer, which will be trained in regards to local regulations and requirements.
Yes ... That is why it is an manual process for activating..