{
  "slug": "spaceship",
  "category": "domain-registrars",
  "name": "Spaceship",
  "description": "US domain registrar from the team behind Namecheap, offering domain registration with free WHOIS privacy, hosting, email and a domain marketplace.",
  "website": "https://www.spaceship.com",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "US",
    "name": "United States",
    "eyes": "Five Eyes",
    "eu": false,
    "gdpr": false,
    "cloud_act": "provider"
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "D",
  "score": 41,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Spaceship scores 41 out of 100 (grade D) on the domain registrars criteria. It meets 2 of 12 criteria: TLS configuration and two-factor login. It partly meets no ads or data sales, transparency report, tells users about requests, security headers, Free WHOIS privacy, honest renewal pricing and transfer and registry lock. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry and independent audit. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B+.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/domain-registrars/spaceship/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/domain-registrars/spaceship/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Closed source."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://www.spaceship.com/legal/privacy-policy/",
      "note": "The privacy policy says Google Analytics and remarketing pixels are used."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.spaceship.com/legal/privacy-policy/",
      "note": "Pseudonymous data is shared with advertising partners for remarketing, though personal information is not sold."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No independent audit is published."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.spaceship.com/legal/spaceship-court-order-subpoena-policy/",
      "note": "A court order and subpoena policy explains how legal requests are handled. No request counts are published."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.spaceship.com/legal/spaceship-court-order-subpoena-policy/",
      "note": "The policy says customers may be notified of criminal subpoenas, decided case by case."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=www.spaceship.com&hideResults=on",
      "note": "Grade A+"
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=www.spaceship.com",
      "note": "Grade B+ (80/100+)"
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "pending",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not tested yet."
    },
    "free_whois_privacy": {
      "title": "Free WHOIS privacy",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.spaceship.com/domains/domain-name-privacy/",
      "note": "Free for life on nearly all domains, but not every extension supports it."
    },
    "at_cost_renewals": {
      "title": "Honest renewal pricing",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.spaceship.com/domains/",
      "note": "A .com renews slightly higher than its first-year price."
    },
    "two_factor": {
      "title": "Two-factor login",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://www.spaceship.com/security/",
      "note": "Two-step verification is required at every account login."
    },
    "registry_lock": {
      "title": "Transfer and registry lock",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.spaceship.com/legal/domain-registration-agreement/",
      "note": "Domains can be protected with a registrar lock. No registry lock service is documented."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": "A+",
    "observatory": "B+",
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": null,
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T06:38:53.221Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T06:56:31Z"
}