Domain registrars
Spaceship privacy rating
US domain registrar from the team behind Namecheap, offering domain registration with free WHOIS privacy, hosting, email and a domain marketplace.
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+.
Score 41 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The privacy policy says Google Analytics and remarketing pixels are used.
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Partial
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Pseudonymous data is shared with advertising partners for remarketing, though personal information is not sold.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
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Partial
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
A court order and subpoena policy explains how legal requests are handled. No request counts are published.
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Partial
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
The policy says customers may be notified of criminal subpoenas, decided case by case.
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Partial
Free WHOIS privacy Weight 2 of 3
Is registrant data hidden from public WHOIS and RDAP at no extra cost?
Free for life on nearly all domains, but not every extension supports it.
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Partial
Honest renewal pricing Weight 1 of 3
Are renewal prices the same as, or close to, the first-year price?
A .com renews slightly higher than its first-year price.
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Yes
Two-factor login Weight 2 of 3
Do accounts support two-factor authentication with an authenticator app or security key?
Two-step verification is required at every account login.
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Partial
Transfer and registry lock Weight 1 of 3
Is transfer lock on by default, with registry lock available?
Domains can be protected with a registrar lock. No registry lock service is documented.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A+
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Partial
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B+ (80/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.