Buy a domain – in the chat, without an account

Ways to the chat

• As an onion service in Tor Browser – we do not see your IP address: http://57mvm5xjlcqdero3tvqm5q4migufcsotycup234aloynvqshu23gvaqd.onion/chat
  from the portal settings – not yet in the signed key manifest
• On the command line – the safest way, because the chat code is part of the signed software: $ mainnet chat
• In a normal browser (there you trust the code of this page): Open the chat in the browser →
• Inside Mainnet: ◆ support@mainnet.com · only inside Mainnet

How a purchase works

1. Create your key on your own computer. It stays with you; you get a short request code. $ mainnet init shop.de
2. Send the domain you want and the request code in the chat. The chat shows you a return code of 12 words – write it down to continue later.
3. The registry checks name, trademark and payment – not content.
4. You get a Bitcoin invoice with its own address and an identifying amount.
5. After the payment arrives, the registry activates the domain by hand, usually within 24–48 hours.
6. The confirmation appears in the chat. Then you publish your site yourself. $ mainnet host shop.site --key deploy@shop.de.mnkey

The identifying amount

Every invoice has its own Bitcoin address and a unique amount, the identifying amount. Address and exact amount let us match the payment to your order – no name, no account.

The identifying amount is the BTC equivalent of €4.99, rounded down slightly (to 100 satoshi, at a low exchange rate to 1,000) and reduced by a small unique deduction – so you never pay more than the invoice, at most just under 5% less.

Pay exactly the amount shown, ideally from your own wallet. Bitcoin payments are public.

Points and term

• €4.99 = 500 points = exactly one year – until the same day and time in the following year (UTC).
• Points belong to exactly one domain. They are not a balance and are never paid out as money.
• If a payment differs, we convert it into points in proportion to the invoice: paid less, shorter term – paid more, longer term.
• If the terms of use are broken there is no refund; remaining points are forfeited.

Renewing

In your domain's info window in the Mainnet Browser (signed with your key file), on the command line or in the chat:

$ mainnet renew shop.de

New points are added to the current term – topping up early costs nothing.

Reminders before expiry

Reminders arrive by mail in your domain's mailbox (postmaster@<domain>); your own node shows them as well:

1. ⎿ 5 weeks before
2. ⎿ 3 weeks before
3. ⎿ 1 week before

Reminders never contain a payment link – a mail with a payment link is not from us.

Renewing in time remains your own responsibility.

By sending a request you accept the terms of use (version 2). Read the terms of use →

What we store during a purchase and for how long: Privacy →