They purchase and own the domain, to protect privacy.
``We're not actually a domain name registration service, we're a customer to these. We sit in between the domain name registration service and you, acting as a privacy shield.
When you purchase a domain name through Njalla, we own it for you. However, the agreement between us grants you full usage rights to the domain. Whenever you want to, you can transfer the ownership to yourself or some other party.''
\begin{itemize}
\item Based in Nevis.
\item By the Pirate Bay and Flattr crew.
\end{itemize}
Payment methods:
\begin{itemize}
\item Bitcoin
\item DASH
\item Litecoin
\item Monero
\item PayPal
\end{itemize}
\section{njal.la}
njal.la is a privacy domain registrar. They register the domain in their name,
which is a step further than most registrars. They are registered legal owner
of the domain. But the user can configure the domain however they want, using
njal.la's nameservers or not, as they like. If the user wants to take the
domain somewhere else and own it directly, they can.
They appear to take security up a notch too, using encrypted jabber instead
of email, as an option.
\begin{itemize}
\item Signup can be done via email or jabber (!).
\item Jabber signup sends message via jabber, using \emph{unathenticated} OTR.
This is the first service I've seen that does this, and it is great. Would be
better if it did authenticated OTR setup before sending the verification URL
though.
\item Fist login page at Njalla ask for a PGP key, if email is to be sent (!).
