Where should I get my domains from?

Here are the current restrictions on regards to domains and their deployment. Make sure to keep this in mind so you don't buy domains you can't use with Superwave.

Blacklisted Item	Reason for restriction
Domains from Namecheap.com	Common provider for spammers, high flagging risk by anti-spam algorithms. Bans accounts suspected of cold emailing.
Domains from Porkbun.com	Common provider for spammers, high flagging risk by anti-spam algorithms.
Domains from Gandi.net	Bans accounts suspected of cold emailing under the accusation of phishing (Due to the use of redirects). Painfully slow support response times.
Domains from GoDaddy.com	Interferes with Superwave's infrastructure by adding multiple hosting-related upsells that are hard to opt out of to domain purchases.
Domains from Cloudflare.com	Can't switch their nameservers for ours.
Domains from Western platforms	Western platforms like the aforementioned and similar have a bigger incentive to ban domains and accounts due to more direct pressure from compliance regulations from international bodies and relevant legislation in a given jurisdiction.
Domains with dashes (Example: cold-email.tld)	Administrative decision.

Other considerations on TLDs

The following table contains TLDs (the suffix of a given domain) that may add friction to your workflow. These are not banned but it's good to consider the paperwork required to work with them. This table does not cover every TLD but the most common ones in the context of countries.

TLD	Country	Main reason to consider
.am	Armenia	Requires a special form to transfer out and change WHOIS information
.ad	Andorra	Requires trademark registration
.al	Albania	Requires having some sort of legal status in Albania as a person or company. Some domain providers may offer this to you as a corporate service for an added cost
.au	Australia	Requires having some sort of legal status in Australia as a person or company. Some domain providers may offer this to you as a corporate service for an added cost
.at	Austria	May display public WHOIS information
.ba	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Requires having some sort of legal status in Bosnia & Herzegovina as a person or company. Some domain providers may offer this to you as a corporate service for an added cost
.be	Belgium	Requires waiting to receive and send over a transfer code to your domain provider's support to transfer out and change WHOIS information
.bg	Bulgaria	Requires having some sort of legal status in Bulgaria as a person or company. Some domain providers may offer this to you as a corporate service for an added cost
.by	Belarus	Requires having some sort of legal status in Belarus as a person or company. Some domain providers may offer this to you as a corporate service for an added cost
.ca	Canada	Requires having some sort of legal status in Canada as a person or company. Some domain providers may offer this to you as a corporate service for an added cost
.ch	Switzerland	May display public WHOIS information
.cn	China	Requires having some sort of legal status in China as a person or company. Some domain providers may offer this to you as a corporate service for an added cost
.cz	Czech Republic	May display public WHOIS information
.de	Germany	May display public WHOIS information
.dk	Denmark	Requires paying a fee to transfer out and change WHOIS information
.ee	Estonia	Requires having some sort of legal status in Estonia as a person or company. Some domain providers may offer this to you as a corporate service for an added cost
.es	Spain	May display public WHOIS information
.eu	The European Union	May display public WHOIS information
.fi	Finland	Requires waiting to receive and send over a transfer code to your domain provider's support to transfer out and change WHOIS information
.fr	France	May display public WHOIS information
.ge	Georgia	Requires having some sort of legal status in Georgia as a person or company. Some domain providers may offer this to you as a corporate service for an added cost
.gr	Greece	Requires providing a completed copy of a domain transfer document to the Greek registry to transfer out or change WHOIS information
.hk	Hong Kong	Requires sending a letter by email or fax to the Hong Kong registry to transfer out and change WHOIS information
.hr	Croatia	Requires having some sort of legal status in Croatia as a person or company. Some domain providers may offer this to you as a corporate service for an added cost
.hu	Hungary	Requires having some sort of legal status in Hungary as a person or company. Some domain providers may offer this to you as a corporate service for an added cost
.ie	Ireland	Requires providing documentation justifying the transfer or change of WHOIS information
.it	Italy	Requires having some sort of legal status in Italy as a person or company. Some domain providers may offer this to you as a corporate service for an added cost
.jp	Japan	Requires having some sort of legal status in Japan as a person or company. Some domain providers may offer this to you as a corporate service for an added cost
.kr	South Korea	Requires having some sort of legal status in South Korea as a person or company. Some domain providers may offer this to you as a corporate service for an added cost
.li	Liechtenstein	May display public WHOIS information
.lt	Lithuania	May display public WHOIS information
.lu	Luxembourg	May display public WHOIS information
.lt	Latvia	May display public WHOIS information
.md	Moldova	May display public WHOIS information
.me	Montenegro	Requires having some sort of legal status in Montenegro as a person or company. Some domain providers may offer this to you as a corporate service for an added cost
.mk	North Macedonia	Requires having some sort of legal status in North Macedonia as a person or company. Some domain providers may offer this to you as a corporate service for an added cost
.mt	Malta	Requires having some sort of legal status in Malta as a person or company. Some domain providers may offer this to you as a corporate service for an added cost
.nl	Netherlands	May display public WHOIS information
.no	Norway	Requires a special form to transfer out and change WHOIS information
.pl	Poland	May display public WHOIS information
.pt	Portugal	Requires declaring using official company letterhead the acceptance of the domain, including a VAT number for both parties, a scanned ID or notarized legal signatures to transfer out and change WHOIS information
.ro	Romania	Requires waiting to receive and send over a transfer code to your domain provider's support to transfer out and change WHOIS information
.rs	Serbia	Requires having some sort of legal status in Serbia as a person or company. Some domain providers may offer this to you as a corporate service for an added cost
.ru	Russia	Requires physically mailing a filled out form to Moscow to transfer out and change WHOIS information
.se	Sweden	May display public WHOIS information
.si	Slovenia	Requires having some sort of legal status in Slovenia as a person or company. Some domain providers may offer this to you as a corporate service for an added cost
.sk	Slovakia	May display public WHOIS information
.tr	Türkiye	Domain ownership is not allocated upon purchase. It is allocated on an specific date of the year for some reason.
.ua	Ukraine	May display public WHOIS information
.uk	United Kingdom	May display public WHOIS information
.us	United States	Enforces public WHOIS information which might affect your privacy (This TLD is known to be scrapped by spammers)
.nz	New Zealand	May display public WHOIS information

Tips to register a domain with a TLD that's not fully private

1. Use a shell company. It costs less than two hundred United States dollars to start one in 24 hours using a service like this one. You can also ask clients and partners for their permission to register domains to their company's name.

2. Have a separate phone number, business address and email address to the name of said company. You can get the first two from a provider such as this one.

3. Do not provide false information. You can get an entire account suspended even if a single domain is not compliant.

4. Make sure to confirm your identity when you receive any email from a relevant WHOIS asking you to verify yourself. Failure to do so could get your domains suspended.

.com is always better

You can create a vast variety of permutations of the same brand name or offer using prefixes and suffixes such as the following:

find reach life core yes with hq meet get try co inc
hey hi hello your my group use app grow corp the join
know fast reach search link ready connect check go team

You can also add words related to your offer to create multiple iterations:

consulting claims legal funds partners healthcare tech holdings
funding litigation medical lawyers solutions systems contact finance
demo media info

There's a myriad of combinations you can try. Plus, .com domains allow for WHOIS privacy which works in your favor.

Don't waste your funds in bad domains!

If you buy from the restricted providers above, there's a high risk your campaigns will flop and that will waste time you could have spent filling up a pipeline with great leads.

The alternative?

Buying directly from non-western NICs and hosting providers seems to be the way to go for now. Unfortunately, there's no permanent answer to this as the landscape is always changing, but this information is a good start. Always do your research. For now, we recommend hosting.de

Will this list change?

Yes, as the email landscape changes. You can safely assume that whatever is on this page at this very moment is the most up to date recommendation until further notice.