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Welcome to Name.al - Your AI-Native Domain Registrar

2026-01-28 · Name.al Team

Welcome to Name.al

Name.al is an AI-native domain registrar. In plain terms, that means you can register and manage domain names the traditional way (a search box, a cart, and a dashboard) or by talking to an AI assistant, calling a REST API, or wiring an autonomous agent directly into the registrar. The same operations are available through every interface, because they all run on one backend.

We are ICANN-accredited (IANA registrar ID #4332), we support more than 400 top-level domains, and every domain includes free WHOIS privacy protection. This post explains what "AI-native" actually changes, and how to get started.

What is a domain registrar?

A domain registrar is an ICANN-accredited company authorized to register and manage domain names on your behalf with the relevant registry (for example, Verisign operates the .com registry). The registrar is who you pay, who holds your registration record, and who you contact to renew, transfer, or update a domain. Accreditation matters: it is your guarantee that the company is bound by ICANN's rules on pricing transparency, transfers, and data handling.

What "AI-native" changes

Most registrars were built around a web checkout, then bolted an API onto the side years later. Name.al was designed the other way around. Every capability is exposed through four equivalent interfaces:

Interface	Best for	Example
Web dashboard	People who prefer a UI	Click to register, manage DNS, renew
REST API	Developers and automation	`POST` a registration from your own app
MCP (Model Context Protocol)	AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT	"Register coolstartup.io for two years with privacy"
A2A (Agent-to-Agent)	Autonomous agents, no human in the loop	An agent procures a domain as part of a workflow

MCP (the Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that connects AI assistants to external tools. Our MCP server exposes 71 tools, so an assistant can check availability, register, configure DNS, and renew without you writing any integration code. A2A (Agent-to-Agent) is Google's protocol for letting independent agents call each other, which means a fully autonomous system can register a domain as one step in a larger task.

What makes us different

One platform, four interfaces. Domains, DNS, VPS hosting, and email are all controllable from the dashboard, the API, the CLI, or an AI assistant. There is no "API-only" subset and no UI-only feature.
400+ TLDs. From classic extensions like .com, .net, and .org to country codes like .al and new generics like .ai, .dev, and .app.
Transparent pricing. We publish registration and renewal prices for every TLD. Prices include the applicable ICANN fee and a processing fee, with no surprise markup at renewal.
Free WHOIS privacy. Every eligible domain includes privacy protection at no extra cost, so your personal contact details are not published in public WHOIS.
Built for reliability. Anycast DNS served from three continents, backed by a 99.9999% uptime service level agreement.

Getting started

You can register your first domain in any of these ways:

From the web: search for a name, add it to your cart, and check out. Manage everything afterward from the dashboard.
From the command line: install the OSIR CLI with a single curl | sh command and run osir domain register yourname.com --years 2 --privacy.
From an AI assistant: connect the MCP server and ask your assistant to check availability and register the name for you.
From your own code: call the REST API, documented with a full OpenAPI 3.0 specification.

Where to go next

Compare extensions in our domain catalog with live pricing.
Read How to Choose the Right TLD for Your Business before you register.
Learn how AI is changing domain management.
Explore the AI integration documentation for MCP, A2A, and REST.

We are just getting started, and we will keep publishing guides on domains, DNS, and AI tooling. If there is a topic you want us to cover, get in touch.