# Njal.la

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/njal-la/

6 people recommended Njal.la in Hacker News comments and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Privacy-focused domain registrar that people have used for years and that takes crypto. Common caveat: domains are unsuitable for email hosting, and critics object to its political stance.

Summary written by Claude from 8 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Privacy-focused domain registration service (1 comment in the sample): "It is a privacy focused domain service that is run by the people behind the pirate bay." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49587607))
- Long-term satisfied customers (1 comment in the sample): "I've been a happy customer of https://njal.la/ for years" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49028990))
- Accepts cryptocurrency payment (1 comment in the sample): "will take your crypto too" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48611345))
- Suits port forwarding needs (1 comment in the sample): "if you still need port forwarding" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46347419))

## What people warn about

- Domains land on email blacklists (1 comment in the sample): "isn’t really usable for email hosting, since domains at such a hoster will land on blacklists almost immediately" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49485308))
- Political slant used to enforce views (1 comment in the sample): "They also make no secret they have a political slant and use their power to enforce it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50152561))
- Owners liable for hosted site content (1 comment in the sample): "now they are the legal owners and liable for the content of the website" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49587823))
- Seen as a red flag (1 comment in the sample): "THat's a bit of a red flag for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46348205))

## Other domain registrars people recommend

- [Porkbun](https://hackerapproved.com/p/porkbun/): 71 recommend, 7 mixed, 17 criticize
- [Namecheap](https://hackerapproved.com/p/namecheap/): 21 recommend, 9 mixed, 122 criticize
- [Cloudflare Registrar](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-registrar/): 13 recommend, 5 mixed, 9 criticize
- [Dynadot](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dynadot/): 8 recommend, 0 mixed, 2 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://njal.la/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Njal.la", https://hackerapproved.com/p/njal-la/ (6 recommend, 0 mixed, 4 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.