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Spaceship domain registration

Domain registrar with a public API (API key + secret). Registering or changing contacts can trigger ICANN registrant email verification.

Researched · not yet run liveLast researched 25 October 2026 · Spaceship · provider site

Researched, not yet run live. Built from the provider’s official pages (linked below). A person hasn’t walked this flow end to end yet, so check each step against the source.

Have ready

  • Card for the domain registration fee · Registering a domain is a paid purchase. Needed for: Register the domain
  • A registrant email address you can reliably receive mail at · ICANN registrant email verification may be required after registration or contact changes. [5]Needed for: Confirm the registrant email

Steps

Steps marked “human step” are ones only you can do: verapli never signs in, submits, pays or accepts terms for you.

  1. Sign in or create a Spaceship account

    Sign in to Spaceship. If you have no account yet, you create it yourself; verapli does not create accounts.

    • Guided by hand
    • Human step: You sign in

    Where: https://www.spaceship.com/login/

  2. Register the domain

    Search and buy the domain (or run stripe projects add spaceship/domain). You confirm the purchase and accept the registration agreement.

    • Guided by hand
    • Human step: You add payment details
    • After: Sign in or create a Spaceship account
  3. Confirm the registrant email

    If verification is required, open the email sent to the registrant address and confirm it (ICANN RAA email verification).

    • Guided by hand
    • Human step: You press submit
    • After: Register the domain
  4. Create API credentials (optional)optional

    In API Manager generate an API key and secret for DNS/domain automation. The secret is shown only once.

    • Guided by hand
    • Human step: You press submit
    • After: Sign in or create a Spaceship account

    verapli captures SPACESHIP_API_SECRET here by plain code: encrypted in your browser, never shown to AI.

What you end up with

Env varSecretFormatWhat it is
SPACESHIP_API_KEYsecretSpaceship API key (X-API-Key). Env var names are a verapli convention.
SPACESHIP_API_SECRETsecretSpaceship API secret (X-API-Secret), shown once

For agents

The same entry as JSON: /api/v1/entries/spaceship/domain · requirements /api/v1/requirements/spaceship/domain · terms /api/v1/terms/spaceship/domain.

Remote MCP (read-only, no auth)
claude mcp add --transport http verapli https://verapli.com/mcp

> "What do I need for Spaceship domain registration, and how long will it take?"
  → tools/call requirements { "provider_id": "spaceship/domain" }

Sources

  1. Stripe Projects CLI (Available providers) Spaceship is listed as a Stripe Projects provider (Domains) · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  2. projects.dev provider catalogue Catalogue service id spaceship/domain · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  3. Spaceship public API documentation API key plus API secret in X-API-Key and X-API-Secret headers; generated in API Manager · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  4. Spaceship knowledgebase - How to use Hyperlift CLI API secret is displayed only once when you create the credentials · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  5. Spaceship MCP - Tools reference Setting contacts returns verificationStatus reflecting ICANN RAA email verification (verification, success, null) · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  6. Spaceship Domain Registration Agreement Terms governing domain registrations · accessed 25 October 2026 · official

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