# Freename and Shaka Partner to Launch .shaka — A Payment-Native Onchain Identity

Shaka and Freename announce a partnership bringing the .shaka top-level domain onchain — resolving natively as a payment address on Shaka's Ethereum payment router.

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**Shaka and Freename today announced a partnership bringing .shaka onchain** — a top-level domain that resolves natively as a payment address on Shaka, Ethereum's onchain payment router for professionals who close deals.

The partnership makes .shaka the flagship example of a broader integration: every Freename-issued namespace now resolves directly inside Shaka's payment router, letting anyone type a name instead of a 42-character wallet address.

## What This Means

Until now, getting paid onchain meant sharing a wallet address — long, easy to mistype, impossible to remember. With this partnership, a .shaka name resolves directly to the wallet behind it, the moment a deal is created.

Kooky, the builder behind Shaka, is himself the first .shaka holder: `kooky.shaka` is live today, resolving to his wallet on every deal he creates. It is both the proof of concept and the namesake of the protocol it now powers.

## Every Freename Namespace, Natively

The .shaka launch is part of a broader resolution layer. Shaka natively supports every Freename-registered domain — the leading platform for onchain top-level domain infrastructure. If a name exists on Freename, it resolves on Shaka.

This makes Shaka one of the first B2B payment routers to treat onchain domain names as first-class payment identifiers, across the full Freename namespace portfolio.

## How It Works

1. **Register a .shaka name** — via <a href="https://freename.com/?ref=kooky" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Freename</a>. One-time. Permanent. Onchain.
2. **Share your name, not your address** — put `yourname.shaka` on an invoice, a proposal, a business card.
3. **Create a deal on Shaka** — at [shaka.deal/app](https://shaka.deal/app). Enter the .shaka name as the recipient. Done.
4. **Get paid instantly** — the moment the client pays, funds route directly to the wallet behind the name.

## Availability

The .shaka resolution layer is live today. Shaka runs natively on Ethereum. No account is required to create a deal, and pricing is simple and transparent — full details are on the product pages.

Explore .shaka at [shaka.deal/domains/shaka](https://shaka.deal/domains/shaka).

## About Shaka

Shaka is a B2B onchain payment router. Split. Instant. Built for professionals who close deals and need to get paid — without chargebacks, without SWIFT delays, and without sending a wallet address to a client. [shaka.deal](https://shaka.deal)

## About Freename

Freename is an onchain infrastructure platform for top-level domains — permanent, self-custodied names that resolve across the decentralized web. [freename.com](https://freename.com)