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Whois... Hiding info when registering?

by aersoft
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I'm thinking of making several websites but needed advice when registering domains and whatnot. I've resistered a domain once before, but it shows all my personal infomation in whois, is there something out there you guys do when registering for a domain to hide this infomation? do you put it under a different account or something? any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
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  • Profile picture of the author GMD
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    Originally Posted by aersoft View Post

    I'm thinking of making several websites but needed advice when registering domains and whatnot. I've resistered a domain once before, but it shows all my personal infomation in whois, is there something out there you guys do when registering for a domain to hide this infomation? do you put it under a different account or something? any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
    Very easy:

    Your provider SHOULD provide you with the option for domain privacy.

    For example, I use HostMonster -- when I register a domain I am given the option to pay an extra fee (yearly) for domain privacy. When somebody does a "whois" of the domain I purchased, all they get is the contact information for HostMonster.

    You can read some general information about this here:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_privacy
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  • Profile picture of the author sunray
    Originally Posted by aersoft View Post

    I'm thinking of making several websites but needed advice when registering domains and whatnot. I've resistered a domain once before, but it shows all my personal infomation in whois, is there something out there you guys do when registering for a domain to hide this infomation? do you put it under a different account or something? any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
    You should use Private WHOIS service. Internetbs.net gives it for free.
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  • Profile picture of the author onegoodman
    If your domain is .us then there is no way to protect your information. It have to be public.

    if your domain with any other extension for a small fee you can hide your information and will looks to be registered under your domain registrar
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    • Profile picture of the author Valter B
      NameCheap and Internet.bs give free private whois for 1 year when you by domain.
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      • Profile picture of the author Lucy Writes
        Private registration is the way to go. You can get it for free for the first year on a domain registration with NameCheap. You have to pay to renew it after that, though.
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  • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
    Originally Posted by aersoft View Post

    it shows all my personal infomation in whois
    When you get a business licence, your state will put that same personal information online exactly the same way.

    You don't get to run a business AND be anonymous. It doesn't work that way.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kierkegaard
    You can rent a mailbox with a street address. Be warned though if they charge per mail item - junk mail operators may start sending you unwanted mail you have to pay for.

    Private registration will hide all your personal details - that will be much cheaper option. Unless you are registering loads of domains.
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  • Profile picture of the author felku
    namecheap comes with free privacy and godaddy offer free privacy when you buy 5 domains or more.
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  • Profile picture of the author Channing
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    Go with Namecheap for sure if you are worried about that, because it is free with every domain purchase. Don't go with GoDaddy. Those punks want to charge you for everything under the sun.
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  • Profile picture of the author royljestr
    I use name.com and the code FREEWHOIS for all of my domains
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  • Profile picture of the author Robert Michael
    If you dont want to use the WHOIS privacy protection, just register the domain with a PO Box.

    Thats what I did.. Think of it this way:

    PO Box is 20 bucks for 3 months (or is it 6 months? I forget.. but its something like that)

    WHOIS protection is around 7-8 dollars per year, per domain. There ARE some registrars that provide it for free though, like NameCheap.

    So it would be cheaper to just buy a PO Box & register using that if you plan on having multiple domains..

    So pretty much - you could either pay:

    A - 21 dollars for WHOIS protection on 3 domains

    B - 20 dollars for either 3-6 months for a PO Box and use it to register unlimited domains..

    Pretty easy choice if you ask me. Plus if you use an autoresponder, its a good idea to have a PO Box anyway, since CANSPAM requires an address at the bottom of each email.
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  • Profile picture of the author imdomination
    I buy all my domains through NameCheap or name.com, with the FREEWHOIS coupon code. They've both been great companies to me and hide my whois info.
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