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Domain privacy: Cost effective or not worth it?

by cookingdiva
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Bluehost used to provide free domain privacy to one domain for free, if you had hosting with them and 4.95 for rest. Recently they changed it no free privacy; and privacy domain 9.95 each and hosting per domain to 9.95 per month (after 6.95 a month year expires).

If one has 20 domains then they end up paying 20*10=$200 just for privacy. It is all good if you one was making plenty money but not for up and coming IMers.

Do you think whois privacy important or not worth it? Is there a better hosting and privacy prices elsewhere that other can benefit from? Thanks so much.
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  • Profile picture of the author pdrs
    Don't use privacy, and register your domains for 2-4 years, helps with giving a little trust in google. If you've registered the domain for a few years and aren't hiding your name you're obviously out to do legitimate business.
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    • Profile picture of the author WillR
      Originally Posted by pdrs View Post

      If you've registered the domain for a few years and aren't hiding your name you're obviously out to do legitimate business.
      Give me a break...

      That's like saying because I walk into a bank dressed in a tuxedo I am less likely to rob it than the next guy.

      There are plenty of people who register their domain on a yearly basis AND have privacy on their domain who are doing legitimate business.

      There are plenty of people who have their domain registered for several years and their whois information NOT hidden who are conducting shonky business.

      Google are not stupid.

      If you really think they are going to rank websites based on those two things then you are very naive. Stop listening to what people tell you and taking it as the law. It was probably one idiot who first said this and like sheep everyone now thinks it is true.

      You show me some evidence of sites that have had their rankings improved or penalized due to these things and then I will eat my words.

      Not likely!!!

      In regards to the OP, just get a PO Box and use that instead. And by the way, you are not paying 20 x $10 = $200 just for privacy. You are paying that for the domains AND privacy which is quite a good/normal price.
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  • Profile picture of the author ray777
    I do not think privacy is important. Years ago I read without it you could get spammed to death. Well I have 50 domains without privacy and I do not get spammed to death.

    If you are a domainer and have some good names who knows you could get an offer if privacy is turned off.
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    • Profile picture of the author GlobalTrader
      1and1.com provides privacy at no extra cost and I just got an email from them today or yesterday advertising a special for the first year at $4.99 with renewals at $8.99. Not sure how long their special is on and I did not see any type of coupon code. I have several domains registered with them and may decide to move more from godaddy if they keep increasing their prices.
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  • Profile picture of the author tonio79
    If you are talking about that kind of cash to pay out then thats pretty big money...especially if you are not making it yet.

    Why not test a few out and see what difference it makes.

    Rememver if you get spammed a lout then its not exactly difficualt to highlight the messages and push delete.

    Test it, give it a go and then you will know yourself if its worth it

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  • Profile picture of the author Christian Little
    I don't bother with registration by proxy (that's what Godaddy calls it).

    To me there are 3 reasons why somebody would:

    1) They are trying to hide something.

    2) They're paranoid.

    3) They have a legitimate reason for doing so (i.e. not wanting their personal information to be on the internet, etc).

    However if you want to keep your information private, just put fake info in the fields and use a hotmail address. Just check the hotmail account every 30 days or so to keep it open and make sure there's no letters from lawyers being sent to you.

    Registrars don't actually verify the information you put onto a whois record as being true or false.

    I have a domain that has me listed as living in the Czech Republic, simply because I hit the C button too many times when cycling through the country drop-down during the registration process. I've never been there, nor do I have any business in that country. Godaddy doesn't give a damn that I put it.

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    • Profile picture of the author WillR
      Originally Posted by Christian Little View Post

      Registrars don't actually verify the information you put onto a whois record as being true or false.
      Exactly. Another reason why what the person wrote about Google giving better rankings to those with visible whois information is a load of smelly brown stuff. Anyone can write whatever they want into their whois info. It hardly means you are a reputable/legitimate business.
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