Private Domain Name Registration is Essential
March 21st, 2006Today I received a letter today offering renewal of my other expiring domain name with cheap webhosting deals by a marketing company. It was just that it reached my postal residential address, they knew my phone number, and they knew all details about my expiring domain too. And it was not from my domain registrar!
Whois Records are Public
The Whois allows lookup of personal domain registration details when you register a domain name. Just visit any popular whois service Whois.sc, type in any domain name and see personal details of any domain name. So while you are busy hiding and protecting your personal confidential details like name, address, phone nunmbers from websites and spam tools, the WHOIS provides a legitimate source of such information. Anyone in the world wide web with access to the internet can see your details which affects your privacy and security.
Get private domain registration
I registered this Domain name with GoDaddy.com $1.99 deal and opted for private domain registration. Now see my whois details. GoDaddy helps to keep full privacy by registering through Domains by Proxy which hides the details, while you maintain full control of your domain name. And private domain name registration is free if you apply it to 3 or more domain names (limited time offer). It seems a cheap price for your privacy.
Do not opt for a cheap domain name registrar without private registration. Private Domain Name Registration is no longer optional but an essential requirement!
Update: That $1.95 private domain registration is part of a promotional deal for the first year. Sometimes they offer free private registration if you opt for over 3 domain names. The offer keeps changing. For subsequent years you need to pay the full private registration fee of about $8-9 per domain name.
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Privacy for the first year is $1.95 and then it shoots up to like $8 for the censecutive years.
can you tell us how much does it cost exactly to register at godaddy for a single domain name including the cost for keeping your registration details private?
please reply. thanks.
The promotional deals vary when you register a new domain name. A regular domain name without deal will cost $7-9 per year. Private registration will cost around $7-9 also.
With a deal you can get domain names as low as $2 with free private registration for over 3 domain names. But the deals vary from time to time, so you need to see what is currently applicable.
Hi Guys.. godady does a nice trick to force you to renew the private registration each year..
I have written a post on how to cancel private registrations on godaddy
Private Registrations on GoDaddy
http://www.techquack.com/2007/12/21/cancelling-private-registrations-on-godaddy/
“Privacy for the first year is $1.95 and then it shoots up to like $8 for the censecutive years.”
Where can I find cheaper than here
I see you use Dreamhost for your hosting. Why don’t you register your domain there also? It’s the same price as Godaddy and I think private registration is free. Just wondering….
@Herb I had purchased my domain from Godaddy much before I hosted on Dreamhost. Godaddy has powerful and professional domain management features.
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