Private Domain Registration - Price
| Registrar | Privacy Provider | Total Price | .Com price | Privacy Price |
| EasyWebDNS | Domains By proxy | $9.48 | $7.49 | $1.99 |
| GoDaddy | Domains By Proxy | $19.86 | $10.69 | $8.99 |
| Enome | Whois Privacy Protection Service | $37.95 | $29.95 | $8.00 |
| Network Solutions | Network Solutions | $34.99+ | $34.99 | $? |
| *WARNING: Applying privacy to a domain during checkout is highly recommended, the reason is that although unlikely, Some WhoIs websites may catch your data and store a history of ownership allowing people to see your Whois information even after you add the Domain Privacy Option. |
| *The special $1.99 offer is for the first year, on the second year 2 choices exist, the first is to renew at ($7.95) which is still cheaper than anywhere else, and the second is to temporarily disable and re-enable privacy for the $1.99 offer |
The Domain Privacy Frequently Asked Questions.
Q: What is a Domain Name Private Registration? (and what it is NOT)
In short, adding domain privacy is hiding your WhoIs information from the public, It is an agreement with a privacy company (Usually belonging to the registrars themselves) where they will enter there company registration information for a domain name's WhoIs information, and guarantee your right to a domain name, Adding domain privacy has many advantages, Hiding your information from Law enforcement is NOT one of them.
Q: Will hiding my WhoIs identity hurt my search engine rankings
Google has publicly announced that Private Domain Registrations will not hurt rankings or website traffic coming from google (Matt Cutts, Orlando PubCon), We don't know about other search engines but it seems rather unlikely.
Q: Why is the privacy service more expensive at some registrars than others
If we are talking about benefits of the more expensive privacy options, we do not know of any, on the contrary, the more expensive Network Solutions seems to display there address with your name (Which is inaccurate according to the ICANN requirements), Domain Privacy is a very straight forward thing, if it works, it works, therefore we can not think of any additional benefits gained by going with a more expensive registrar.
Q: What companies provide Domain Privacy Options.
Most registrars incorporate a Domain Privacy feature when you buy Domain names, Every registrar has deals in place to resell privacy for one of the following popular privacy providers, A sample registrar and the privacy provider follow
Q: Why would i need Domain Name privacy
You write on the internet under a pen name
You probably don't want your name listed on every Domain you have for many reasons, For example, you may want to keep a domain to sell it later, you probably don't want your Name address, and phone number to appear when people search for that domain.
Spammers may also be collecting email addresses from WhoIs databases, Although you do get email sent to yourdomain.com@domainsbyproxy.com, the service includes a spam filter, so you can cut down the spam, and not revealing your actual email address to spammers
Sometimes it is just safer to have your information hidden, If you are running a blog on a domain, and that website gets hacked, you probably don't want a user not familiar with the internet Domain Name system thinking the content is posted by you.
There are countless reasons why you may not want to reveal your name, address and email address in the WhoIs database of a domain name.
Q: Why can i not simply use a different name and address to register my Domain
For more than one reason, the most important reason is keeping your domain, The ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) requires you to add owner information for the Domain Name, otherwise you run the risk of loosing your domain name, You may also be interested in checking there domain ownership disputes policy among other things.
This is not to mention that it is illegal to use a fake name as you are entering an agreement to provide correct information, this can be basis to loosing your domain in many situations.
Can i cancel or delete the private registration service ?
Yes, you can simply click edit whois information from within your "Domain" hosting control panel, and you will receive a warning that your private registration service will be deleted from your account, Please be advised that making the domain name private again will be charged $1.99 per year
Q: What are the most significant terms and conditions of Domains By Proxy
1- You must provide them with accurate information about you.
2- You keep full control of the Domain through the EasyWebDNS control panel, They are listed as the registrar of the domain, but they are in an agreement with you that the domain name is your domain, Nothing will change in your Domains control panel except for the registrant information.
3- Email sent to the email address yourdomain.com@domainsbyproxy.com will be forwarded to your email address without needing to disclose your email address, You can chose to have a spam filter run before the forwarding, or chose to disable forwarding.
4- You can still sell, transfer, renew your domain as usual.
5- You can still cancel the domain registration
6- You must inform Domains by proxy if your personal information changes within 5 days of it changing.
7- Respond within 5 days to any inquiries they send you
8- When Domains by proxy receives regular mail, they will inform you who the sender is, You can then chose to have it forwarded to your real address, or discarded, if you chose to forward it to your mailing address, they will notify you of mail charges before sending
you the regular mail.
Q: What company manages the largest number of Private Domain Registrations
How do they Compare
As of August 1 2009, the following statistics were collected
GoDaddy, EasyWebDNS Domains by Proxy, Inc. Hides whois information on 8,036,448 Domain Names (About 8 Million Domain Names) |
Administrative Contact: Private, Registration yourdom.com@domainsbyproxy.com Domains by Proxy, Inc. DomainsByProxy.com 15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 United States (480) 624-2599 Fax -- (480) 624-2598 |
Enom Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc. Hides Whois information on 2,095,530 Domain Names About 2 Million Domain Names |
Whois Privacy Protection Service, Inc. Whois Agent: something@whoisprivacyprotect.com +1.4252740657 Fax: +1.4256960234 PMB 368, 14150 NE 20th St - F1 C/O dgcservices.com Bellevue, WA 98007 US |
Network Solutions Your Name... But not your email address or postal address. No data since only the email address changes, |
Administrative Contact: Your Name networksolutionsprivateregistration.com Your name or company name ATTN: YOURWEBSITE.COM c/o Network Solutions P.O. Box 447 Herndon, VA 20172-0447 570-708-8780 Also, Email can be of the form something@privateregistration.srsplus.com Address and everything else remain the same. |
