Domain Privacy

[indieangler]

Does everyone register their domain names privately or publicly? I was thinking about switching over to a private registration for all of my domain names but can't decide....any thoughts?

[MarkusS]

I have all my domains with privacy. When you have a lot of domains the cost adds up a bit but nevertheless I feel it's clearly worth it.

[Jay]

Privacy works..

But it isn't hard to get a forwarding address service.. and nobody could possibly know if you are using a fake name.

[GregK]

Used to be too expensive IMO, most are offering it for free lately or for like a buck. Registerfly is free now & Godaddy is $1 now I think?

Didn't it use to be way more than yearly reg fees, about $19.95 per year?
I'd pay a couple bucks a year for it.

Watch it on using fake reg info, can get ugly if ICANN finds out.

[PPP]

Potential downsides combine with potential upsides. I would never do the domain by proxy way of totally hiding, but others hide you contact info but show your name, which is closer to the best of both worlds.

[GoodKarmaKid]

Like Greg mentioned above at RegisterFly.com the privacy protection is now free. I have been using RegisterFly for over a year and had no issues with them.

Very good service for a budget price.

Jason

[corpfan1]

Blue Host doesn't charge at all for Privacy. They have just upgraded to 24/7 customer support and have been problem free for me and just about awesome and cheap. $6.95 per month for 1 main domain and 5 add on domains. Free domain registration too with a year or two sign up.

If anyone is interested in trying them out...let me know...I am an AFFILIATE there and we can swing a deal so that we are BOTH happy .

Cheers and good luck with any web host you choose. And if anyone knows of an good ones out there, I would be glad to check them out as I am MAXED with the number of domains I have under one account.