Should i privately register my domain name

Because I host through Ashley, I immediately emailed her and said I had skipped the private registration when doing my domain name — she was able to set up the private registration thing, I paid and that was it. No more phone calls. I think I did private. Kinda scary. What do you choose? Right now I do private. So the entries would have:. So I apparently pay to have my domain private, but I had no idea until I looked it up on that link you provided.

I used to pay for private registration, but when I created my new website, I found out that I need to indicate my real name and address on my website anyway. Apparently this is legally required in Germany where I live or otherwise you have to pay a fine if someone notices probably not, but better safe than sorry in this case, I guess.

If it were commercial, I would even have to add my phone number. This is something I struggled with as well when I decided to go self-hosted. A tough call. That said, I do not like the point you raise about the technical ownership rights. I will probably go public on the next re-up and grit my teeth for the inevitable onslaught of spam.

I get a bunch now, because even with private registration, you get blind emails that are forwarded to your acct. So I would just caution folks on the contact from too. I just had this exact same question today. Should I make my domain registration private? What is Responsive Design? How do I decide what I want?

Writing a Good Blog Post What makes a good web site? How do I stop my emails being treated as spam? Community Bot 1. That's a new one on me: to spruik: transitive, Australian To promote a thing or idea to another person, in order that they buy the thing, or accept the idea en.

I didn't realise "spruik" was an Australianism. Two countries separated by a common language, indeed C'arn ya wowser, stone the bloody crows! Nah she'll be right mate. You beaute! Fair dinkum! Man actually that sounds pretty stupid now that I've written it down I think the "proxy means you don't own the domain" argument is overhyped and not quite true.

The quoted section of the registrar agreement there is taken out of context. If you want to see what real proxying looks like, try to buy a. I'm owner of microsoft. Justin Scott Justin Scott 8, 1 1 gold badge 25 25 silver badges 39 39 bronze badges. Thank you. This is the kind of perspective I needed. I wish I could give credit to both of you. I certainly have been contacted by less than reputable people. I too own multiple domains and have never been contacted by spammers.

That being said I may have but since I run everything through Gmail I never really see any of them. I have never been contacted via phone, ever. Paul, if you don't allow your domains to get down to within 90 days or so of expiration that problem will pretty much evaporate. I've noticed a couple of "scam" registrars that are beginning to take longer lead times, but I generally keep mine renewed within four months and haven't seen any issues like this in a long time.

Show 1 more comment. Josh Brower Josh Brower 1, 3 3 gold badges 18 18 silver badges 29 29 bronze badges. More often, though, it acts as a vast repository of convenient contacts for spammers, scammers and legit but annoying marketers. Even if someone has an actual product or service to sell, cold-calling contacts found in the WhoIs database is pretty much the internet equivalent of door-to-door sales.

Before private registration was available we got those e-mails and calls all…the…TIME. Since moving to private registration, we have never been contacted by someone who found our info using a WhoIs directory search.