So I registered a domain, with the option to make it private.

When I whois the domain, it comes up with the usual privacy information.

Alas... I stumbled upon some random "Check your domain worth" website, and it had my full name, and phone number listed as the contact.

So, what gives?

Perhaps they grabbed it before the whois enabled?

Perhaps they grabbed it before the whois enabled?

probably. or perhaps the provider's whoisprivacy option was not that good after all.

So I registered a domain, with the option to make it private.

When I whois the domain, it comes up with the usual privacy information.

Alas... I stumbled upon some random "Check your domain worth" website, and it had my full name, and phone number listed as the contact.

So, what gives?

Some providers may not initially register the domain name with privacy enabled, but instead may enable it after registering it. Even if your private information is displayed on the whois record for a minute or so, it's possible for someone to grab and store it.

It's likely that this is what happened and is how that website got your information.

I suppose on that web site you saw the kind of cache. I suppose that will change in time.
Be patient

You should check what their service of 'register protection' includes. Maby it just counts for the email or something. If this is what is going on than you can't do anything against it since its in their registry policy and/or terms of service. If there is nothing about it in their registry policy or terms of service. I guess you can ask your money back/get a full register protection. Good luck.

dasweb,

There are many TLDs for which you cannot activate privacy protection.

The following Registry has imposed restriction on their registrar to privacy protect any domain.

.US
.IN
.EU
.UK
.ASIA
.TEL
.CN
.NZ

If any Registrar is allowing you to privacy protect any of your domain which ends in the above tld, then you can be sure that the Registrar is actually doing you more harm than good as the Registry can delete your domain :)

I'd bet that you saw a cached version of the information before the privacy was enabled.