View Poll Results: Do you have domain privacy enabled?

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  • Yes

    18 45.00%
  • No, I don't need it

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  • No, it is too expensive

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  1. #1

    Do you have domain privacy?

    Do you have domain privacy?

  2. #2
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    Usually I don't have domain privacy because its easier this way for an end user to contact me and make an offer.
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  3. #3
    Doesn't look professional if you ask me.

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    No, Domain Privacy seems like a bad idea. The privacy service owns your domain and you're putting faith in them doing the right thing in handing it back to you. Also if someone wants to take legal action against you they will serve papers to the whois contacts and if no one responds to the lawsuit it's possible for the plaintiffs to win by default judgement.

    The collapse of Registerfly a few years back should have shown everyone the importance of listing legitimate contacts in the whois record. How else do you prove your ownership of a domain?

    I use a PO Box and a Skype-in number for my whois details. That way my home address and phone number aren't listed but I still have legitimate contacts.
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    I do not use Privacy protection as well. I use my business address and use my real phone number in my Whois details.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan541 View Post
    No, Domain Privacy seems like a bad idea. The privacy service owns your domain and you're putting faith in them doing the right thing in handing it back to you. Also if someone wants to take legal action against you they will serve papers to the whois contacts and if no one responds to the lawsuit it's possible for the plaintiffs to win by default judgement.

    The collapse of Registerfly a few years back should have shown everyone the importance of listing legitimate contacts in the whois record. How else do you prove your ownership of a domain?

    I use a PO Box and a Skype-in number for my whois details. That way my home address and phone number aren't listed but I still have legitimate contacts.
    You can forward your whois email to your email...

    But this depends if its a personal website, Yes.

    But if its a company website, No then.

  7. #7
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    Yes, I have domain privacy enabled. It's free with the registrar I use (Internet.bs). However, I'm not running a business from my domains. They're for personal use.

    So if your domains are for personal use, I think you may as well protect your privacy.

    If running a business from a domain, it would probably be ideal to make your business address visible, though.

  8. #8
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    No, you risk losing your domain, and its not allways so private:
    http://news.cnet.com/Private-domains...3-5833663.html

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    Whois privacy is available for two reasons. One, for the registrars to make great money. They make more money on privacy than the domains themselves. They want you to use privacy, not to give you privacy but to take your money. .
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    We never use domain privacy for our domains because it is totally unprofessional for a business.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Toeki View Post
    We never use domain privacy for our domains because it is totally unprofessional for a business.
    Agreed!

    I never use privacy for my domains. It is alright for non-business domains, but if you are using the domain for business then it is totally unprofessional!

    If you have a uk domain (.co.uk etc), it is actually against nominets rules to use domain privacy for domains that are used for commercial/business use. It should, in my opinion, be the same for all tlds.

  12. #12
    We never use domain privacy for our domains because it is totally unprofessional for a business.
    I suppose the questions was asked about private domain names.
    In this case privacy protection could be good way to protect against spammers.

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    It's good for some brand typo domains!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zoom Active View Post
    Do you have domain privacy?
    Even search engines like Google don't like domain privacy. Some + seo points for fair play.

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    i have never use this domain privacy it looks unprofessional if we want to use our website for business purpose then using this Domain privacy is not a good idea

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  17. #17

    No

    I don't need it .Moreover,if someone wants to buy my domain names they can contact me .

  18. #18
    I use privacy for the sites I use to host illegal content, for everything else I don't.

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    I havent got privacy on my domains.
    I feel it is a good idea if you want to stay Anonymous and keep yourself hidden.

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    No domain privacy used here
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    I do, came free with my domain so wasn't exactly going to turn it down, helps keep spam low too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zoom Active View Post
    Do you have domain privacy?
    For my hosting site, no, but for my personal yes.

    On trading services it does look bad and drives away business from what I can see.

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    I use name.com. I know an working coupon that get's you free whois. So I'm using for every domain that I have.
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  24. #24
    i never use WHOIS privacy. First it drives customers off. Second who is the owner of the domain me or the privacy service ?
    That being said : that is my main reason not to use a privacy service.. granted my domain names that i own are not considered being worth millions.. but i would be pissed if some registrar took them from me due to this service and i cannot proof i was the real owner..

    yeah click a few checkboxes for privacy protect.. what do you really check ?

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    No, I don't need it
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