Is private registration necessary for domains

[murderburger]

I wanna get a .com domain. The site is a personal site not a business . I am curious do i have to register the domain privately or use some whois guard to protect personal information. Is there a way to protect personal info from a whois search?

 

[Kenazo]

namecheap.com had free whois blocking for a while, not sure if they still do. Of course you have to register through them first.

 

[murderburger]

Yeah just noticed that they still have that offer. But if i wanna go with another domain registrar and they dont offer any type of privacy feature , how would one go about hiding this info. Is it ethical to not use your real name in your personal info?.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Kenazo
namecheap.com had free whois blocking for a while, not sure if they still do. Of course you have to register through them first.

Another vote for NameCheap.com with FREE WhoisGuard protection :thumbsup:

 

[SearchMaster]

Originally posted by: murderburger
Is it ethical to not use your real name in your personal info?.

If so, I'm one unethical SOB. I have an account with GoDaddy with real information, and another with fake. For "fun" domains, I use the fake one. For domains I care about, I use the real one. Just make sure you have a good spam filter on the email address you provide.