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>Most of the whois hiding services cost money Where? I never paid a dime
by nabc45 8y ago
>Most of the whois hiding services cost money
Where? I never paid a dime
- nicky0 8y agoGodaddy
- tazard 8y agoAt least in Canada, this is absolutely not true. https://ca.godaddy.com/domainaddon/private-registration.aspx https://ca.godaddy.com/domainaddon/private-registration.aspx
- tazard 8y agoSorry, I thought you were replying to the, where it's free parent, not the where it's not free parent. Please ignore what I wrote earlier.
- ry_ry 8y ago123reg charge for whois privacy too, as do a bunch of other registrars. Always felt like mild extortion.
- pc86 8y agoPlease do share the registrar that blocks all whois data for free!
- panarky 8y agoDreamhost https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/216458407-Enabling-WHOIS-privacy-settings https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/216458407-Enabl...
- yread 8y agogoogle domains
- haldora 8y agonamesilo [1] provides free whois privacy on domain name purchases. Classic interface, but very cheap. :) [1] https://www.namesilo.com https://www.namesilo.com
- virusduck 8y agoI love namesilo, and I find the interface refreshing/charming. The price is right, too! As an aside, .us addresses cannot be registered anywhere with privacy controls enabled.
- jessaustin 8y agoIt doesn't seem that .us addresses would be subject to GDPR? One could see .com as an edge case, even though really Europeans should just appreciate the fact we let them on our internet b^), but .us is not in doubt.
- fwn 8y agoTrue for .us. however: There is currently (as far as I understand) no way to hide whois data for .de (German) domains. So that might get interesting.
- nabc45 8y agoNamesilo?
- jasonjayr 8y agohttps://www.pairdomains.com/ https://www.pairdomains.com/ Free protection, no upsells, $19/yr for 1 yr of .com $13/yr for 5 years. TOTP 2FA as well. Never had a problem for the 15 years I've been with them.
- jcwayne 8y agoI've used Hover.com (owned by Tucows) for several years. In my opinion they are the anti-Godaddy. The things that should be free are and the extras are presented as just that. No trickery or beating you over the head with up-sales.
- corobo 8y agoAre they really free though if the price is higher than alternatives? Also the renewal costs look like they're mostly regcost + $2 for some reason
- always_good 8y agoWhois privacy included in the price is still much better than having to remember to buy and renew the service per domain.
- corobo 8y agoAny registrar making money on whois privacy has an option and motive to autorenew the privacy with the domain. If anything Namecheap bugs me with it because I don't want whois privacy on my domains!
- always_good 8y agoIf you don't want it, then you can use pretty much every other registrar that doesn't build it in. But an issue with whois privacy is that if you ever don't have it for a period (like you forget to renew/autorenew), then it's now saved in a number of DNS/whois history services.
- hathawsh 8y agoThose services are probably also in breach of GDPR. :-)
- jcwayne 8y agoThe higher renewal charge is odd, I hadn't noticed that before. It's nothing like most of the TLDs, but it is nearly half of what they list [1] as trending. That aside, I'm still glad to pay a little more for the overall better service. If they were charging anything like the old Network Solutions prices, that'd be a different matter. [1] https://www.hover.com/domain-pricing https://www.hover.com/domain-pricing
- lsh 8y agogandi.net
- always_good 8y agoDoesn't hide your name. https://wiki.gandi.net/en/contacts/privatewhois#this_service_does_not_hide_your_name https://wiki.gandi.net/en/contacts/privatewhois#this_service... Other services do.
- distantsounds 8y agonjal.la (and they host DNS as well!) - operated by ex-piratebay dudes
- ryanlol 8y agoThere’s an UDRP precedent saying that using njal.la as your registrar constitutes bad faith. http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/text/2017/d2017-2156.html http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/text/2017/d2017... Given that precedent matters a lot in UDRP cases, I’m not sure that njal.la is a realistic option.
- tomcooks 8y agoGlorious porkbun.com
- isaack 8y agoSeconded. They run their own TLD's .design, .ink and .wiki [1] so these guys really know their stuff. Support is not 24/7, but usual office hours, but those who pick up your phone/email REALLY know what they are talking. Plus really cheap domains, they mentioned somewhere that they are aiming for $1 mark-up for all TLD's. [1]: http://toplevel.design/ http://toplevel.design/
- ateesdalejr 8y agoMe three. I own a few .ninja domains there. I didn't even notice they gave you free privacy until after having bought there. Every question I had was promptly answered in a few hours as well.
- garaetjjte 8y agoI think it depends on TLD. My country TLD whois just lists registrant info as 'data restricted' unless it is explicitly requested to be public.
- astura 8y agoI registered my domain on Namecheap and I got WhoisGuard at no additional cost, maybe it's only for the first year though? I made sure it was actually no additional cost by removing it to see the total and it was still the same price, $11/year. I say "no additional cost" but it might actually be more like "bundled cost."
- freehunter 8y agoNamecheap is free for first year but you have to pay for any additional years.
- astura 8y agoThanks for the info. Ah, yes, its documented: https://www.namecheap.com/security/whoisguard.aspx https://www.namecheap.com/security/whoisguard.aspx >When you register an eligible new domain name or transfer an existing eligible domain into Namecheap, you'll receive the first year of WhoisGuard privacy protection absolutely FREE.
- cm2187 8y agoOVH but they do not hide the name, just all other data
- facetube 8y agoGandi
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- bringtheaction 8y agoGandi user here. After I read your comment I tried to enable this but it doesn't work. When I change whois privacy to enabled and press save it just says "Unable to update the contact." This happens both with my .com and my .net domain.
- facetube 8y agoWeird; I have active domains where it's working. Given it requires a contact info update, could be an unrelated bug. I'd definitely file a ticket.
- wlll 8y agohttp://gandi.net http://gandi.net
- lgunsch 8y ago.ca domains don't need to be protected - they get it for free. I only need to sign up for the extra protection when I register domains on other TLDs.
- Kwpolska 8y agoWhere are the free services? And are they really free, or are they silently included in the domain cost? I’ve yet to see anyone beat Namecheap’s $13.75 for .com (2nd year onwards, with protection).
- fencepost 8y agoIt's probably a question of whether the privacy features are separately charged or are bundled in a standard plan that's a bit higher priced than "bare" registration. Since control panels, reputation, policies and other services like DNS are also things that can be bundled together, it's going to be difficult to say whether or how much you're paying for just the privacy component.
- djsumdog 8y agoname.com charges extra for "whois protection." The e-mails I have registered for various contacts are pretty much spam buckets. You pretty much need a separate VoIP account to handle all the scam calls/voicemail too. I get some calls/e-mails so quickly I wonder if they have some kind of live stream setup for registrations on some TLDs.