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With regards to privacy I always ask the converse question; Why would you not choose privacy? I don't understand which audience you are catering to through dom

by maggit 14y ago

With regards to privacy I always ask the converse question; Why would you not choose privacy? I don't understand which audience you are catering to through domain registration information.

larrys 14y ago
"With regards to privacy I always ask the converse question; Why would you not choose privacy?" Well in general if you want to attract business or benefit from something you have created you don't want privacy. Now for example I don't want to attract business from HN (for domain registration) so I choose to be private and not offer my contact info other than a gmail account. So I've made a conscious choice to not mix this. In other cases and in other places though (like a directory or list of registrars) I do the opposite (want to be listed and have customers come to me). Another case is at our business location we don't have a sign because we don't want people dropping in from the neighborhood (would waste time) and we have customers in maybe 100 countries around the world so that local business isn't important. Also I don't carry a business card I'm not interested in the local business registering with us then it could end up being a time waster. Of course if I was a local attorney I would. All depends on the situation.
larrys 14y ago
"which audience you are catering to through domain registration information" Sorry meant to answer this below. I have cases where I have to find domains for people that others own. If you have privacy it makes it harder for me to make you an offer on your domain and contact you.
- miker64 14y ago
  I think you answered the 'why privacy' question right there.
  - larrys 14y ago
    Why is there something wrong with having someone want to pay you for what you own?
    - mkr-hn 14y ago
      No one said there was anything wrong with that. The contact info is still valid. Domain privacy only means the owner has the option of revealing their contact info once the message is forwarded to them.

by maggit 14y ago

With regards to privacy I always ask the converse question; Why would you not choose privacy? I don't understand which audience you are catering to through domain registration information.

larrys 14y ago

"With regards to privacy I always ask the converse question; Why would you not choose privacy?" Well in general if you want to attract business or benefit from something you have created you don't want privacy. Now for example I don't want to attract business from HN (for domain registration) so I choose to be private and not offer my contact info other than a gmail account. So I've made a conscious choice to not mix this. In other cases and in other places though (like a directory or list of registrars) I do the opposite (want to be listed and have customers come to me). Another case is at our business location we don't have a sign because we don't want people dropping in from the neighborhood (would waste time) and we have customers in maybe 100 countries around the world so that local business isn't important. Also I don't carry a business card I'm not interested in the local business registering with us then it could end up being a time waster. Of course if I was a local attorney I would. All depends on the situation.

larrys 14y ago

"which audience you are catering to through domain registration information" Sorry meant to answer this below. I have cases where I have to find domains for people that others own. If you have privacy it makes it harder for me to make you an offer on your domain and contact you.

miker64 14y ago
I think you answered the 'why privacy' question right there.
- larrys 14y ago
  Why is there something wrong with having someone want to pay you for what you own?
  - mkr-hn 14y ago
    No one said there was anything wrong with that. The contact info is still valid. Domain privacy only means the owner has the option of revealing their contact info once the message is forwarded to them.