Private
Domain
Names
by:
Jacky
Kong
When
you
register
a
domain
name,
ICANN
(the
domain
names
governing
body)
requires
that
your
name,
email
address,
mailing
address,
and
phone
number
are
made
publicly
available.
Anyone
can
see
your
personal
information
using
a
Whois
lookup
anywhere
and
anytime.
Spammers
and
junk
mailers
often
search
through
the
Whois
database
to
create
mailing
lists.
That's
right.
Your
personal
information
is
exposed
24
hours
a day
to
these
people.
The
easiest
solution
to
this
problem
is of
course
to
use
Private
Domain
Names
to
protect
your
contact
information.
How
does
Private
Domain
Names
work?
This
service
will
replace
your
contact
information
with
the
service
provider's.
They
will
forward
any
correspondence
to
you,
after
filtering
out
all
the
spams
and
junk
emails.
The
cost
for
this
service
varies.
My
domain
name
registrar
GoDaddy
(World
Largest
Domain
Registrars)
charges
$8.95
per
year
for
this
service.
However,
should
you
want
to
get
some
discount
just
like
myself,
you
could
take
up
their
Private
Domain
Name
service
at
the
point
of
registering
your
domain
name.
If
you
did
that,
they
will
give
you a
big
discount
for
the
domain
name
where
you
only
need
to
pay
$1.99.
Domains
by
Proxy
GoDaddy's
Private
Domain
Names
service
is
provided
by
Domains
by
Proxy.
The
member
control
panel
in
Domains
by
Proxy
is
very
simple
and
straight
forward.
Basically,
it is
as
easy
as
logging
in
and
tell
the
system
where
to
forward
correspondences
to.
After
you
have
your
domain
name
protected
by
Domains
by
Proxy,
all
your
private
information
will
not
be
shown
in
Whois
search.
Your
privacy
is
thus
protected!
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