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WHAT ARE THE DISADVANTAGES OF PRIVATE DOMAIN REGISTRATION
Privacy protection may seem like a common sense option when you are setting up a new website. After all, you are only protecting your personal information and trying to keep remote telemarketers away from predators and suspicious people.However, there are some disadvantages to consider with an added service like this.
1. The additional cost
When you want additional protection against a service like this, you are likely to pay for it. Prices can vary widely from one provider to another, from a few dollars a year to a few extra dollars per month. The cost is not regulated by anyone so the private registration services can determine their rates. On the one hand, you are paying for them so that they do not publish your information. On the other hand, how much value will you get from that privacy? You have to decide if it's worth the added cost or not.
2. Is it really private?
You can pay to have your personal information kept private in the WHOIS registry, but does your provider actually keep your information private? It is entirely possible that your registrar may sell or distribute your content information by other means. While ICANN's policies are in effect, the registrars have violated them in the past, so there is nothing that will necessarily prevent less reliable companies from sharing their registration information if someone contacts them and asks for it.
Be sure to review the registrar's privacy policy to ensure that the information is not shared or disclosed without your permission.
3. Your information may remain public
The private domain registration can be configured at any time, but if your domain was already registered without the privacy protection in effect, your information could remain public. There are tools available that allow people to perform historical searches and find the property data previously listed in the domains. Some of these tools can even show transfer records or domain sales.4. Your reputation may be in question
Customers rely much less on brands these days, as evidenced by a Nielsen study that shows that more than 92% of consumers rely on peer data and reviews on brand advertising. Some of your potential clients may even go so far as to verify the WHOIS information to verify if your business is legitimate.
If you have a commercial website, but your contact information is totally private, a potential client may decide that you are trying to hide something, or not who you say you are. After all, what should hide a legitimate business that they would not share their public contact information? Maybe you're not really that manufacturer of small-town furniture, you could be a scammer who will steal your credit card information. Transparency can go a long way towards alleviating the concerns of potential customers.
5. Privacy protection is not always available
Depending on the top-level domain that you choose, you may not be able to configure privacy protection. It is widely available with most domain extensions with the exception of .cn, .us, .au, .asia, .eu, .xxx, .cc, .tv and .name.With one of those domain extensions, you will be asked to include your precise contact information as the registered owner of that website domain.
6. Who owns the domain?
Whenever you opt for privacy or masking WHOIS, you must understand the implications of putting someone else's information as the site's registrar. In the eyes of the registry (ICANN or CIRA), the person or organization that appears as a registrant for the domain is technically the legal owner of that domain name.
That means that even if you have paid the registration, you are not the legal owner if your name does not appear in the WHOIS. Of course, it is not likely that you will enter into a legal battle with the registrar about who owns the domain. Even so, if it were ever a legal dispute, the registrar could reveal the winner with your information as the owner of the site.
Bottom line
It is neither a requirement nor a necessity to invest in the protection of the privacy of the domain. Even so, the cost is negligible when the value offered is weighed. If you want to keep requests and protect your privacy, then it can be a worthwhile investment.
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