What is the difference between a "public" and Doman "private" registration?

You should know that the information listed on your domain name A Domain is the part of the URL that locates a group or entity on the Internet. has to be made publicly available per our Registrar's A Registrar has access to a domain registry and the ability to provide domain names to individuals and companies. agreement with ICANN, ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is a non-profit corporation given responsibility from the US Government to manage the Internet domain name system. the international governing body of domain names. Using false information will violate the registration agreement and lead to the termination of your domain registration.

However, we do offer a solution to help protect your privacy. You can register your domain name with us using our private domain name registration services.

When you purchase our private domain registration services, the WHO-IS directory will list Domains By Proxy’s name, postal address and phone number instead of yours. Although Domains By Proxy is the Registrant The Registrant is the individual or organization that registers a domain name and holds the right to use it. The Registrant is considered the legal owner of a domain name. of your domain name registration, you still retain the full benefits of domain registration. You can:

• Cancel, sell, or transfer your domain name registration.
• Revert the Registrant listing for your domain name registration back to you.
• Renew your domain name registration when it expires.
• Designate the name servers for your domain.
• Resolve claims arising out of a dispute involving your domain name registration.

More importantly, with a private registration, Domain By Proxy’s name, address and phone number are made publicly available in the WHOIS WHOIS is a central database which tracks domains and IP registrations and lists the owner contact email, phone number and address. directory--and not yours. Sign-up for your private domain registration for as low price of $9.00 per year.