Hiding your domain owners identity

[Jon12345]

I want to have two sites for my target market. However, I want hide the identity of who owns the second site.

I understand some domain registrars offer some kind of private registration whois listing, for an extra fee.

Does this mean that there is no way anybody can identify who owns the site?

Thanks,

Jon

[ritch_b]

I believe these 'anonymous' registration schemes work by the respective company becoming the Registrant and anonymous admin/tech/billing contacts being assigned.

Sounds a little dubious, but the domain records still fulfill the registration criteria & as long as you're dealing with a reputable company, there shouldn't be any problems regarding domain ownership, updates, etc.

In answer to your question, use of such a service means that there should be no way to identify the owner of the domain in question.

Check your sticky-mail!

R.

[Shak]

the service you need is "domain by proxy" if I remember correctly.

a number of registrars offer this, including some of the ICANN big boys such as GoDaddy.

Shak

[Jenstar]

Yes, Shak is right. If you have already registered and THEN are applying the privacy option, people may still find out who you are (ie. at register.com, they take a whois "snapshot" and don't update it very often). But if you are purchasing the domain name new, it should be completely private.

[chicagohh]

I use domain-by-proxy from Godaddy. It works so well that when I forgot the username (they assign you an name initially) to log in to my account they told me that I needed a court document in order for them to release any information on the account.

That re-inspired me to did through my email archives and I was able to find the original email with my username. It seems to be a good service. Just *don't* forget your username!

Joe