Private Registrations
Protect Your Privacy for just $6.99/year
Once you purchase a domain name anyone can look up your name, address, phone number, and email. Private Registration blocks everyone from accessing this information for just $6.99 per year.
With Dotster's Private Registration, we'll substitute our information for yours. If someone wants to contact you regarding the ownership of your domain, we'll forward all requests to you without revealing your personal information to the requestor.
If you're concerned that your personal information will be made publicly accessible in the international WHOIS database, you need Private Registration.
| Normal Registration | WHOIS Privacy |
| Smith, John, Q. Company Inc. 1234 E. 5th st. New York, NY 11111 US (555) 555-5555 john@smithq.com |
c/o DOTSTER.COM P.O. Box 821650 Vancouver, WA 98682 US (360) 499-5932 john58@privacypost.com |
What are the Benefits of Private Registration?
- Reduce SPAM from people who've accessed your information via the international WHOIS database.
- Protect yourself from identity theft by replacing your name, address, phone, and email address with Dotster's contact information.
- Receive a custom "Privacy Post" email address where inquiries regarding your domain can be easily filtered from other personal email.
- Remain the registered owner of your domain even though Dotster's information is listed in the WHOIS database.
- Decrease the chance that your domain can be stolen.
With Private Registration, you're protected from more than just Spammers and Identity Thieves. Consider This:
- Families: Are you posting pictures of your family on your website? Do you want strangers who stumble across your site to be able to discover where you live? Private Registration isn't just about eliminating spam and postal junk mail. It's about protecting the ones you love.
- Businesses: Planning to start a new business at your domain? Private Registration conceals your corporate identity and protects your confidentiality.
You can add Private Registration (WHOIS Privacy) to current Dotster domains by logging into account management, selecting the domain, and adding the WHOIS Privacy product. Or add WHOIS Privacy to a new domain from within the shopping cart.
Enter up to 50 domains, each domain on a separate line. You can include any domain extension that we offer.
Add WHOIS Privacy to Your Existing Domains
- Log into your account.
- Click on the My Domains tab.
- Under "Step 1", select the domains to which you would like to add WHOIS Privacy. NOTE: WHOIS Privacy is only available for .COM, .NET, .INFO, and .MOBI extensions.
- Under "Step 2", select Add WHOIS Privacy from the drop down menu. Click Go.
- This will add WHOIS Privacy to the selected domains and take you to the Shopping Cart. Continue through the purchase process until your order is complete.
