I have to ask. If whois privacy is important to you, why did you register a domain without it?
this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2023
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I didn't realize that it didn't support it until after purchase. And I still want the domain name.
If that is the case you will have to decide which is more important, the domain or your privacy.
Setup a corporation to own the asset, and list the corporate contacts for the whois information
Isn't that the same problem with more steps? You would need to setup a corporate address right?
Go buy a 3 million dollar office. Cheap and simple fix.
If you buy one of those registered agent services that might work - I haven't looked into it and you're looking at a couple hundred a year though.
its not the same problem, now anyone who wants to know who you are has to pierce the corporate vale. If the holding corporation is incorporated in a friendly jurisdiction, then you have extra big steps toe pierce the corporate vale (Malta, Kit Neives, Bermuda, etc)
*veil
But that's a specific term referring to legal culpability for the individuals running a company, not for merely identifying the people in a company.
https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/what-are-anonymous-shell-companies/
You can structure the corporate governance of a company so it's hard to identify the owner. Especially if we're talking about companies registered in favorable jurisdictions
A post box would be the best option IMO, as well as another contact number. Those combined are more expensive than just purchasing the domain with privacy protection included though...
If you're not asked to add whois privacy at the checkout in future, the registrar or domain owner probably don't allow it
I think I was spoiled from google domains always including it by default. Using a new registrar now and I just assumed.
It's not worth the cost of a P.O. box. Gonna drop the domain.