Do you enable "WhoIs Guard"?

[Meti]

Hey,

Out of curiousity, how many of you enable this function, in order to have this option available you may have to spend a few bucks, however there are registrars that include this free of charge.

Do you enable the whois guard, if so why? I suppose it's about keeping your privacy safe, but any other particular reason? I have enabled it on a few domains, although I still have quite a few unused ones.

- Meti

[Red_Virus]

I do it on some of my domains, as it is only $0.99 more when u register on domainsite.com

[SkinnerW]

Is this the same thing as "private registration" where registrar is using own info for the whois database?

[xhan]

I certainly do. It hides your address from people - brilliant if your being flamed!
The other benefit is some sites crawl the whois database and put your name address and contact details on their site - without your consent. I would and always will pay the extra. (I have it free atm)

[David Rowtree]

What is IPguard? is it something spammers use to stop being detected?

[Meti]

Originally Posted by Red_Virus

I do it on some of my domains, as it is only $0.99 more when u register on domainsite.com

Comes free with NameCheap

Originally Posted by SkinnerW

Is this the same thing as "private registration" where registrar is using own info for the whois database?

Yes. That is basically the same.

[seometer]

Originally Posted by Meti

Comes free with NameCheap

It's included in their reg fee, i guess.

[fpforum]

On very small occasions I have, but not normally...If I owned a huge domain with hundreds of thousands of visitors I think it would be worth it.

[Shadab]

If it comes free with the domain registration, then yes; why not!

Otherwise, I don't bother hiding my info on the WHOIS.

[gkd_uk]

I have set this up for one domain