Contact info in Whois

[redshift]

how much contact info do i have to reveal in for whois, can i leave out my phone number?

 

[Mark]

You're really supposed to include everything -

If you don't have access to whois Privacy - I'd advise you to make it as accurate as possible.

 

[biggie]

how much contact info do i have to reveal in for whois, can i leave out my phone number?

my last 3 out of 7 domain sales since December 2006, were a result of incoming phone calls!

 

[sukelis]

I am new to "domaining" but I've owned domains since 1996, so when I first heard about domain privacy I thought it was a great idea.

But the first time I tried it and read the legal agreement I was stunned. It was bad enough that the privacy provider becomes "the registrant". But even worse was the fact that you rely entirely on the privacy provider to forward you any relevant email, snail mail, legal notices, etc., but they only claim "best effort" for forwarding and disclaim any responsibility for the consequences of NOT forwarding you something. So, for instance, if you receive a dispute notice and they don't happen to forward it... you'd be hoarked.

It was at that point that I decided I'd already been in whois for 10+ years and canceled the privacy.

What experience have other ppl had with using domain privacy providers? How widespread is the practice of NOT using accurate info in whois? I confess, other than maintaining a POBox for the address, I don't resort to any other shielding/inaccurate data. Do other people?

Or is the objection to using real data more relevant to the number of domains one has? (With only 22 domains I am an invisible drop in the bucket... )

su

 

[redshift]

great thanks for the advice