How do I bid on an unlisted-for-sale domain name without giving away my location?

[markfromslo]

I need to make an offer for a name that is not listed anywhere, so I'll be emailing the whois contact. But, I don't want him to know what city/area I am from. What is the best way to do this?

Can they see where a gmail email originates from?

I don't want to anonomize an email as that would look suspicious.

 

[rmg]

I think that he doesnt discover if you use your GMail... Unless he is a hacker :D

 

[Coopey]

Send an email from your GMail account to yourself and look at the email headers. Check there are no IP addresses from your ISP included in the headers.
If you use the webmail interface then I'm almost certain there shouldn't be.

Check that the Google Profile associated with your address doesn't have your location displayed. Have you signed up anywhere else (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn) with your email address? If someone searches there with your address they might see what city you're from.

(If you have then it'd probably be best to create a new GMail account for this purpose).

 

[Name Trader]

You could make a certified offer using Netsol or Godaddy's Domain Buy Service?

 

[ibidu]

What you're worrying about is not an issue at all as you're located in the US - however it may be an issue to some extent and may be to some buyers if you were a seller and not a buyer as you are in this case -

 

[DomainTalker]

Send the email using a Proxy service....Untraceable.

Not sure if this one has an email service (https://proxify.net/ ), but you could find an email proxy service, I'm sure.

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