Buying a domain anonymously

Nowadays they say that the best industry to start a business in is the Internet. All you need is 15 bucks for a domain name and the first month of hosting, provided that you already own a computer with Internet connection. That’s it, now you can start building a website for free with some of the many tools out there.

Anonymous on Internet?

Many people choose to make this step while they are still work a full time job. If you’re one of them you’re confronted with the dilemma of disclosing or not your name when purchasing the domain name for your future website, as you might not want your employer to know you’re working overtime to build your own business. So you want to buy a domain anonymously.

WHOIS domain name privacy

Here’s when WHOIS privacy comes in handy as it uses your domain name registrar’s identification data when someone queries the WHOIS database to find out who is the domain name holder. Almost any Internet registrar (the company that registers domain names) offers this WHOIS privacy, but it doesn’t hurt to check first if it’s available or how much it costs as some charge extra for that.

WHOIS privacy is by far the best way to remain anonymous on Internet, but don’t be fooled as if you do things the wrong way the registrar can disclose your personal information to governmental agencies or other companies you’ve done harm with your actions. In none of those cases apply to you then WHOIS privacy is the best way to buy a domain name anonymously and also helps protect your email address used for registration against SPAM as the registrar provides its own address that will forward emails directly to you.