A recent thread about namecheap? Got a link?

1...No idea I havent read the thread.

2..I deal with Godaddy more than any other registrar and I can tell you the opposite has occured...to be more competitive Godaddy actually relaxed some of its adult policy rules recently. (nothing major just small things )

3.It does seem that way from posts.


Regarding the whois issue ...when your infomation is protected by your registrars privacy service it still remains ONLINE just hidden in most cases.... this goes for most registrars..hence I recommend an independant offshore solution as the only true safe way to protect yourself fully....this is just one of many reasons. ( in my view)

I have checked some of our domains registered on moniker and everything is fine with privacy on them..

While on the topic of privacy, use the feature only at very established registrars.

If the registrar goes under and your domains were set to privacy, the receiving registrar may not have access to your actual data. I know domains have been lost this way, but I can't recall where. Was it RegisterFly when ICANN pulled the plug?

Who posts from the CyberClaire nick these days? No way it's the girl who originally posted from it...probably controlled by the guy she was working for. :1orglaugh

Going to be checking my stuff. If this is the case, we are moving everything. I don't need any problems and especially when I pat for that service :disgust

I have planned to do this for a while. Setup a couple in neighboring towns also to separate the whois info even further.

Thanks, hitting you up now. :thumbsup

They don't have to prove anything. They drive all the cars and it's a one-way street. You could enter into arbitration to get your domains back, but by then what would be the point?

True, the chances of them ever discovering you're using inaccurate information is very low. Unless, maybe, you have a competitor who realizes this and tattles. Why take the chance, is what I think.

A business DBA looks far less dubious, and beyond that, I regularly see companies list their registrant name as the domain name, and a functional role (Support, Admin) and e-mail for the "full name" of the contact. That's accurate information. You can use a PO box or mail drop address. That's accurate information. For the voice phone a "spare" cell or messagebox-only phone number works. Again, accurate information.

Yup, those Swiss gave the US govt all the banking info they wanted.

Privacy has to be bought to hide the whois information. Why would the whois info still appear after the privacy has been bought? I have no idea.

You are being paranoid. There is no way they are going to say your name isn't "John Joseph Adams" if that is what you put down as an alias, or "Joseph James White" on another domain. You can legally use aliases to represent yourself as long as you are not using alias to commit crimes.

If you want to call yourself "James Robert McNabb" then you are "James Robert McNabb", there is nothing wrong with that and there is no way they would do anything about that.

No kidding, can't believe people still buy the old bullshit that Switzerland is secretive. A lot has changed in the world.

I dont know,seems these 3 are most common when it comes to adult webmasters.

I'm definitely noticing privacy autorenewing separately from registrations with Moniker, when it seems like both would renew at the same time, but that's not wholly ominous in and of itself.

Everyone - there was a privacy issue that was discovered yesterday however it has been fixed/corrected.

Please be aware privacy is considered a seperate sub product and billed as such. If you have privacy set up on your account, it's likely that your account has it set up to auto renew as well.

I'm asking everyone to please check their Moniker accounts to verify this. Privacy DOES autorenew separately from your registrations.

I am out of town today and tomorrow however if anyone is noticing privacy charges/renewals going through - it's because you do have privacy set to auto renew.
If you don't want it to renew, log into your account and turn it off. This can be done under the My Domains, Sub Products tab. If you need assistance doing this please contact support. I will be offline for the rest of the day so if anyone needs me, please email me at [email protected] as I have my Blackberry.

Less paranoid than simply being careful. ICANN doesn't follow some "registrar" law; they follow their own rules. By their rules they want a true, full name. Failure to not play by their rules can lead to loss of the domain. Why risk it?

What you describe is not an alias unless you at least sometimes go by that name in your personal or business life. If stopped by the police, for instance, you can't give them some name you just thought up. and say that's who you are. You CAN give them an alias if you're also known as that, but it's silly to think you can just give out any old name. An alias is not the same as a false name.

A business name, like your domain name, is an acceptable alias, IMO. You (or your operating entity) are automatically known as that, obviously, because you're present on the Web. You don't need to come up with a fake name that is clearly only used as a dodge (or why else use an alias).