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Most common domains have basic whois privacy that is enabled by default while registering it. Most vendors give this for free only a few charge for this. But many do have additional enhanced privacy services that they may charge for.

Some country code domains require the domain owner info to be clearly visible (like India domains .in) so whois privacy is not possible for those and registrar can’t provide options for that

If the contact details are not present the Indian domain registrar can disable the domain. So yes your contact details can be known from the domain. This is one of the reasons many don’t prefer the .in domain name.

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Yes, .in domains don’t allow WHOIS privacy. Some in domains do have name set to GoDaddy, but that means GoDaddy owns it and not the person.

And yeah, WHOIS privacy by default is pretty much the norm now, for most domains, and most registrars offer it for free.

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I have a .IN domain from bigrock and all WHOIS information is “REDACTED FOR PRIVACY” by default without I opting for it.

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Even I noticed that but was wondering who was doing the redaction. Has NIXI become serious about privacy or can a casual hacker still get the info.

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spaceship.com is my goto for cheapest price and no-cost privacy.

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It is the registrar who redacts it from WhoIs while recording the registered data to the register. Hence it is a paid service in most cases.

I have also been using Spaceship for several years as I use a fake name and don’t need to provide documents. You will probably get screwed if you use an Indian registrar.

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I used namesilo for almost a decade without any issue. Recently I tried hostinger as I wanted to find a registrar I could pay with UPI. No issue for past 1 year. Planning to get a few more with this blackfriday deals.

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Having tried GoDaddy, Namecheap, BigRock for years, I can say that all of them increase their domain fees by a lot on renewals. Have been using Cloudflare since 3 years, pretty happy with their service.

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Always purchase based on the lowest 3-year price on TLD list.

https://tld-list.com/

Since Cloudflare started adding GST, they became much more expensive than other options. Not that I need a .com domain anymore. Switched to co.in for my purpose as it is much cheaper to purchase and renew.

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Time for renewal

So, I have been using .in domain (GoDaddy) with free Zoho mail and the domain is due for renewal on 29-12-2025. GoDaddy’s renewal price has increased to Rs.1061 (899 + GST).

Please suggest any cheaper domain transfer option which can be used with Zoho mail.

This domain (+mail) is primarily used only for Samsung corporate account.

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Sometime ago I was looking for something similar and collected some info. This might be useful to you.. though check the current prices.

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For international Registrars, I prefer Porkbun.com and spaceship.com (started by the owner of namecheap.com)

No personal experience with any of these registrars except I have all my domains in porkbun (was using namecheap earlier) and one basic hosting account in hostingraja for testing. No issues till now.

I discarded the earlier plan of getting a .in domain due to KYC and other shenanigans by the Indian registry.

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https://tldes.com/in

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I usually use porkbun and namesilo for domains.

Both are no frills registrars without dark patterns.

I used to use namecheap and gandi.net ages ago.

Namecheap was mediocre and gandi was good but price was on higher side.

Avoid GoDaddy, hostinger etc

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Thank you guys for the suggestions.

Which one is reliable, cheap and easy to transfer (from godaddy) and easy to link with Zoho mail?

Do spaceship and/or porkbun fit the bill?

Any other option cheaper than this?

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spaceship/namecheap would be better.

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Thanks. Going for spaceship.

Should I transfer now or 2-3 days before expiry (29/Dec)?

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why are you waiting? transfer atleast before a week because not all registrar support fast transfer.

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Done. Thanks a lot @rocking @Satyanveshi @DrFreeman

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You can speedup the transfer by approving fast in godaddy domains transfer out page.

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