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dpandey said:
[...] is that the norm now? Will I gain anything by paying for a private registration?

What about .in domain? Are we allowed private registrations? Will someone be able to get my contact info from the domain name.

The registrars I bought the domain from don't have a private registration option for 'in' TLDs.
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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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REY619 said:
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.
 
dpandey said:
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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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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scarletwitch said:
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.

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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