Cheap Domain Registration – What is Protected Registration?

Protected Domain Registration is a premium service you can apply to many of the domain names you purchase or already registered with us. The service helps ensure that you retain registration of your domain name, regardless of expiration dates or attempts to transfer.

Note: Domain registrations with protected registration will automatically renew. The renewal settings cannot be changed and the service cannot be canceled without the listed registrant submitting documentation.

With Protected Registration, you receive:

  1. Domain Name Ownership Protection — Protects you from losing your domain name if you forget to renew it, or if we can’t charge your credit card. If you fail to renew your domain name, we hold it for up to one year. During that time, your domain name is in an inactive, protected status with a parked page. We do not keep your related services running if your domain name renewal lapses. To rescue the domain name during the protected status period, you must pay any renewal fees for your domain name and Protected Registration.
  2. Deadbolt Transfer Protection — Puts your domain name on lockdown, making it impossible for any inadvertent, accidental, or malicious transfer. Unlike regular domain name locking, which occurs at the registry level, Deadbolt Transfer Protection offers an even higher level of security — we lock your domain name in your account.
  3. Ownership Protection Reports — Domain name status report and updates within your account to help you keep track of vital domain name information.

Note: Before you purchase Protected Registration, ensure that the registrant contact for your domain name has a valid email address in the Whois database. You must have access to the registrant email address to make future changes to your domain name or Protected Registration service. For more information, see Change domain contact information.

Cancel Private Domain Registration

When you cancel Private Domain Registration, your personal information, including your name, mailing address, email address, and phone number, displays publicly in the Whois database.

Warning: Private Registration cancellations are irreversible. If you cancel the domain itself, Private Registration is automatically removed. Additionally, you can’t transfer private registration from one domain to another.

Required: If you’ve just added Protected Registration and enabled two-step verification on your account, you must wait 72 hours AND cancel Protected Registration before removing Privacy.

1 – Go to the Domains Settings page.
2 – Under Contact Information, click Remove Privacy.

3 – Click Yes, Remove Privacy.
When you cancel Private Registration, your personal information, including your name, mailing address, email address, and phone number, displays publicly in the Whois database.

Warning: Private Registration cancellations are irreversible. If you cancel the domain itself, Private Registration is automatically removed. Additionally, you can’t transfer private registration from one domain to another.

1 – Log into your My Products page.
2 – If you aren’t automatically directed there, make sure to select the My Products tab.
3 – Next to the domain you want to use, click Manage.
4 – Under Contact Information, click Remove Privacy.

Click Yes, Remove Privacy.

Private Domain Registration – Add Private Registration

Per our agreement with ICANN, we must add valid contact information to the WHOIS directory for each domain you register. By purchasing Private Registration, you can hide your personal contact information and display proxy information instead.

Note: Some registries don’t allow Private Registration. If that’s the case for your domain, the option to add privacy won’t show up in your Domain Manager.

1- Log into your My Products page.
2 – If you aren’t automatically directed there, make sure to select the My Products tab.
3 – Next to the domain you want to use, click Manage.
4 – Under Contact Information, click either Make Private or Add Privacy.
5 – Click Add To Cart.
6 – Click Proceed to Checkout and finish your purchase.
It can take 24 to 48 hours for the information to display in the Whois database.