News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Registrars raise alarm over proposal for big .com fee hikes. Parent comment

Re:Registrars raise alarm over proposal for big .com fee hikes by btrettel on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @01:46PM (#22311490)
I'm switching my personal website from .org to .us. There are a few major disadvantages of .us: 1. only available to people in the US, 2. private registration is not allowed. While the latter is not a major problem for my personal website, I have a project that I'd like to not have attached to my name, so .us isn't a possibility there. I don't know what TLD to use for that project yet but I'll figure something out. I'm open to suggestions.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Registrars raise alarm over proposal for big .com fee hikes by Aperocky on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @05:30PM (#22313528)
Hmm, by private registration, do you mean Whois guard? I’ve made that mistake once, but I don’t know if we’re talking about the same thing.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Registrars raise alarm over proposal for big .com fee hikes by btrettel on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @05:44PM (#22313631)
Yes, looks like WhoisGuard is Namecheap's version of private registration. Some registrars don't charge for that, by the way.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Registrars raise alarm over proposal for big .com fee hikes by Aperocky on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @06:49PM (#22314043)
Not having that seem to be a disaster, you wouldn’t believe the amount of calls I received offering to commercially make my website that were clearly personal by name.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Registrars raise alarm over proposal for big .com fee hikes by NiloCK on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @01:57PM (#22311610)
Not sure if I understand the first disadvantage. People not living in the US live someplace else, with its own TLD.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Registrars raise alarm over proposal for big .com fee hikes by btrettel on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:00PM (#22311639)
Fair point, you're correct. Private registration not being available is the main disadvantage then, which as I said is not a problem for a personal website.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Registrars raise alarm over proposal for big .com fee hikes by kps on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:25PM (#22311873)
It is possible for some people to cross some borders.
[ Parent | on HN ]