Domain Privacy & Ownership Protection

Domain Ownership Protection is designed to keep your domain ownership details private. It hides your personal information from public view in the WHOIS database and registry, so your ownership remains confidential. The service also includes domain privacy, ensuring that only proxy information is visible instead of your personal details.

Additionally, it locks the management of your domain behind 2-step verification for an added layer of security. For more details on this, please read the following article: How do I enable 2-step verification on my account?

You can buy DOP at the same time as your domain name via the checkout page.

If, however, you’ve already purchased your domain, this can be done directly through your 123 Reg Control Panel.

Simply select the domain name you wish to protect and click Manage. You will then be taken to the Management page for your chosen domain. From there, select the option ‘Buy Domain Ownership Protection’ and then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the checkout process.

No, although it is something that any aspiring entrepreneur or business owner should strongly consider.

If you're not sure whether domain privacy protection is worth it, remember that cybercrime and hacking attempts have increased by up to 600% over the past few years. By having privacy protection in place for your domain, your details won't be made publicly available on the WHOIS database, making it harder for any malicious hackers to target you.

Although this service is available for all the most popular extensions (such as .com, .net, .co.uk, .org, .info, .me and .co), there are some extensions that cannot use this service.

This includes the following: .ag, .am, .amsterdam, .at, .au, .audio, .be, .biz.pl, .blackfriday, .ca, .christmas, .cl, .click, .cn, .co.in, .co.jp, .co.kr, .co.nz, .co.ve, .co.za, .com.ag, .com.au, .com.br, .com.cn, .com.es, .com.gr, .com.my, .com.ph, .com.pl, .com.pt, .com.ru, .com.sc, .com.sg, .com.tw, .com.ve, .de, .diet, .dk, .es, .eu, .fi, .firm.in, .flowers, .fm, .fr, .game, .gen.in, .gg, .gift, .gov.co, .gr, .gs, .guitars, .help, .hiphop, .hiv, .hosting, .idv.tw, .in, .ind.in, .info.pl, .info.ve, .it, .jobs, .jp, .juegos, .kr, .law, .link, .lol, .melbourne, .mom, .ms, .my, .ne.kr, .net.ag, .net.au, .net.br, .net.cn, .net.in, .net.my, .net.nz, .net.pl, .net.ph, .net.ru, .net.sc, .net.ve, .no, .nom.es, .nrw, .nu, .nyc, .org.ag, .org.au, .org.cn, .org.co, .org.es, .org.in, .org.my, .org.nz, org.ph, .org.pl, .org.ru, .org.sc, .org.tw, .org.ve, .ph, .pics, .photo, .pl, .property, .pt, .re.kr, .ru, .sc, .se, .sexy, .sg, .sydney, .tattoo, .tc, .tk, .tw, .us, .vg, .vote, .voto, .web.ve.

You can purchase Domain Ownership Protection for periods of anywhere between one to ten years.

However, we recommend that you purchase this service for the same, or on a similar, length as the domain you wish to protect. That way, you can renew both items together.

If you decide that you would like to deactivate your Domain Ownership Protection package, you can do this through your Control Panel. For details on how to do this, please read the following article: How do I cancel or disable Domain Ownership Protection for my domains?

However, once you have cancelled or disabled your DOP service, your domain will no longer benefit from identity protection, theft protection and guaranteed renewal.

If you have some time left on your package and decide that you’d like to reactivate it, you can do so from your Control Panel.

To ensure maximum privacy, we will display a proxy physical address, email address and phone number on the WHOIS database, instead of your own details.

No. There are strict regulations on what information can be displayed. It is important for members of the public to be able to contact you if they have a question. The contactprivacy.com details ensure this is still possible.

If anyone wants to contact you regarding your domain name, they will need to complete a short form that must include their email address and their reason for contacting you. All this information will then be sent to the email address that’s associated with your domain. Your email address won’t be shared with them during this process.