Weycrest have introduced Whois Privacy for Domains Names. This is sometimes known as private domains or private registrations. One of the issues of registering your domain is that your personal data, address, email etc is stored in the WHOIS database for all to see.

This isn’t normally a problem, however some customers were concerned about identity theft issues. So now we are registering certain domains with privacy turned on by default, and customers can remove this if they wish. It is an ICANN requirement that your WHOIS lookup details are kept up to date. Our service provides you effectively with a private contact and email address and you are still the valid registrant for the domain unlike certain “secure” registration services.

We are currently offer this free, whereas the major registrars charge at least £4.99 + for the service, per year. WHOIS Privacy is only available on .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz and .tv domains.

Nominet, the UK Domain Registry  are running an extensive campaign to remind people to renew their “co.uk” domains names.  Research has shown that this is often overlooked until the last minute and loosing your domain name can be costly, if your business brand and email relies upon it.

Renew Your UK Domain

Nominet statistic reveals that 14 per cent of companies didn’t renew their “brand name” until the day after renewal is due. Think no one will be interested in your domain name? Think again.  Statistics show that 15% of non-renewed domain names are re-registered by someone else within one day.  Astonishingly 7.5% are re-registered within 10 seconds. Of course these figures are for UK domains. I know from experience that the .com domains are more likely to be re-registered by someone else, but its still worth appreciating the value of your UK domain.

Nominet provide information on how to renew your domain name here:

http://www.keepyour.co.uk/renew_how.html