I have seen many people hide their personal details like address and phone number while registering a domain. Sometimes they pay for this private registration. So that their information doesn't display in a whois lookup.What is the advantage of doing it and paying extra amount?
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There are basically two reasons for choosing a private domain registration:Several people are concerned about having their own private data disclosed publicly through WHOIS queries. This is a legitimate concern, usually raised by private people rather than companies.The second case mostly affects the category of domainers. There are people and companies that registers high number of domains to re-sell them or reserve a very appealing domain name to sell it at a very high price. In this case, you might not want to disclose your data to discourage companies from starting legal actions or just to bother you with tons of emails. In fact, domainers often use third party services such as Sedo.com to re-sell their domains.