There are several factors that need to be taken into consideration when picking a registrar and DNS service provider. The things to take into consideration is:
When registerting a domain it isrequired by The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to submit contact information including name, address, phone number and email. This information will be made publicly availble through the whois directory. There are:
This information can be controlled and almost all registrars provide the privacy services.
We looked at several registrars and here is our findings for .COM domains.
Private Domain Registration
and costs $10/YearWHOISPRIVACYSERVICE.ORG
which has Registrant
as Amazon and the Registrar
as Gandi SAS
. See Route 53 PoliciesThey also show this message when registering through them:
Terms and Conditions
Amazon Route 53 enables you to register and transfer domain names using your AWS account. However, AWS is not a domain name registrar, so we use registrar associates to perform registration and transfer services. When you purchase domain names through AWS, you are registering your domain with one of our registrar associates. The registrar for your domain will periodically contact the registrant contact that you specified to verify the contact details and renew registration.Name: On behalf of medium.com owner
Organization: Whois Privacy ServiceMailing Address: P.O. Box 81226, Seattle WA 98108-1226 US
Phone: +1.2065771368Ext:
Fax:Fax Ext:
Email:owner-637230@medium.com.whoisprivacyservice.org RegistrarWHOIS Server: whois.registrar.amazon.com
URL: https://registrar.amazon.comRegistrar: Amazon Registrar, Inc.
IANA ID: 468Abuse Contact Email:registrar-abuse@amazon.com
Abuse Contact Phone: +1.2067406200Name: Legal Team
Organization: Quora, IncMailing Address: 650 Castro Street Suite 450, Mountain View CA 94041 US
Phone: +1.6504852464Ext:
Fax: +1.6504852464Fax Ext:
Email:QuoraDomainTeam@winston.com RegistrarWHOIS Server: whois.corporatedomains.com
URL: www.cscprotectsbrands.comRegistrar: CSC CORPORATE DOMAINS, INC.
IANA ID: 299Abuse Contact Email:domainabuse@cscglobal.com
Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8887802723Registrant Contact
Name: Hostmaster, Amazon Legal Dept.Organization: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 8102, Reno NV 89507 USPhone: +1.2062664064
Ext:Fax: +1.2062667010
Fax Ext:Email:hostmaster@amazon.com
Registrar
WHOIS Server: whois.markmonitor.comURL: http://www.markmonitor.com
Registrar: MarkMonitor, Inc.IANA ID: 292
Abuse Contact Email:abusecomplaints@markmonitor.comAbuse Contact Phone: +1.2083895740
Registrant Contact
Name: Domain AdministratorOrganization: Airbnb, Inc.
Mailing Address: 888 Brannan Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco CA 94103 USPhone: +1.4157280000
Ext:Fax: +1.4157280000
Fax Ext:Email:domain@airbnb.com
Registrar
WHOIS Server: whois.markmonitor.comURL: http://www.markmonitor.com
Registrar: MarkMonitor, Inc.IANA ID: 292
Abuse Contact Email:abusecomplaints@markmonitor.comAbuse Contact Phone: +1.2083895740
Registrant Contact
Name: Contact Privacy Inc. Customer 1241718083Organization: Contact Privacy Inc. Customer 1241718083
Mailing Address: 96 Mowat Ave, Toronto ON M4K 3K1 CAPhone: +1.4165385487
Registrar
WHOIS Server: whois.google.comURL: https://domains.google.com
Registrar: Google Inc.IANA ID: 895
Abuse Contact Email:registrar-abuse@google.comAbuse Contact Phone: +1.8772376466
Contact Information
Registrant ContactName: Amazon Hostmaster
Organization: Amazon Web ServicesMailing Address: P.O. Box 81226, Seattle WA 98108-1226 US
Phone: +1.2062661000Ext:
Fax:Fax Ext:
Email:hostmaster@amazon.com RegistrarWHOIS Server: whois.gandi.net
URL: http://www.gandi.netRegistrar: Gandi SAS
IANA ID: 81Abuse Contact Email:abuse@support.gandi.net
Abuse Contact Phone: +33.170377661We eventually decided to go with AWS. Even though they warned that that it might take up to 4 days, the whole process took less than 1 hour.
Registrant Contact
Name: On behalf of izyware.com ownerOrganization: Whois Privacy Service
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 81226, Seattle WA 98108-1226 USPhone: +1.2065771368
Ext:Fax:
Fax Ext:Email:owner-5724267@izyware.com.whoisprivacyservice.org
Registrar
WHOIS Server: whois.registrar.amazon.comURL: https://registrar.amazon.com
Registrar: Amazon Registrar, Inc.IANA ID: 468
Abuse Contact Email:registrar-abuse@amazon.comAbuse Contact Phone: +1.2067406200
google domain pricing: https://support.google.com/domains/answer/6010092
IANAID: https://www.iana.org/assignments/registrar-ids/registrar-ids.xhtmlwhois: http://whois.icann.org/
Route 53 Policies: https://aws.amazon.com/route53/amazon-registrar-policies/