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WHOIS Privacy and Domain Contacts
Turn on free WHOIS privacy (ID protection), keep registrant contacts accurate and reachable, and use registrar lock to protect a domain from hijacking.
Every domain has registrant, administrative, technical, and billing contacts on file with the registry. WHOIS privacy (ID protection) hides your personal details from the public record while keeping the domain legally yours; NoBull Networks includes it free on eligible domains. This guide covers turning it on, keeping the contacts correct, and why that matters more than it looks.
Turn on WHOIS privacy#
- Open the domain in MyNobull under Domains, then My Domains.
- Open the Addons tab and enable ID Protection. On eligible TLDs it is free; the public WHOIS then shows proxy contact details instead of yours.
- Check the result after a few minutes:
whois example.comshould show the privacy service's details rather than your name and address.
A number of country-code domains require the registrant's real details to be public by policy. If ID Protection is not offered for a domain, that is the registry's rule, not ours.
Keep the contacts correct anyway#
Privacy hides the details from the public; the registrar and registry still hold the real ones, and they use them. Open the Contact Information tab and make sure:
- The registrant email is one you read. Transfer approvals, expiry notices, and the registrar's annual accuracy check go there. An unread mailbox is how domains get suspended or transferred without you noticing.
- The registrant is the right legal entity. The registrant owns the domain, not the person who paid the invoice. Company domains should name the company.
- The details are accurate. ICANN requires it; a registrar that cannot verify a registrant can suspend the domain.
Changing the registrant on a gTLD triggers a confirmation email to both old and new addresses and may start a 60-day transfer lock; that is a registry rule.
Registrar lock#
On the domain's overview, keep Registrar Lock enabled. It blocks transfers away without your explicit action; disable it only when you are actually transferring the domain out (see Renewals, Expiry, and Transferring Out) and turn it back on afterwards.
Privacy and mail from your domain#
ID Protection does not affect email delivery or DNS. Your MX, SPF, and DKIM records live in DNS, not WHOIS; see Manage DNS Records for Your Domain. Note that some third parties (certificate authorities, app stores, payment providers) verify domain ownership by emailing the WHOIS contact; with privacy on, those emails are forwarded through the privacy service, so keep an eye on the registrant inbox during such processes.
