Domain sales

Annie Beau said:

@Jon - just spotted a domain would like to add to my 'maybe' briefcase of blogs ... but .co.uk and .com are full price at the moment. Are there any TMS Kloudhost domain promos looming?

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Annie Beau said:

@Jon - just spotted a domain would like to add to my 'maybe' briefcase of blogs ... but .co.uk and .com are full price at the moment. Are there any TMS Kloudhost domain promos looming?

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ThatJesseBloke said:

If you're just looking for a domain GoDaddy .co.uk domains are 99p for the first year at the moment (about £1.19 with VAT) -

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Jon said:

I thought hosting companies couldn't charge for privacy protection anymore in a post GDPR world...

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ThatJesseBloke said:

I'm not sure how it applies when the GDPR comes in but I remember an email from Nominet a while back saying they were no longer offering free whois opt out (can't find it now though) and since then all registrars I've used have charged for both .com and .co.uk privacy protection.

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We are happy to share that from May 25th 2018, personal details will no longer be shown in the public WHOIS database for any domain name registered with Kloudhost. This is a big win for privacy and should bring an end to domain registrant spam.
Do I still require the WHOIS Privacy service?
No, the WHOIS Privacy service is no longer required to protect your personal details from the public WHOIS database and we would recommend disabling this service from the end of May to save on your future renewal costs.
The WHOIS Privacy service does have a purpose if you want to enable a means for others to contact you via the WHOIS database. From May 25th, a domain without the WHOIS Privacy service will simply have no contact details shown whereas a domain with the WHOIS Privacy service enabled will show a proxy email address which forwards any emails onto the registrant's email address. This is useful if you have unused domains registered for which you may want to receive unsolicited contact (e.g. from someone interested in purchasing your domain).
What if I want to show my personal details in the public WHOIS database?
For UK domains, Nominet (the UK domain registry) will offer the ability to opt-in to showing your personal details in the public WHOIS database. For other domains, it will no longer be possible to share your own details in the public WHOIS database but you can use our WHOIS Privacy service to place proxy contact details in the public database as outlined in the previous paragraph.

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