A personal website without your home address in the registry

Where can a personal domain expose your home address?

In more places than the public lookup. A personal domain registered in your own name leaves your address in up to four places:

1. The registrar's and the registry's records. The registrar stores the holder's name and address, and so do registries that keep contact data, even when public lookups redact them. They keep that copy under their own law.
2. Country codes that publish names. The .fi registry shows the holder's name even for individuals. On .nz the name stays public even with the privacy option. On .cc it may remain visible.
3. Old records. WHOIS history services kept data from before 2018, when much more was public.
4. The site itself. Some countries require a legal notice with an address on commercial sites. The domain record cannot change that.

Nominee registration closes the first three for new registrations: the holder is our company from the start. The fourth is up to you.

Why is free WHOIS privacy not enough?

Because it hides the public view, not the record. With free privacy, the registrar and often the registry still hold your name and address. Third parties can ask for them. ICANN's Registration Data Request Service received more than 3,700 requests during its two-year pilot; about a quarter were approved.

With nominee registration, the registry record names our company. Your address is not in it, and we never asked for it. The only contact detail we hold is one verified email, as ICANN requires. It goes out only when Panamanian law requires it (a Panamanian court or prosecutor's order), or in a UDRP case. Full comparison: nominee vs WHOIS privacy.

Which extension suits a personal website?

Pick the one that reads well with your name. In our name, each of these keeps your address out of the registry:

• .me: personal brands, portfolios and résumés.
• .blog: blogs and newsletters; you do not need WordPress.
• .page: a single page or profile; HTTPS only.
• .com: the default if your name is free.
• .dev: developers' sites and docs; HTTPS only.
• .link: a link-in-bio page.

What are the limits?

Nominee registration keeps your address out of the domain record. It does not make you unknown, and it does not place you above the law.

• Legal notices: if your country requires an address on your site, that rule still applies. This is not legal advice.
• Hosting and payments: your host or payment provider may hold your details under their own rules.
• Abuse rules: phishing, malware, botnets and fraud that takes money from victims are acted on within 24 hours of a well-documented report, child sexual abuse material immediately.
• Complaints: copyright, defamation, political or competitor complaints alone do not lead to a takedown. They need a decision from a Panamanian court.

NomineeName is a nominee domain registration service from Panama: every domain is registered in the name of DomaineGoat LLC by default, so the registration record and WHOIS show the company, never you — no ID, no KYC, paid in crypto.