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Re: Paying for own domain?
LittleMissLush 1322 reads
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Thank you for the responses everyone. :-)

Absolutely appreciated.

LittleMissLush1018 reads

After pouring through pages upon pages of Newbie advice, I found the sections on using your own domain name versus a free hosted site (like Weebly, etc). While I want to go with my own domain name (ZaftigZoe.com), I'm concerned about the prospect of having to pay for it. From what I've been looking at, I'll have to use a card with my *real* name on it. Which, of course, scares a neophyte like me to pieces.

For the ladies with their own domains, did you register for it with a card in your name or is there a way to circumvent this?

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discordiansaint662 reads

...ANONYMOUS and OFFSHORE web hosting solutions.  They register the account for you so their generic contact info shows up on the WHOIS lists.

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thebellasecret701 reads

go with godaddy, You do have to use info, But you can request it to be private.

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LittleMissLush1323 reads

Thank you for the responses everyone. :-)

Absolutely appreciated.

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DitchPig968 reads

If I may, the advice about using godaddy and keeping it private is certainly good.  But I think unnecessary as was also previously stated, you are never actually REQUIRED to put in real actual data!  Fake it girl, just make sure you can remember what you said :)

As far as paying for it, go to walmart or maybe even target and get a pay as you go credit card.  You can anonymously fill those things with CASH, so you never actually have to connect your real identity to a transaction.

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WebTerrorist747 reads

and put whatever information you want for the domain name and hosting.

I have registered a number of domain names, and bought hosting a number of times where nothing even resembling my information was used...

Fake name, fake address, real AmEx gift card number.

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