I have two .in domains with namecheap and whois data is all "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY" despite namecheap not allowing me to add domain privacy when I purchased the domains.
I’ve looked into it a bit more, and turns out there are two options for redacting WHOIS data:
- “Privacy service”, which is these funky named LLCs replacing your data in the WHOIS
- Just the redaction, which replaces almost all data with REDACTED FOR PRIVACY (except for registrant's country, state, and organization name).
No idea why or how any of this works! Apparently, Porkbun does both: on my another domain, aedge.dev, it shows REDACTED FOR PRIVACY and replaces org name with “Private by Design, LLC”. For notpushk.in, it does show my country (RU... looks like I haven’t updated my address in a while lol) but everything else is redacted, too.
Spaceship on the other hand doesn’t bother and returns only this tiny response:
Domain Name: lunni.dev
Registry Domain ID: 4AF9AE073-DEV
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.nic.google
Registrar URL: None
Updated Date: 2025-03-10T13:01:35Z
Creation Date: 2022-12-11T02:30:54Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2025-12-11T02:30:54Z
Registrar: Spaceship, Inc.
Registrar IANA ID: 3862
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@spaceship.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.6027723958
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Name Server: coco.bunny.net
Name Server: kiki.bunny.net
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2025-03-17T17:11:09Z <<<
Edit: or, rather, that’s what whois.nic.google returns for a domain registered in Spaceship.
That is the kind of fact that if you talk about it online shortly gets 'fixed'.
If I had a dime for every comment I’ve deleted before posting or decided not to even write on the back of “better not shit where I eat”.
I've wondered about this for a while now...
I have two .in domains with namecheap and whois data is all "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY" despite namecheap not allowing me to add domain privacy when I purchased the domains.
In fact Namecheap explicitly state that they can't provide privacy services for .in domains on this page: https://www.namecheap.com/security/what-is-domain-privacy-de...
I’ve looked into it a bit more, and turns out there are two options for redacting WHOIS data:
- “Privacy service”, which is these funky named LLCs replacing your data in the WHOIS
- Just the redaction, which replaces almost all data with REDACTED FOR PRIVACY (except for registrant's country, state, and organization name).
No idea why or how any of this works! Apparently, Porkbun does both: on my another domain, aedge.dev, it shows REDACTED FOR PRIVACY and replaces org name with “Private by Design, LLC”. For notpushk.in, it does show my country (RU... looks like I haven’t updated my address in a while lol) but everything else is redacted, too.
Spaceship on the other hand doesn’t bother and returns only this tiny response:
Edit: or, rather, that’s what whois.nic.google returns for a domain registered in Spaceship.
Porkbun docs on WHOIS privacy options: https://kb.porkbun.com/article/97-new-whois-privacy-settings...