Can a domain owner be hidden?

Question

Hello all,

I am not sure if this question belongs here or superuser (or other). If not - please let me know and I'll erase the question.

A friend of mine wishes to buy a domain but keep his name hidden. Is there a secure way of doing so?

Answer 1

If you buy the domain through godaddy.com, there's an option of hiding your info. I believe they charge for that service though.

Answer 2

Yes, It's called Privacy Protection and that's possible if your Domain Registrar supports this. Now a days almost all registrars support this. I buy my domains from answerable.com which is very economical and provides privacy protection as well.

http://www.answerable.com/content.php?action=free_services