Is Offshore DOMAIN needed?

[teamline]

Hello,

I am searching for a good offshore hosting.

Shared or semi dedicated.

Now, my QA is...

Do I need an offshore DOMAIN also? What do you think?


Any suggestion?

teamline Reviewed by teamline on 13th Jan 2011. Is Offshore DOMAIN needed? Hello, I am searching for a good offshore hosting. Shared or semi dedicated. Now, my QA is... Do I need an offshore DOMAIN also? What do you think? Rating: 5

[krazeek]

No you do not.

[EnCiPh3r]

webden provides semi dedicated services go for them,

[Sandino]

there's really no such thing as an "offshore" domain.
so no, just register your domain anywhere.

[teamline]

Thanks for your comments.

Still I am unsure, if it is safe, found this thread
http://www.besthostingforums.com/sho...d.php?p=607185

Anyway, thanks for fast reply...........

[teamline]

I found some info, when I googled around.....so I post it here.

Service providers are within their rights to suspend service upon receipt of a legal
notice of dispute, whatever the issue is. And when you're using a registrar like Go
Daddy or any of their sister companies, you're practically walking on thin ice.

Go Daddy and their sister companies have this term in their service agreement:

Go Daddy may also cancel the registration of a domain name, after thirty (30) days, if that name is being used, as determined by Go Daddy in its sole discretion, in association with spam or morally objectionable activities. Morally objectionable activities will include, but not be limited to: activities designed to defame, embarrass, harm, abuse, threaten, slander or harass third parties; activities prohibited by the laws of the United States and/or foreign territories in which You conduct business; activities designed to encourage unlawful behavior by others, such as hate crimes, terrorism and *****************; activities that are tortious, vulgar, obscene, invasive of the privacy of a third party, racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable; activities designed to impersonate the identity of a third party; and activities designed to harm or use unethically minors in any way.

Namecheap can terminate its Whoisguard service to you...

If the WG Domain(s) is (are) alleged to violate or infringe a third party's trademark, trade name, copyright interests or other legal rights of third parties;

Network Solutions can terminate your hidden whois....

if any third party claims that the domain name violates or infringes a third party's trademark, trade name or other legal rights, whether or not such claim is valid;

The anonymizer services skirt the edge of ICANN rules and no registrar/provider is going to risk their business by sheltering a potential legal risk.

It seems like our domain names can be easily cancelled, suspended, hidden whois and whoisguard removed and terminated by the service providers when there is a slightest complaint or accusation, even if it is untrue.

If that is the case, then what is the solution?

Register the domain name from a service provider from offshore in countries like Panama or Vanuatu?

On the side, using a registrar based outside the US might not do any good. If it's
a .com domain name we're talking here, the complainant can always file at Virginia
because that's where the .com Registry is based.

Depending on the Registry and the registrar, one of their agreements might also
call for suspending the privacy service upon receipt of legal dispute. And registrars
mostly do what the Registry tells them.

Anyone has any advice, you are welcome,



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[Time]

All of the domain registrations go through the ICANN (internet corporation for assigned names and numbers) which is U.S. based.

Basically: No matter where you purchase the domain the U.S. government can take control of it if they want (some warez or torrent sites, can't remember specifically, have had this happen)

[bxflow]

if you are worried about domains then you will never launch a site,,, just register it with namecheap.com

no big deal,