Yesterday, a friend preparing to start a foreign trade SOHO consulted Naiba on QQ. He plans to build his own website to start his SOHO journey. When it comes to domain registration for a foreign trade website, he asked whether it's better to register as an individual or a company on Alibaba Cloud.
According to his own understanding, registering the domain with a company identity looks more professional and beneficial for the website and products, but he thinks corporate domain purchase might be more troublesome, requiring corporate certification, etc.
Should I purchase a domain using a personal or company identity?
Naiba's view is: If you choose privacy protection when purchasing the domain, there is almost no difference between the two.
What is domain privacy protection?
For example, the image below showsTop in Foreign Trade Cross-border E-commerceLightInTheBoxDomain name WHOIS information.
From the WHOIS information, you cannot see any registration details about this domain name. So, whether you register with personal or company information, it's the same for domains using privacy protection—others cannot see the information anyway.
What is the effect if you do not use domain privacy protection?
Sorry, I have queried many domain names and could not find an unprotected one, so I cannot provide a screenshot; I'll describe it verbally.
For domain names registered without privacy protection, others can directly see your registered phone number, email address, and address information through WHOIS.
This may result in receiving spam emails and phone calls, and customers can also see your domain registration information, but they cannot determine that you are really a company based on this information, because the registration information is filled in by yourself, and the domain registrar will not check it carefully.
So the conclusion is that registering with personal or company information is the same.
The difference is whether the domain ownership belongs to an individual or a company.
Is it good for foreign trade SOHO to register a domain name on Alibaba Cloud?
Registering a domain name domestically may be affected by policies. It is generally recommended that foreign trade websites register domain names with overseas domain registrars, such as onNamesiloRegister.
After having a domain, you also need to purchase a server to build a website. You can choosesitegroundorvultr, which is also excellent for foreign trade.