Privacy Protecting Domain Names in Bulk

Using IPNIC.COM's Bulk Privacy Protection feature, you can purchase or enable/disable Privacy Protection for multiple domain names simultaneously.

About Privacy Protection 

 

Exceptions and Other Conditions 

 

Note

  • Bulk Privacy Protection is not available due to various restrictions, for the following TLDs (extensions):

    • Due to restrictions imposed by the Registry Operator:

    • Due to other restrictions:

      • .ORG.CO, .MIL.CO, .GOV.CO, .EDU.CO

  • If you are transferring away your domain name from IPNIC.COM, you need to first disable Privacy Protection and then place a Transfer request at the Registrar of your choice.

  • Depending upon whether the Privacy Protection feature is available for a TLD or not, the Order Details view of your domain name may or may not display the Privacy Protection status, under Order Information.

    If Privacy Protection is available for your domain name, then you would see the following status:

    • Privacy Protection: Enabled

      This indicates that the Privacy Protection feature has been turned on for your domain name and your personal Contact Details are not being displayed in the Whois of your domain name.

    • Privacy Protection: Disabled

      This indicates that the Privacy Protection feature has been turned off for your domain name and your personal Contact Details are being displayed in the Whois of your domain name.

  • If the domain name is Locked by IPNIC.COM, it needs to be first Unlocked by IPNIC.COM, before you can proceed with the Bulk Privacy Protection.

  • If the domain name is Locked by you, you may proceed with the Bulk Privacy Protection without Unlocking it.

  • If the domain name is Suspended by IPNIC.COM, it needs to be first Unsuspended, before you can proceed with the Bulk Privacy Protection.

    Additional Information

    Unlocking a Domain Name

    Unsuspending a Domain Name

  • The Bulk Privacy Protection feature is not supported for .ME domain names.

Instructions for Customers

How do I Purchase Privacy Protection in bulk?

  1. Login to your Control Panel. See details

  2. In the Menu, navigate to Manage Orders > Bulk Tools > Bulk Privacy Protection > Buy.

  3. You may purchase Privacy Protection by mentioning either the relevant Order IDs or the domain names.

    Enter a list of Domain Names or Order IDs. You can mention upto 1000 Domain Names or Order IDs on separate lines.

  4. Click on Submit to proceed with Bulk Privacy Purchase.

How do I Enable/Disable Privacy Protection in bulk?

  1. Login to your Control Panel. See details

  2. In the Menu, navigate to Manage Orders > Bulk Tools > Bulk Privacy Protection > Update.

  3. You may enable/disable Privacy Protection by mentioning either the relevant Order IDs or the domain names.

    Enter a list of comma separated Domain Names or Order IDs.

  4. Click on Enable Privacy Protection or Disable Privacy Protection button, as the case may be.

Instructions for Resellers

How do I Purchase Privacy Protection in bulk?

  1. Login to your Control Panel. See details

  2. In the Menu, navigate to Products > Bulk Tools > Bulk Privacy Protection > Buy.

  3. You may purchase Privacy Protection by mentioning either the relevant Order IDs or the domain names.

    Enter a list of Domain Names or Order IDs. You can mention upto 1000 Domain Names or Order IDs on separate lines.

  4. Click on Submit to proceed with Bulk Privacy Purchase.

How do I Enable/Disable Privacy Protection in bulk?

  1. Login to your Control Panel. See details

  2. In the Menu, navigate to Products > Bulk Tools > Bulk Privacy Protection > Update.

  3. Mention the following details and then the click Enable Privacy Protection or Disable Privacy Protection button, as per the requirement:

    • Enable/Disable Privacy Protection by: Here you may select either:

      • Order Id

      • Domain Name

      • Reseller Id

      • Customer Id

      Note

      Selecting Reseller Id or Customer Id allows you to enable/disable Privacy Protection for all domain names under the specified Sub-Reseller(s)/Customer(s).

    • Ids/Domain Names: Depending upon your choice in the above selection, you need to specify relevant details here as comma-separated values.

    • Reason for Disabling Privacy Protection: You should specify the exact reason due to which you are disabling Privacy Protection for these Orders, so that the Sub-Reseller/Customer may view the same from their Control Panel in the Order Details view.

      Note

      The reason is visible to only your immediate Sub-Reseller/Customer.

Bulk Actions Limit 

Note

At any point of time, you can add upto 2 Bulk Actions. This implies that you would not be able to add another Bulk Registration / Transfer / Renewal / Suspend or Unsuspend / Lock or Unlock / Name Servers Modification / Contacts Modification (only for Customers) / Theft Protection / Privacy Protection Action, if 2 Bulk Actions are already running. You will encounter the below error message in case you try to do so:

Attention

You already have the maximum allowed number of Bulk Operations running. Please wait for at least one to complete before starting another.

You will be able to add another Bulk Action once one of the earlier actions has been processed completely.

Additional Information

Listing all Bulk Actions that are currently running in your account