admin answers:

You can keep your .com, .net and .org domain names private, if you choose.

There’s really no limitations in using a .org domain. However, some domain name services might require that you are a U.S. Citizen (by checking a box) and they also might charge you a dollar or so more a year verses the .com and .net fees.

For Private Registration there might be a yearly “private registration” fee ranging from $1.95 for the first year to $7.95 per domain for consecutive years.

If your first choice for a domain name was a .com, and there is already an existing and active website using that name, I would suggest that you try thinking of some other domain name and then if available purchase all 3 top-level extensions.

Lastly, even though private registration hides your personal information from the ‘Whois’ databases, if someone really wants to know who is the registered owner of a domain name, they simply only need to send a letter to domain name service and ask them who owns that domain. The registrar will then reply back to the inquiry listing who the domain belongs to.