That linked forum discussion does not exactly make Epik look good.
The first post from someone not employed by Epik is someone from Nigeria asking if they can buy a .US domain.
An Epik staff member tells them that .US are restricted to those with US contact information (which is almost correct--you need to be a US citizen, resident, organization, or a foreign entity with a bona fide presence in the US).
Then the Epik CEO answers that post suggesting how to circumvent the .US rules:
> However, just use the free WHOIS privacy proxy. Problem solved. You will need to keep the privacy on in this case.
That won't actually work because (as the Epik staff member points out in another reply to the Nigerian post) .US does not allow WHOIS privacy proxies.
The first post from someone not employed by Epik is someone from Nigeria asking if they can buy a .US domain.
An Epik staff member tells them that .US are restricted to those with US contact information (which is almost correct--you need to be a US citizen, resident, organization, or a foreign entity with a bona fide presence in the US).
Then the Epik CEO answers that post suggesting how to circumvent the .US rules:
> However, just use the free WHOIS privacy proxy. Problem solved. You will need to keep the privacy on in this case.
That won't actually work because (as the Epik staff member points out in another reply to the Nigerian post) .US does not allow WHOIS privacy proxies.