im not sure why this post as got so much negative votes because its valid in its points, if you a real business dealing with real people and money is changing hands, then real names or business names and addresses are a good thing,but most of us dont deal like that, and there shouldn't be a penalty if you want to stay annon. when i have sold stuff in my stores online, people who buy from me get my details from places like paypal and thats fine, but its still private from the casual on looker, and see more that has to be the priority, detail should only be given to genuine parties who are dealing with you on a professional level, but there still has to be protection from all those people and bots collecting information about you, its a fine balance but it has to be kept.

I would like to say i dont go against stating my business name. However my opinion is because i am not offering a "service" directly on boonex, i personally would not want to give out my real information.
A good example of what has happened to me in the past was on yahoo years ago i had a screen name that had my name plus numbers something like johnsmith2009, anyway some psycho looking at my profile figured out where i lived and decided to prank call my job. At the time i was working see more for the post office. Luckily she was wrong, still I just am very paranoid when it comes to giving real information online. Again real information being my real first and last name.
Like someone else said ebay verifies people without you having to give out your real first and last name. I dont mind boonex having my real information, and of course people i do business with. I just wouldnt want my real name just being out in the open for everyone to see. I am one of those people that have a unlisted phone number as well.. so i value privacy very much. Again this is just my opinion, and i do at least feel better knowing i will have the option to allow my real name to be shown or not