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Guide to domain name registration

admin — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:54:51 +0000

If you are starting up an online business, make sure that you have made a domain name registration first, to give your company the license to be known and have exclusivity. Basically, a domain name is a unique address on the web that you can buy for your web site through a domain store. It can contain the name like www.mybusiness.com, which you can employ to refer to your own website. Remember you don’t have to be an organization or a big company to register the domain name. In fact, anyone can do it.

Getting your domain name includes registering the business name that you desire with an organization called ICANN through the domain name registrar. For instance, if you have chosen mybusiness.com, you need to proceed to the registrar, pay a particular registration fee that will give you the right or ownership of that name for one year. You have to renew it annually with the same amount per year.

Domain registration involves a lot of process. There are web hosts that will register it and pay for the name without asking any amount. This is only applicable for the commercial web hosts, while there are others will do it for you but you need to pay for the ICANN fees.

However it is recommended to register your business domain name directly to a domain name registrar instead of putting it to a web host as it deprives the owner to carry its own name because it will appear that the web host owns it. If you register your domain name to a DN registrar, you can ensure that you are registered as the owner, the technical contacts and the administrative as a whole. Being the domain owner is important, work on that.

To register domain name, here are some of a few instructions that you should bear in mind before you act.

•   Choose a domain name – Think of some names that you think might be right for your business. Make sure to compile many names. Don’t think of only one as it might be already taken.

•   Create a credit card account – When registering, you will need a credit card, but a PayPal account will do. This is used to pay for the domain. Most domain registrars requires to have credit card accounts which also allow the owner to claim and at the same time get a domain name instantly on an application. And this is not an option.

•   Obtain web host names – If you have a web host, take the names from their primary and secondary name servers. Save the information somewhere. Such information is found on their FAQS or from the other site’s documentation usually under the domain name category. But if you can’t find it, you can just email the web host.

•   Park your domain name – If you don’t have a web host yet, you can allow the registrar to park your domain name in a temporary website specially made for you.

So, you have successfully registered your domain name, what next? If you are not sure what to do, you can read the beginner’s guide found on the web. Once you have decided about registering your name, do not procrastinate or else you will lose more than one of your domain name in a day.

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admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:40:34 +0000

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Domain Types and Prices

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:56:34 +0000

Now that you’ve decided to become an internet entrepreneur, there are score of things you have to consider. Your first job is to decide on a domain type and name. Because there are quite a few from which to choose, you’ll have to have in mind a) your budget and b) what’s going to get you optimal traffic flow.

The Trifecta: The most common, most marketable, and easiest to remember domain types are .com, .net, and .org. Any one of these three will invite investors to your site easier and certainly ensure maximum traffic flow.

Country-Specific: Of course, if the domain name you desire has already been taken you can register your name with a country-specific extension. These include .uk (for the United Kingdom, of course), .jp (Japan), .fr (France), etc. Any country you can think of has an extension that you can use to differentiate your site.

Accepted Sub-Domains: If the country-specific domain names have dried up, there are some alternative names that have been approved by ICANN: .aero, .biz, .info, .name, .edu, etc. Not only are they more unique, they’re extremely specific.

Not-so Great Sub-Domains: You could always get extremely unique and add a quirky sub-domain. For example, if the name “Food.com” is already in use, perhaps make your website more specific: “food.enteryoursmexydomainnamehere.com” –of course shy away from using a sub-domain even remotely resembling this one. However, because these are essentially imaginary domain extensions, the chances of anyone actually knowing where to search is very small.

Price: Now depending in with which domain name registrar you register your name, you’ll end up paying anywhere between $6.99 and $15.75 per year; however, there’s been a recent decrease in domain prices, so if you act quickly you could get your name for less than $10.