Domain name registration

If you want to sell your business, you should quickly learn how the domain transfer works. If you are not sure on the domain transfer, when you think of selling domain names, you have to follow the process of domain transfer carefully. You should have all the details handy with you, such as Your Name, email, Phone Number, Address etc.. As the entire process involves easy steps, there is no need to worry. First of all you have to long into the domain transfer account. After going to domain names, you can select my domain names. After clicking the domain name to be transferred, you have to change accounts by going to manage domain names. Finally you have to go down to fill up the new registrant name. As a new owner, you have to confirm on your site.

You should know what to do while you go to the home page of registrar. There is no use in confusing the customer service representative. When you want to move a domain name registered with one registrar to another registrar you have to be extra careful in conducting the procedure. While changing registrar of record into domain name you have to initiate the transfer needs. You can move your domain to the gaining registrar company. For initiating the transfer, you can either go to website or call up the registrar. If you do not have an account, you can set up a new account in a few minutes. With a simple online procedure, registrars allow you to easily initiate the transfer. You have to simply log on to your account, click transfer domain, enter domain name and click OK. With this, the transfer process begins, and an email is sent by gaining registrar to admin contact for domain name in WHOIS database. The email contains the link to be clicked and acceptance of domain transfer takes place. If the transfer is not accepted through the hyperlink by the admin contact, the gaining registrar will reject the transfer. The entire process may take just a week for you. In case the email address in WHOIS record of admin contact is not correct, you have to update them. The process depends on the information contained in database of the registrar. You have to take adequate steps to initiate the transfer before its expiry. When the transfer request is approved by admin contact, gaining registrar notifies the domain ID to the registry. The registry informs registrar about the continuance after checking status of domain. When you know the steps and remember key points, transferring your domain name becomes a very easy and smooth process.

Is your domain really safe? If you are not prepared, there are a number of mistakes which can result in the loss of your domain.

As a web address proprietor, you had better be knowledgeable of how to protect yourself.

Make sure you keep track of your domain names & when they expire. Keep your contact details fully up to date.

Be aware who is listed in your domain contact information.

Be wary when using free e-mail addresses from services like G Mail or Yahoo mail Many free e-mail services will remove or suspend your e-mail account if you do not log in frequently enough. Any emails sent in the period that you are suspended will bounce and you will never receive them.

Always make sure you place a registrar lock on your domain. This allows you to lock your domain record at the registry level and prevent it from being transferred, modified or deleted by a third party. This change to your settings is vital and your domain company should be able to help with how to do this.

Remember that any email you receive could be spa, or phishing for your details. Make sure you don’t click on any links or reply to any domain related e-mail correspondence you do not recognize.

In addition to this be careful not to reply to any ‘official looking’ renewal notices you receive in the mail from companies you do not recognize.

Domain hijackers are ‘professionals’ and will often go to any lengths to get your domain name if they think it will be of benefit to them. If there is every doubt, immediately contact your original registrar to verify any suspicious messages.

To make sure that you do not miss any real emails you may have received from your registar, make sure your registrar’s domain name is added to your spam filter’s approved sender list.

To make sure that if there are any delays that your doman is not ever left unregistered - consider renewing your domain name early and for a longer amount of time. If your domain name is critical to your business and is one you will want for years to come, consider renewing your domain registration in five year increments.

All in all there are a small number of mistakes or over sights that could result in the loss of your domain name. Lucky there are just a few simple steps you can take to protect the domain name and make sure it stays yours.

Never go very low - a cheap usually means a bad service. Not always, but very often, trust me.

Every registrar pays $6 to Verisign and ~0.20 cents to ICANN for every com and net domain name registration per year. So selling it under $6.20 is already very low. Don’t forget the credit card processing fees, support, infrastructure set-up, maintenance and bandwidth fees. Everything costs.