A Sampling of Articles:
Domain Name Trademarks
Before You Register A Domain Name For Your New Online Business
The Value Of A Good Domain Name
What Questions Should You Ask Yourself When You Select Your Domain Name For Your Home Business?
Making Money From Parked Domains
What You Need To Know About Choosing A Domain Name
How Do I Buy A Domain Name?
Tips And Tricks To Getting Top Money For Your Domain Names
Domain Names More Choices Than You Think
How Can You Choose The Best Domain Name?
Protecting Your Domain Names
Instant Traffic Using Expired Domains
Domain Names: An Unusual And Profitable Characteristic
Choosing Your Top Level Domain
Choosing The Right Domain Name
Business Domain Name - Biggest Benefit Of Using A Long Web Domain Name
Domain Name Registration - Key Tips
Backordering Your Domain Names
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Protect Your Domain Name or Risk Losing It
Pick Up Your Own Domain NameThink up a name and check if yourname.com is available. Personally, I like to use http://www.whois.com to check if a ..... Your domain name is an important part of your brand and identity. Losing it could be disastrous! Yet, month over month we see people lose their domain name, either because they ignore or forget to renew them, or do not keep their contact information - especially their email address - current and up to date.
A whole new industry has been created out of lost and neglected domain names. It is now common place for an expired domain name to be snagged the moment it is released back to the 'available' pool. These poachers will grab any domain name that has a decent search engine ranking and forward it to anything from a competitors web site, to a pay per click advertising site. They are hoping to have you pay a big ransom to get your domain name back or to capitalize on the residual traffic left over by your domain name's high search engine ranking.
There are steps you can take to protect yourself from these tactics:
Activate the 'Domain Lock' feature with your registrar. This prevents changes in contact info, DNS servers and most importantly, blocks transfer away requests that could be sent by a poacher trying to steal your domain name
Keep your contact information, especially your email address current and up to date. Be sure to white list the domain name of your registrar so renewal and other important email notices don't get caught in your Spam filters. If you are worried about listing your email address in the public Whois database, ask your Registration provider about Whois Privacy Service
Most registrars send out occasional Whois Confirmation emails to domain owners, giving them the opportunity to double check and correct any invalid or outdated information. Do Not ignore these emails, double check the information and correct any errors
Backordering Your Domain NamesAs a domain player, you know that almost all the great domain names were taken before 1999. It is difficult now to get an even fairly decent .....
Be on the lookout for fraudulent renewal notices that arrive both in email and especially by regular paper mail. There are a few companies sending very officially looking paper mail renewal notices that look very much like invoices. They are not! They are carefully crafted marketing documents designed to fool an accounts payable clerk into thinking its a bill that has to be paid!
Your domain name registration provider should be more than a domain name clearing house. They should help you manage your domain name with locking and privacy solutions and most of all, help you protect your name and brand, the one you worked so hard to create. Talk to your domain name registration provider to be sure you have done everything you can to protect yourself today!
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