Your Domain Name and How to Protect Your Domain Name

"Your web domain name is valuable property."

One of the first steps to starting a new business on the Web is to order a domain name. A domain name is the URL for your website. Here's how to protect your small business web site URL.

One of the first steps to starting a new business on the Web is to order a domain name. A domain name is the URL for your website. It's valuable property. Here's how to protect your small business web site URL. You want to do two things in regard to your domain name:

1. Find a keyword domain name
2. Order your domain name from an authorized ICANN registrar

Register with a recognized ICANN domain name provider and maintain access and control over your registrar account. Yes. It is important to order your domain name registration from a recognized ICANN domain name provider, such as NetworkSolutions.com --

Watch your domain name renewal date

Take all necessary steps to protect the name you purchase and renew it timely. If you decide to set an automatic renewal, be sure to update your credit card with the new expiration date and CVV as a bad card transaction may cause loss of your domain name.

Once you have a keyword domain name, make a note of the month and year to renew it. Do not rely on the registrar sending you a renewal reminder. Although many do, it is your responsibility to keep your account in good standing.

Your domain name is valuable property.

It is important to protect the name of the registrar, login and password information.

Beware of Slamming where companies call, email or USPS mail you an official looking bill. Unsuspecting web owners pay the bill and in essence change their registrar to the company who slammed them. The problem with this practice is that it is deceitful and can be confusing and cause you to lose your domain name when it's time to renew.

If this does happen to you, take care to note the information about your new registrar, login and password. You can object, but chances are that you are stuck for most likely a year.

You can change back or transfer your domain registrar back and if you choose a company like Network Solutions, you may get credit for the payment you made to the offending registrar.

There are companies who grab expired domain names instantly without regard for the name itself. Even if you have a very personalized name or unusual name for a small business web site that no one will ever want, it is lost. You will have to pay hundreds and even thousands of dollars to recover it.

We've been helping people with best practices and for their website including finding a profitable domain name for over 10 years. That's experience you want, because proven knowledge lowers your financial risk and increases the outcome.

Don't confuse a domain name with web hosting. Although many registrars also offer web hosting, and many web hosts also offer domain name registration, these are two different services.

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