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  • Is your Domain Name in Trouble?

    Author: Alyice Edrich
    How long ago was it that you purchased your Domain Name? Is it time
    to re-register? Check your expiration date today! If you have six
    months or less on your contract, re-register today, before something
    happens and it's too late.

    Don't think it can happen to you? It has already happened to many
    small and large businesses. They waited until the last minute,
    business got so busy that they forgot altogether, or an error
    occurred with the registrar company and before these businesses knew
    it, someone had come along and snatched up their domain name, right
    out from under them.

    One business man had close to two weeks to re-register his domain
    name, so he went online to make a payment and renew the domain for a
    few more years. However, something happened with his domain host
    that prevented him from making a payment online, so he called the
    company and asked them to take care of it. He gave them all the
    necessary information and paid with his credit card, by phone.
    Thinking the problem was solved, he went about his daily business.
    A week later, his domain name "officially" expired and someone
    purchased it right out from under him! All that work, gone!

    A work at home mom had a fairly successful online business, but for
    whatever reason, didn't get her domain registered before the
    deadline. Know what happened to her site? A porn site snatched it up.

    Others have lost their domain names due to harvesting software
    programs that now let others know the second your domain name is
    vulnerable.

    Talk about a WAKE UP CALL! If you have a domain name, register it at
    least a few months in advance of it's expiration date. That way, if
    anything does go hay wire, you have time to fix it before you lose
    your domain name.

    You put a lot of hard work and hours into your website. You put in a
    lot of money for advertising, so that people know where to find you.
    You have gained the respect and admiration of many people and
    businesses. Don't throw caution out the door thinking this cannot
    happen to you.

    Jeanne of Devine-Designs has experienced her fair share of what I
    like to call scrupulous behavior. When she started Expat-Moms, she
    began it on a free web host server (like geocities, tripod, and the
    like). Her reasoning was simple... test the waters and see how
    successful the business was before going all out, financially.

    Once her cold feet turned warm, she went to purchase the domain name
    http://expatmoms.com, but to her surprise, someone had bought it out
    from under her! Now, the site sits unused, while her new domain with
    the hyphen is doing extremely well.

    Jeanne isn't the only one this has happened to. "Harvesters" often
    snatch up domain names in hopes of re-selling them at a higher, if
    not outrageous price!

    How do they know which domain names are going to be viable? Simple.
    They go to free web host servers, find the business name chosen, then
    purchase the domain name in hopes that the owner will one day get so
    big that he or she goes looking for that domain name. Others simply
    go to a keyword program, like Overture and purchase domain names
    using the top keywords.

    TIPS:

    Pick your company wisely. Try to find a company that sends out
    reminder notices. If the company you use doesn't and you are happy
    with where you are at, please mark your calendars every year! I have
    a monthly bills to be paid sheet, and I list my domain names, web
    host, and other business related expenses as a monthly expense. That
    way, I know every month what is due out the door, when.

    If you must insist on using a free web host server, take the
    precaution of ordering your domain name and have it redirected to
    your free web host server, for under $30 per year!

    Be safe, and check the expiration date of your domain name today. If
    it is up in six months time or less, order an extension or renewal of
    that domain name today... and try to order at least two years or
    more.

    About the Author

    Alyice Edrich is a web copy and freelance writer, discount
    telecommunications agent, and Editor-in-Chief for The Dabbling
    Mum.com - - An Online Magazine for BUSY Parents.
    http://thedabblingmum.com

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