Domain for Business

Gen Wright asked:


the blogosphere stirred up quite a bit due to the release of .Tel domain names. Remember how the .Com age took the Internet by storm? Literally thousands of businesses and individuals spent lots of time and money acquiring domain names on Internet. Some register these names for their own use, while others do it to make a profit.

For sure, there are some lessons to be learned here. That is, if you want to secure the domain name that you desire, you must act quickly. If you don’t, they could be registered by someone else the next day. Today, if you visit any domain registrar and make a quick search, you will find that almost all the valuable properties are taken up. It’s very hard to find a good virtual property.

And that is exactly what a name becomes once you own it – it is a piece of real estate in the cyber world. If you are running a business, and you know that your name helps bring in sales for you because of the reputation you have worked so hard to build, you know that you must absolutely own this name. You don’t want to wait until someone looking to make a quick buck register for the name and then try to sell it back to you for a few thousand dollars. Happens all the time to .com domains.

With the release of .Tel domains, you once again have the opportunity to own the name that you really want. The main difference between a .Tel and a .Com is that you get a web presence immediately the moment you are the owner of a .Tel. In other words, there is no need to sign up for web hosting, hunt for Content Management Systems, or hire a web designer. All you have to do is to logon to your account, and fill in the details.

There is a .Tel for business, and there is a .Tel for individuals. The key difference between the 2 product lines is that you can setup different locations for business plans. For individual plans, the process is more straight forward. Simply go through the wizard, fill in all the information, and you have a website online.

The best part is, you don’t just get a website to go with your .Tel domain. You get a traditional website, and a mobile website. That allows you to reach out to a wider audience. Your prospects and customers can reach you anywhere as long as they are connected to the Internet. If they are connecting from the office, they can browse your traditional website. If they are traveling, they can logon to the Internet using their latest 3G mobile phone and access your mobile website.

This is great news for many business owners because the new service essentially eliminates the need to be technically savvy. Anyone can get a web presence immediately with zero knowledge about HTML, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, Editors, etc.

A .Tel domain costs just $21 and the price includes the hosting. If you buy in bulk, you get to enjoy incredible discounts. With bulk discounts applied, the cost of a domain name can go down to as low as $12.25 per name.

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If you think websites are mushrooms that simply grow anywhere, think again.

Creating a website is sure easy with templates provided for you. Registering your domain name is an entirely different thing.

Purchasing your domain name through domain providers are e breeze as you only need to sign- up and pay their registration and monthly fees. However, to control domain registration, a body called Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was commissioned.

Specifically, there are also domain registration overseer bodies per country. Their task is to control and oversee the domains created.

This is important for business people like you as you have to be sure that your domain name is registered- because if not, your website and e-mail on that domain will not work.

The actual registration or domain registrar is not ICANN itself nor the end-user of the domain. There are registered and designated domain registrars that actually do the registration of domains. They are legitimate and legal as they are recognized by the higher bodies in domain name registration such as ICANN. They are also summoned to edit or modify and delete certain information about a domain name.

This is one of the primary reasons why domains are not free. They are purchased because a lot of technical registration has to be done by the domain registrar before the domain name actually works. Maintenance of the domain name is also another thing.

There are also scams in global domain registration. Some will say that they are designated registrar and legitimate sellers of a certain domain. Check with your local domain body.



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Rod Hewitt asked:

Many businesses their own Web sites. In order to host your own site, however, you need to make special arrangements with an Internet service provider (ISP), and you also need the right hardware and software to do the job right. In addition, you want at least one employee to serve as your Webmaster the person responsible for maintaining your Web server and making sure that your site works as it should.

Here is a short list of the things you’ll need to host your own Web site:

A dedicated Internet connection. This should be a high-speed connection that allows people to visit your Web site 24 hours a day. At the low end, an ISDN or DSL line will cost around $200 a month, while a super high-speed T1 line can cost several thousand dollars a month.

IP addresses for your servers. IP addresses are unique numbers that identify a computer to the rest of the Internet. You can’t just make up your own IP address you’ll have to get an authorized set of addresses from your ISP. Some providers throw in a few IP addresses when you sign up for high-speed Internet access, although you’ll have to pay for more addresses if you need them.

A domain name. This is the text name that makes your Web site easy to find for the general public. Most ISPs will help you find an unused domain name and reserve it, usually for less than $15 a year and even cheaper if you pay up-front for several years.

A Web server. Web servers are the software that run your Web site. The most popular Web server, called Apache, is a free, collectively developed program that’s famous for its reliability, although it can be hard to configure properly. Software vendors such as Microsoft and Netscape either bundle Web servers with other products or sell them separately in packages that cost anywhere from $600 to $2,000.

A computer to run your Web server. These also come in all shapes and sizes, from standard PCs running Windows NT to high-end Unix machines. A typical Web server with a good processor, lots of memory and a large hard disk costs at least $2,000, although they can run much, much higher.

Someone to run your Web server. Your Webmaster must have the technical skill to keep your site running smoothly. They’ll need to know about your hardware and software, and they may also know a programming language such as C or Perl. Webmasters command large salaries up to $90,000 a year in some cases.



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Saurav Batra asked:


Windows Xp Professional – a Complete Summary (contd.)

Sharing Resources:

Windows XP as a network operating system it needs to share its resources on the network. Sharing in Windows XP enables us to share folders and printers. By default out of the box Windows XP totally disables inbound connections. The first time you share a file or folder you will be asked to run the network setup wizard or if you know what you are doing then you can just turn on sharing. The first thing you need is do is to turn off simple file sharing in the folder options. One big trick which Microsoft does not tell you is that when you turn on network sharing all inbound connections are made as guests. So turning on network sharing turns the guest account on its own. Another issue is that all users with blank passwords cannot connect to your system. So if you as an administrator turn off the guest account then the users connecting to your machine must have an account setup on your local machine and also a password. Enabling sharing can be right clicking the file you want to share and go to properties and choose either network setup wizard or just enable file sharing. Microsoft actually changes your local security policies which can be accessed through security options in your local security policy. The first thing is that guest account in turned on. The next change is in network access where the default is guest account. You can change this to classic, as a result of which local users will authenticate as them. Share permissions can be bypassed by local access when the user has physical access of your terminal so they should be used in conjunction with local permissions. A better way is to use one only and not confuse it with the other, in most cases leave your share permissions open and concentrate on NTFS permissions. In a Windows XP setting you need to make sure you manage your shared resources. You can access this management console by right clicking on My Computer and choosing manage. You can then look into the shared folder listing and take a look at all shares even your hidden shares. This also shows you the all the files currently open or being used. You can also access this console by logging on as another user and then choosing administrative options from the control panel and then right clicking on computer management and selecting run as. You then select to log on as administrator only when using this tool. You can even choose to log on and connect to another computer remotely by right clicking computer management (local) listing and then choose connect to another computer. Finally select the machine or enter the name of the machine you want to connect to and then you can manage shared resources on that terminal remotely. You can even take a look at how many computers you are currently connected to remotely by looking into the session’s folder inside the management console.

Offline Files and Folders:

Microsoft has tried to solve the end user the trouble of not being able to access files incase he/she cannot connect to their files by introducing CSC or client side caching also know as offline files and folders. This gives us the ability to have the files and folders available to us without having to connect to the office. When you make changes to file and connect back online all changes will be synchronized with that shared file. However, it does not take care of conflicts, i.e. in a case when you have changed the file offline and it was also changed by another user when you connect back up the synchronization engine gives you an option to choose between which file you would like to upload. Configuring offline folder is very easy since all you have to do is to right click and choose them to make the file or folder available offline. Windows XP maintains a virtual path to that offline folder. You can disable offline availability by simply heading towards the sharing tab for that folder and file and clicking on caching and there you can turn off caching. You can even select automatic caching which makes that file available to other users. You can manually synchronize when you reconnect and even access your synchronization settings by accessing the synchronization option from the tools menu and choosing which files you would like to synchronize. You can even schedule synchronization. You can even look into more options inside the offline files tab inside the folder options window through the tools menu dropdown.

Configuring and Managing Printers:

Printing has become pretty powerful in Windows XP. Local printing is by far the easiest of all since it now operates on plug and play. As long as the drivers are signed you as user do not have to do much do except just use it. However, in a case of a non-signed drivers or an old printer you need to log on as an administrative user to manually install it. Once the printer is setup sharing is extremely easy and you can also set up permissions on that printer so that everyone cannot use it. Sharing a printer is extremely easy all you have to do is go up to the printer and right click and set up sharing. You can even add drivers to other operating systems where a user who has an older operating system can install drivers from your machine to make that printer available to him/her. You do have to make these drivers available on a network share for the other user to download. You can even publish your printer in the active directory to enable users for searches for quick printing. Normal users installing printers need administrative rights to install printers which are not detected through plug and play. You can set security settings for these printers by just right clicking on the icon and set up the print security settings through the security tab. You can even setup internet printing by using IIS and printer drivers for that printer and then print out to a URL or a web page which is assigned to a printer. You can start a print job by going to a web page as long as you have authenticated user rights to view that web page. You can install this service by installing IIS through add and remove windows components. If you talk to most network administrators you will find that most of their time is spent organizing and managing printers. Managing your printers inside windows XP is mainly done by print que itself. Only administrative users have the ability to pause and delete and change priority of print jobs. You can delete a print that is stuck and you might have to start up the spooler service on that machine to clear up all the junk. Print que can easily be accessed by just double clicking on the printer. In this window you can right click on the print job and either restart, pause or cancel it. You can go to printer properties through this window and then change the printer name and give a higher priority to it for executives or managers who need their print jobs to print faster and then set up another virtual printer connected to same device and give that printer another name and lower priority and for other people. The trick is to go the higher priority printer and remove the everyone from the security tab and add only the executive and manager groups. You can even create one printer icon to set up on multiple physical devices on different ports; this creates a print pool for high volume print environments. In this scenario the print look for the next available open printer to print to, incase the one before is busy.

Remote Connectivity:

Microsoft’s new operating system has enabled us to a whole new variety of remote connections and telecommuting. As internet connections become faster and faster telecommuting is becoming a much stronger and feasible option for many executives constantly on travel or working from home. With Windows XP you can maintain multiple connections for your home office and other environments. Dial up networking is extremely easy to configure on Windows XP. All you have to do is go to control panel and head to network setup and internet and then choose to create a new network connection on your machine. Virtual private networks in networking use the same strategy in network. The concepts are almost the same except that instead of dialing a phone number you are dialing an IP address. VPN’s use a little different technology that usual. You use PPTP (Point to point tunneling protocol) or L2TP (Layer two tunneling protocol). L2TP uses certification authority where both ends should have matching certificates. By default data encryption is turned on when using a virtual private network. Check the properties of a new VPN connection to change its settings and add or remove more options and protocols. You can even add smart card authentication for a VPN connection as authentication.

Internet Connection and Utilities:

As more and more homes today have more than computer we find the needs to have one single internet connections for each one of them, since we are trying to avoid the clutter at home or office. Internet connection sharing gives us the ability to have one internet connection and share it over the network. Internet connection sharing provides NAT (network address translation), DHCP and DNS for the client computers connecting to main gateway computer. You can access this from the advanced tab of tour internet connection. A new feature in Microsoft’s Windows XP is ICS (Internet discovery and control). This new feature allows the client to initiate a connection even when the main admin is not connected or dialed in to the connection. The user then can see all the stats on his computer through yours like the time and speed of the connection. You can turn on port forwarding for running web servers. You as an admin can make sure that users cannot share their own internet connection using ICS for other users. You can use group policies to make sure that ICS cannot be turned on for members of your group or domain. ICS uses a new feature known as UPnP (Universal Plug and Play).This is has no relation to hardware plug and play. ICS goes out and looks for internet connections available for sharing on the network. However, UPnP is not installed by default and has to be installed separately through the add remove windows components inside networking services. This scans available internet connections in the network automatically. In order to set up ICS you need to go to the connection which connects you to the internet and head towards the properties of that connection and go to the advanced tab to turn on ICS. Internet connection firewall is slimmed down version of firewall. Only requests made inside the network are entertained by the gateway computer and all other requests made from outside are dropped if the matching sending request from inside cannot be found. It is highly recommended that you use internet connection firewall on your network. However, it is not at strong as other third-part firewalls which stop applications from connecting to the internet. Make sure you turn on this firewall link on the connection connecting outside to the internet and not inside since you might block all users connecting through that computer. You can take a look at advanced settings for port forwarding and other services like FTP.

Web Services:

Windows XP professional has IIS 5.1 included in it. You can install IIS through add remove components. The IIS included in Windows XP pro is almost as powerful as the professional series version of IIS. You can take a look at IIS by running Internet explorer and then typing localhost which will pop by default the documentation of IIS as well. Internet explorer lets you setup security zones for various websites which you can add security zones like trusted websites. In this case the security and permissions will be set to a minimum for these sites. You can choose security settings to prompt for ActiveX controls for a more control over the internet applications. You can manage IIS through the computer management console in administrative tools inside the control panel.

Remote Desktop:

One of the big technologies Microsoft is trying to push is telecommuting. However, the biggest drawback to this is internet bandwidth. Microsoft’s answer to this is remote desktop. This uses Microsoft terminal services but you can only connect one user at one time on one machine. If a user is logged on locally it will log him off if another user is trying to connect to that machine. IIS 5.1 enables the user to connect to another computer using a browser and without any client. The administrator can create a group for users to connect to their desktop remotely. He can also remove this ability from group using his security policies. One setback can be blank passwords for remote logons, blank passwords are only entertained for physical console logon’s and may create problems when connecting remotely. You can remove this restrain through the local security policy setting but it may cause to be security loop hole. Setting up remote desktops is as easy as going to the remote tab of properties through My Computers and checking it on. You can then add users or groups you would like to give the ability to connect using remote desktop. You can then access your computer remotely by going to communications tab under accessories and then choosing remote desktop connection. You can then connect to your computer and even play around optimizing your settings to suit you best. You can also do this through the web using internet explorer. You can use the IP address or your computer name (http://[computer name]/tsweb) if DNS is setup. You want to make sure that you have the required ports opened up and the ability to setup VPN connections. You can even transfer files from one computer to another. Remote assistance request has been added to standard help menu in Windows XP which enables a user to connect to another user running Windows XP.

System Performance:

Windows XP lets the user tweak performance to his/her own standards. Applications performance in Windows XP can be controlled through the system control panel. You can also tune processor and memory operations to your liking. You can access these through system properties under My Computer and right click to properties or just hitting Windows key + pause. You can then go to advanced tab to go a long list and tabs of performance enhancements and settings. You can create shortcuts to applications for compatibility among different operating systems. If an application was written for earlier version you windows you can create a shortcut to that application and put in the name for the application. You can then right click to go to properties and then choose the compatibility tab to choose to run this program under other Windows operating system. Finally you need to monitor this entire performance enhancement and a way to log settings where you can compare this some standards. Some of the usual standards are like processor time should stay below 85% consistently. Periodic or un-periodic spikes are acceptable during loading of heavy software. Also interrupts should remain steady; if this number keeps going skyward this indicates a bad piece of hardware. Other things you might want to look at are hard drives through disk performance monitors. It can also show how your network is performing. If you are on a switch then this is pretty much useless though.

Windows Backup:

Backup is something no administrator can avoid to go without. Windows backup utility is standard backup program so incase of disaster you can restore all your information. Windows XP has introduced a volume shadow copy in where all applications and documents open at that time will stored as is using a snapshot of the system. The first thing you need to do is backup the local system state along with volume shadow copy and the drives you want to create the backup for. Only administrators and backup operators group can backup the system completely. Backup operators along with the administrators are the only one who can backup all the files on the system even the files they do not own. However, normal user can backup only his/her files. You can access the Windows XP back program through accessories and then system tools. This enables a lot of option including scheduling backups. Windows backup needs to logon using a user account to run a scheduled backup program so you want to make sure that this program runs with user account with full administrative access or a member of the backup operators group. If you haven’t prepared tapes since Windows XP backup utility does requires prepared tapes you can go into the settings of the backup command inside that schedule backup and add a /um command at the end for unmanaged media.

Disaster Recovery:

If all else fails and your system in a state you cannot do a normal start up there are tools provided by Microsoft’s Windows XP to recover as much as possible. Windows XP offers you several boot options like the safe mode to get you inside the base clean operating system with most functions in operation. You also have safe mode with networking or command prompt. You can then try to identify the problem or some installation that caused you to stop booting. You can then use last known good option to go back to previous operable state. You can also turn on the boot log which writes all the information into the log file saved as Ntbtlog.txt. Microsoft also has provided us with GUI based utility known as MSCONFIG enabled from the run menu. You can run through the options in this GUI based window. There is also the recovery console which you can access from the Windows CD, but if you want recovery console has bootup option you can just drop in the Windows XP CD and run this command through the prompt. “cd:\i386\winnt32 /cmdcons”. This will install it on the hard drive and you can access it the next time you boot. When you bootup you do need to logon as a local administrator for you access the files inside and finally you reach a completely DOS based console. Some of the commands you can run are fixboot and fixmbr for trying to fix the boot sector. The recovery console has restricted disk access, since it can be a wide open security loop hole. You can access disk media such as floppies but you can only copy from the floppy not into a floppy.

Candace Carter asked:

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10 steps on how to succed making Money on Domain Names

One of the most spoken deals in domain reselling was the sales of www.cellphones.com was sold for USD$4.2 million in cash. The original owner paid USD$90 for the name in 1996



“The secret has to do with what’s known as type-in traffic, or, in Wall Street jargon, direct navigation. Though it may seem odd in the era of powerful search engines, it turns out that millions of Internet surfers don’t use search at all. Instead, they type what they’re looking for right into the top of their Web browser.

Looking to buy candy? Type in Candy.com, a name Rick Schwartz bought in May 2002 for USD$108,000. A page filled with links to candy-related products comes up. Click on one of the ads and the advertiser pays Google, which in turn sends a share to Schwartz and the company that runs Candy.com. Some days Candy.com makes Schwartz USD$300 in profits; the site paid for itself in a year and a half. “ – via Business 2.0 CNN Money





Just to let you in on some trends in todays domain sales market is a top 10 overview from 2009 made by Domain Names News online services.

Toys.com sold for 5,100,000 USD, bankruptcy auction

Candy.com was sold for 3,000,000 USD, PVT sale

Fly.com was sold for 1,760 ,000 USD, Sedo

Auction.com was sold for 1,700,000 USD, Pvt Sale

Webcam.com was sold for 1,020,000 USD, RickLatona.com

Server.com was sold for 770,000 USD, Sedo

Talk.com was sold for 500,000 USD, Sedo

Top.com was sold for 357,500 Euro, Sedo

Body.com was sold for 400,000 USD, Sedo

Forums.com was sold for 399,999 USD, Sedo

Domain speculation is one of those online money making activities you can try for fun, but the risk is high, and success rate is relatively low, so don’t expect to quit your day job anytime soon.

In case you want to try your hand at this, here are a few quick tips.

1. Do the research:

You will want to get a feel of what’s selling on the market and for how much. Check out prominent domain resale and discussion sites such as DomainState & Namepros for a start. I found this this forum thread on Namepros to be particularly useful as it serves as a compilation of names members have actually sold, with their respective amounts.

2. Pick the name:



When deciding on the name you want to pick keep in mind these tips:

Keep the name short and simple. Use as few words as possible Do not use separators in the domain name Buy the generic product category names Buy a .com whenever possible Don’t infringe another company’s trademarks

For more details you may want to read www.friedbeef.com/2006/10/21/8-critical-considerations-for-picking-business-domain-names/ on Critical Considerations for Picking Business Domain Names.

Another way to determine how popular your domain name might be, would be to check Overture’s free keyword suggestion tool – which tracks how popular a search term is, or Google’s own search results to see if your domain contains a highly indexed (and probably highly demanded) keyword.

3. Go Hunting:

Most registrars offer some form of a domain hunting tool to let you know if your desired domain is available. Some even provide suggestions for you if they are not. My favourite however is still Instant Domain Search which checks domain availability – as you type. They’ve even come up with a widget which I have embedded in this post so you can search for domains right from this page. (RSS/email subscribers – please click through if you have trouble viewing the widget in this post.)

4. Pick a registrar

Picking who to buy from isn’t always about who’s the cheapest. Good support, to answer any questions you may have Ease of transfer is important to avoid any delays when reselling the domain Track record is important. Search the web to see what people are saying about them. Sites like WebHostingTalk and BestHostRatings offer reviews as well. If they don’t have good support for hosting, they probably won’t have good support on domains either.

Oh yes, avoid iPowerWeb like the plague. My short experience with them was nothing less than horrible.





5. Find discounts

Coupon Codes are codes that enable you to receive discounts, and a great way to purchase domains without having to pay full price.

Check out domain related forums, and members will sometimes disclose coupon codes to help the community in general. GoDaddy.com for example, publishes coupon codes openly on podcasts. If you plan to use GoDaddy.com you can type in Chris1, Chris2, Chris3, or Digg in the coupon code section to enjoy great discounts.

Let me state once again that domain speculation is one of those online money making activities you can try for fun, but the risk is high, and success rate is relatively low, so don’t expect to quit your day job anytime soon.

6. Decide on a price

Just like most other online sales – there is no real market price for your domains. Everything runs on the most basic ‘willing buyer, willing seller’ premise. Of course if you feel your domain names are sought after, you can hold out for better prices.

To help you decide on a price, you can use:

Past sales – Take a look what people are selling their domains for. Free Appraisals – Take a free appraisal. This may not be terribly reliable, but would at least give you a rough indication of what to expect. Try Leapfish as an example. Professional Appraisals – Some sites offer professional consultation, which is more expensive, but important when dealing with big money names. Try Sedo for professional help.

7. Park or Develop

What do you do with the site while waiting for a buyer? You can either put some content up, or simply park it. Parking your domain will create an instant page of advertising listing where are generated based on the domain name. For example, a shampoo related domain name would have shampoo ads on it.

Domain Parking accomplishes 2 things. It lets you:

Earn some minor income on the side while waiting to resell your name Gauge whether you should even sell it in the first place! Some names are popular enough that they pay for themselves via advertising (when people click on the ads).

8. Advertise

Let the world know you are selling your domain. Try posting your list on domain forums like Namepros, domain reselling specialists like Sedo, or even eBay. When describing the domain, create a compelling argument as to why it is worth the money you’re asking for. For example, is it a popular search term? Is it short but memorable name? Is the name useful for commercial purposes?















9. Negotiate the deal

Here’s where your research you did earlier gives you an idea of what type of prices to hold out for. Here’s a tip. Don’t wait until your domain expiry is approaching before starting to lower your prices. It puts you in a desperate position if you don’t plan to renew it.

10. Sell Sell Sell

Wherever possible, ask for good contract with payment terms first before transferring. Try using an escrow service such as Sedo or Escrow if it makes both parties more comfortable. The commission may be a bit high, but it may be worth the peace of mind especially with pricey domain names.

And there you go… 10 steps which should walk you through the whole selection, buying, and selling process. What other tips do you have?

We are more than happy to help you define a strategy for how to sell your domain, and even make sure you will achieve best price for your domain. We know how to market domains, and we certainly know how to make your domain more attractive to the potential investors.

Write us at sak@ec-ba.com and we will be more than happy to discuss your sales plans. We do content management and web design, so if you need any assistance in this area as well, we are more than glad to assist you there. We work on a no cure – no pay strategy, so there are no risks involved for you. Best regards Stig-Arne Kristoffersen EC-BA W.L.L

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