Monday, June 1st, 2009
Mark Shin asked:
There are several sites on the internet claiming to offer the cheapest domain names. If you look hard enough, you can find domain names for as low as $1.99 or $2.99 per year. So, what’s the catch?
You have to realize that not all domain names are created equally. And, not all domain registrars include the same services in the price of your domain name. A good .com domain name will cost around $10 per year and should include at the very least,
free domain forwarding
free personalized email addresses & alias forwarding
free parking
full DNS access
free domain registration privacy
When you buy a cheap domain name for $1.99 you’re cutting out some of those services. Depending on your needs, that might be okay, but if you want to actually use your domain name for your website, make sure to read the fine print…
Here are some of the tricks that registrars use when they offer their “cheapest domain names” promotion. Even the big companies do it.
Bait and switch. GoDaddy offers domain names for as low as $2.99 but they’re for the .info domain name. Chances are you want a .com domain name which costs $9.99 per year.
The special discount price only applies to the first year. Yahoo recently sold .com domain names in March for $1.99 but the special price was only for the first year and for new customers. It would switch to $9.95 per year after the first year.
You only get the $1.99 domain name rate if you also buy a non-domain name product (Limit of 1 domain name). A non-domain name product usually means web hosting. Quite frankly, if you’re going to pay for web hosting, find a good registrar that will give you that domain name for absolutely free.
Two sites look awfully familiar. It’s probably because one of the sites is a domain name reseller. Some entrepreneur buys domain names at wholesale cost from the big companies and then resells them to regular people like you or I.
Make sure you do your homework before registering a domain name because you can’t get a refund. As always, buyer beware!
Caffeinated Content
Tags: Domain Forwarding, Email Addresses, Entrepreneur, Free Personalized Email, Godaddy, Info Domain, Nam, Name Domain, Registering A Domain, Wholesale Companies
Posted in Domain Names | No Comments »
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Zach Bastick asked:
Alvorens u een domeinnaam koopt, overweeg uw opties. Maar als u als de meeste domeinkopers bent, kunt u
Tags: Bedrijven, Credibility, Domain Company, Domain Forwarding, Domein, Forwards, Important Factors, Koop, Naam Van, Overzicht Van
Posted in Domain Names | No Comments »
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
RealEstateAgentProfiles.com asked: Did you know that more than one domain name can be used to refer to your website? For example, you can have your visitors use thatrealestatetdomain.com thisrealestatewebsite.com or to get thisrealestatewebsite.com. There are several ways to accomplish this. First, you should make your web site with your primary domain setting you use for your visitors and for correspondence (email). The child domains can then be set to point to your site using the issue of the URL (also called issue domain, domain redirect, or URL redirect). You can set these features when you log in to your Domain Registrar account (if your secretary offers these services). The end user will usually see the URL of the domain (IM) of the destination. Here are the technical options for a count of indicator: 1. Point to the child domain on the upper level (Home Page) from another website: This option works well in situations where visitors must see the same content no matter which type in the URL it. Under this option, anyone typing in the child domain, secondarydomain.com end up on the website for the parent domain, primarydomain.com. The address would show in the address bar of the user 's web browser would be the primary domain primarydomain.com 2. points the child domain in a sub-folder of another website: This option works well when visitors who visit the two domains should see different content. This option is recommended for short term events or promotions, such as advertising a new product. Under this option, anyone typing in secondarydomain.com end up in one direction as primarydomain.com / subfolder /. In this way, visitors who come directly to the primary domain would see different content than those that connect via the child domain. The child domains are particularly useful for situations where people type your primary domain name incorrectly or you use offline marketing, such postcards, with specific domain name. For example, you can send postcards to the city A and city B. Each city would get a card with a unique domain name listed (ex. "CityARealestate.com and CityBRealEstate.com). But because the issue of the URL, both domains may end up raising the client at the same place. The provision of sub-domains varies from secretary to secretary.
Caffeinated Content
Tags: Domain Forwarding, Domain Name, Domain Redirect, Email, Offline Marketing, Real Estate, Reference, Subfolder, Technical Options, Web Domain
Posted in Real Estate | No Comments »
