Thoughts For The Day: Domain Ownership

Domain Ownership

Do you own your own domain?

You'd be surprised how many people I talk to who don't even own their own domain.

Most don't know.

You might think you do, but it's worth confirming.

Seems a lot of webmasters register domains in their name, or their company's name.

I've done it myself, not intentionally, but when in a rush.

1) Do you own your domain?

2) Is the email address that they use for notifications (i.e renewals) your current? If it isn't, you won't get notifications of a pending expiration or other important news about your domain registration.

3) Is your regular mailing address current?

4) When does your domain expire? (consider renewing it for a 5 or 10 year term).

5) Who is your domain registered through? Who is the "REGISTRAR"?

6) Do they offer 24/7 telephone support (i.e. you can call and a REAL person answers the phone?

7) If not, move your domain registration management to Go Daddy immediately.

Helpful links:

Domain Tools - http://www.domaintools.com

Go Daddy is online at: http://www.godaddy.com