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Importance of renewing your domain name
Sunday, April 22, 2007
First, imagine the worst - you've spent time or money or both building up the reputation and popularity of your website and the domain hasn't been renewed...what happens...you lose all your hard work. There are periods where you can get your domain back even if you don't renew on time - the length of time depends on the domain in question. It may cost you more than just the renewal fee though.
The first rule is to keep your details with your domain registration company up to date. If they cannot contact you about renewals, you will have to remember to do this yourself.
Secondly, don't keep putting it off because you don't have time to do it at that second - a renewal takes less than five minutes.
If you employ a web designer and part of their brief is to purchase domain names on your behalf, ensure they register the domains in your name, not theirs.
And if they do the renewals for you, check that you have paid their invoice in time. Better still, ask them to enter your e-mail address as the domain contact and you can do the renewals yourself. If they won't do that, make sure that you aren't paying too far over the odds for the renewal - a domain name costs between about $8 - $15 per year for .com (or £5 per two years for a .co.uk).
If you part company with your designer ensure you get all logins and passwords before this happens - don't let them hold you to ransom. Any web designer that won't automatically give you all passwords and logins should be avoided.
See:
1and1 (UK) - cheapest domains ending in 'uk'
1and1 (US) - cheapest domains (must be US or Canada resident)
GoDaddy - cheapest domains (no geographical restriction)
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