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Are you Master of your Own Domain?
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Who owns your domain name? Oftentimes customers will approach me
after they have already chosen a domain name. What I investigate
first is who actually owns that domain name. I no longer ask the
customer directly, because 99.9% of the time the response is
always "I do" when in fact many of them unwittingly do not.
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Distribution Date and Time: 2006-12-07 11:00:00
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Are you Master of your Own Domain?
Copyright (c) 2006 Kate Smalley
Connecticut Secretary
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Who owns your domain name? Oftentimes customers will approach me
after they have already chosen a domain name. What I investigate
first is who actually owns that domain name. I no longer ask the
customer directly, because 99.9% of the time the response is
always "I do!" when in fact many of them unwittingly do not.
Determining this is an easy step; you simply go to an independent
domain registrar such as Register.com, http://www.register
and type in the domain name and choose whois when the results pop
up and you can see who is listed as owner.
The problem we run into is when individuals have chosen to
purchase their domain name through a hosting service at a
discounted rate. The hosting service is the company that
purchases and owns your domain name, and in essence you sometimes
just end up renting it along with your hosting service. This is a
great way for the hosting company to ensure continued business.
Think about if, in the future, you decide to change hosting
services. Who do you think you will have to contact to have your
domain redirected to another hosting provider? How anxious do you
think they will be to provide service to you? How quickly do you
feel they will redirect your url? What will happen if they forget
to renew your domain name and someone else obtains control and
ownership of it? What happens if that hosting company goes out of
business? I have seen it happen.
To take this conversation one step further, there are now hosting
companies that will purchase the domain in your name, so you are
the official owner, but they still retain control over your usage
of the account. An important point to remember is that ownership
of an account as well as having the ability to use the account
are important features when deciding how to purchase your domain
name. I am not saying this is a fact with all hosting companies;
I only ask you to consider it for your own well-being and future
viability on the internet. Purchasing a domain name yourself is
only a matter of spending a few extra dollars per year, and is
well worth the security of knowing you are the owner and the one
in control of your domain. Consider the amount of work that you
have put in to targeting and obtaining traffic through the search
engines on your keywords and search terms. Think about all the
business you will loose if you have to start over again with a
new domain name from scratch.
If you are about to start the process of obtaining an internet
identity I suggest that you take the time to consider the future
ramifications of the decisions you make today. Paying an
additional $20.00 every two years to register and maintain your
domain name is a small price to pay considering the problems you
might otherwise encounter.
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