If you decide to create your own website on the Internet, you probably already know that the mandatory action for this is domain registration. There are several options to do this:
- Paid domain registration
- Free domain registration
Almost all hosting providers provide services for domain name registration. To attract customers, hosting services are often offered free of charge or distributed to customers as a gift when buying hosting services for a long time. For the user, this method is the most economical, therefore, and is in great demand.
What to do if the hoster took the domain?But this transaction may be unprofitable, because buying a new hosting for a long time is a very risky business. Can bring the quality of services, from which the gift will not be of any use.
And before you accept a gift in the form of a free domain, you should know how much it will cost to renew its registration. It may happen that for this service you will need to pay several times more expensive than the cost of similar services on other hosting.
What you need to know about domain registration
It often happens that the user loses his domain. The reason for this may be a delay in payment for the services provided or fraud, initiated by unscrupulous suppliers.
That is why it is necessary initially, when registering to protect themselves, so that in the future do not worry about the loss of their property. To check the integrity of the selected site of the Registrar you want to view feedback about it. You can also check the WMID specified in the service. The presence of a certificate, postal address, phone number, contract-offer and other optional will be required for a serious site.
As for the domains received for the promotion, the recipient must be sure to read all the attached terms and conditions and of course with the reviews of the granting company. To issue such a gift should be on yourself, not on the hosting provider, so as not to fall for the bait, because the temporary use of such services does not exist. The domain is either yours or not.
Registration rules
You should register the domain in your personal name or your company. In case of incorrect information, immediate data correction should be required. In case of refusal of this requirement, you will be helped by the Coordination center or an accredited register, depending on whom the domain was purchased.
The provision of various documents on the domain does not protect the buyer from fraud, because such documents do not have legal and do not give any guarantee. The domain administrator can only be identified by whois data.
If you specify incorrect registration data, you should immediately write to the Registrar about the error. This issue is easy to solve at the beginning, but if there are any difficulties in the future, such nuances can turn against you.
Recommendations
- Choose only verified registrars.
- Register the domain only on the actual owner.
- If you received a domain as a gift or become a participant of the action – carefully read the terms of the extension.
- A few hours after the registration is complete, be sure to check the whois, where your data should be.
- Following the extension of the period of use of the domain, verify that the deadline has changed.
- Be sure to get a password and login from your domain.
- Use only complex and complex passwords for access to mail and panel.
- Do not forget to pay for the renewal of domains.
- For serious business, you should register domains for a legal entity.
- Before you start registration, be sure to read the rules of domain registration, with the terms of splitting and special conditions.
What to do in case of domain loss
Very often it happens that users who bought a domain do not comply with certain conditions of the contract and lose their domain irrevocably. Here you can not argue with anyone, because all the actions take place according to the law. But it also happens when unscrupulous domain registrars steal their property from buyers. In this case, a single policy for resolving domain disputes, which concerns out-of-court procedures and a specific policy for resolving such situations, will help the deceived users.
Consideration of disputes is made in special arbitration bodies. This procedure does not require a long time, it differs from court proceedings in its cheapness and is convenient for both parties.
Domain hijackers pursue different goals in their business, but most often it is illegal enrichment. There are situations when thieves offer the former owner to buy from them a domain that previously belonged to him. Most organizations agree and quietly buy back their domain name. Also, the kidnappers can steal domains for the purpose of espionage or damage to the reputation and image of the owner.
That is why you should follow all the recommendations and be very careful when registering domains to avoid losing their property.
I recommend you to register domains separately from the hosting from a special Registrar. Thus, you can avoid a lot of problems.
And still, be sure to answer all emails that come from the Registrar about your domain, for example, with a request to confirm your data. Sometimes the blocking occurs due to the fact that the host data is not confirmed.