What You Should Know About Domain Name Registration?

When you plan to set up your own website for the purpose of making money online, selection of a proper domain name is essential. Domain name is the name which describes your website. When your website comes up in the search engine results, the domain name provides some information about it to the searchers. It should not be irrelevant or misleading and should match with the content of your website. Domain name selection is the first step to get your website online. Therefore, proper care should be taken when selecting the same.

The domain name selected should be short, memorable and easy to spell. It should relate to your core business. If your domain name contains more than three words, use hyphens. There are different domain name extensions available, such as, .com, .net, .org, .info etc. Of all these, .com is the most popular domain name extension (.org for non-profit organizations).

Domain names are easy to register. They are also cheap ( as low as $1.99). There are hundreds of domain name registration companies online. Some of the popular ones are, Yahoo, Register.com, Go Daddy, NetworkSolutions etc. These companies are all ICANN accredited. You can register your domain name for as many years as you want or you may register it for one year and extend it at the end of the year.

Before registering your domain name, make sure that it has not been already registered by somebody else. Even if a domain name has been taken by someone, it may be purchased from the owner. You may want to buy a particular domain name (which has been already registered) due to it's high page rank. You may buy used domain names through certain forums and websites such as, Digital Point, Sitepoint, Namepros etc.

When registering your domain name, you are generally given an option to keep it private. This will keep your details like name, e mail ID etc. out of the international data base.

Web Hosting

Web hosting is the service that allows you to have a website on the internet. I like to think of it as online storage units. The data can be hosted on fast servers for a monthly fee, or for free on overcrowded - slow servers. Free web hosting is very popular because of the easy access it provides beginners to build their first website.

Why is it Free?

Most free hosting companies make money by selling ads on your website. Everything from banner ads to pop-ups can generate revenue on user websites. Some free hosts get a little carried away, like one I have used that has 2-3 pop-up ads and several annoying banners. This may seem annoying but hey, it's free.

Another reason they can give it away free is that you are sharing a server with sometimes up to 100,000 other people. This overcrowding limits the amount of storage space and bandwidth transfer that a free host can provide. Most of the popular free hosting companies offer only enough space to have a small personal website. The good ones have paid upgrades available so you can graduate to paid web hosting when you are ready.

Pros and Cons of Free Hosts
Besides the office benefit of building a website for free there are other reasons that free web hosting is a good option. What about a website for a school play or a birthday party? After the event is over, the website is useless. This is a good place for a free hosted website. Since most paid web hosting plans have a one year term, free hosting is a good choice for short-term sites.

Some find the anonymity of free web hosting useful when building sites that require secrecy. This can be a downside as well since you are sharing a server with thousands of other webmasters. If one spammer or scammer gets blacklisted or banned for questionable actions - it can effect everyone on the server.


What about Domain Names?

Free hosting most often does not include a domain name. Your website address with a free host usually looks something like yoursite.20m.com or like http://bob.20m.com . These are called sub-domains and are not easy for your users to remember the address. Some will let you upgrade to your own .com domain name, but most of them require this article has all rights reserved and is copyright by 100 Best upgrading to a paid hosting package first.

Shared Hosting

Shared hosting is the most common and certainly the least expensive way to host your site, and is the primary focus of this web hosting directory. Web hosts in this category usually provide anywhere from 20megs of web space to 200megs and range in price from free to about $30 a month. Since 20 megs is equal to about 1000 pages of text, that is usually adequate for small sites.

Shared Free Hosting usually includes a free subdomain (yourname.150m.com) but often includes advertisements on one or more of your homepages, which pays for the free service. However they do provide a paid upgrade option which eliminates the ad banners and provides additonal web space, bandwidth, and support.

Dedicated Hosting costs several hundred dollars a month and this article has all rights reserved and is copyright by 100 Best is feasible only for businesses with very large and active web sites. Dedicated hosts give each user their own server to use the web space and bandwidth as they please.

Is this scenario familiar? "You decide to build a web site. You type the name you want in your web browser to see if the .com you would like is being used for a web site already - find it is not and race to a domain registrar to snatch the name up for yourself - only to find that the domain name is 'Not Available'. Arghhh!" Learning that unused (but registered) names are unavailable can be frustrating for buyers. However, there is hope! Many domain owners are selling their previously registered domains. Read on to learn how buying aftermarket domains works.


The Aftermarket Market

Domain name owners are selling previously registered domain names through aftermarket domain buying/selling websites. These services post "for sale" domain names for domain name owners and reserve a commission of the sale of the domain name for themselves. Buyers are able to browse available names and purchase them through the web sites secure escrow services. Then the ownership of the domain name is transferred from seller to buyer.

Aftermarket Pricing

Using your business name or brand in a domain name can be important and essential for your business's e-commerce success. And domain sellers know this. So aftermarket domains are very pricey. You can't get any $4.95 deals in the aftermarket. You can plan on spending $100+ for an aftermarket domain name. Some domain names are selling for thousands, and hundreds of thousands of dollars.

How Prices are Determined

Although an ambitious domain seller could place any price they wanted on a domain name, there is some help for buyers in determining domain value. Domain name appraisal services will, for a fee, appraise the value of a domain name using specific algorithms and criteria. For example, one word .com's, two and three character domains, high traffic keywords, and brand specific names are worth a lot more than the others. Most domain sellers will have their domain appraised and buyers should request to see the appraisal certification before purchasing a high value domain.

Pricing- Flat Rate vs. Auction

The pricing methods of aftermarket domains vary depending on the service. Some domain buying/selling web sites sell domains on a flat-rate basis, while others offer more of an auction. AfterNIC, the leader in aftermarket sales, offers a combination of both pricing structures, where sellers determine minimum bid amounts and buyers can bid on the price, OR buyers can purchase a domain name for the asking price. The asking price is usually very high, but serious buyers don't have to worry about being out-bid.

Using Escrow to Safely Transfer Funds

Because domains are for sale by owner through the aftermarket, buyers should be wary of making deals one-on-one. Aftermarket domains are usually sold for a great sum and caution should be taken when transferring money from buyer to seller. For the safety of both parties use an escrow, or trusted third-party, service to make the transaction. Domain buying/selling sites will have an on-hand escrow service. Use it.

The Built-in Traffic Bonus

Some previously owned domain names come with baggage. This can be good or bad. Some domain names may have received a lot of traffic with a previous owner or have advertised the domain heavily. This can help a new owner get going. On the other hand, maybe the previous owner was a bit shady and the domain this article has all rights reserved and is copyright by 100 Best is banned from upstanding searches for malcontent and they are trying to get rid of the domain on the aftermarket. This is probably not anything to worry about- but worth considering as an aftermarket buyer.

Where to Find Aftermarket Domains

The best place to go to purchase previously registered domain names is AfterNIC.com. They have the most reputable services for sealing the deal, and an enormous selection of domain names. Other aftermarket domain buyer/seller sites include: GreatDomains, Sedo, and DomainMart.

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