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It would
be great if domains were just registered and that was it but there's more to it
than that. If you intend on managing your own domain it is crucial that you become educated in the domain management process as much
as possible.
I've been managing hundreds of domains for about 7 years so I have
some experience in this area.
It only takes one mistake
or missed payment to have a nightmare situation arise. I've had several clients and read about dozens of others through the WIPO rulings (the legal
entity in charge of managing disputes between parties trying to recover a domain
name) who decided to take control of their domain.
Unfortunately through
lack of knowledge and attention these good folks lost their domains to domain "Snappers"
(companies, typically in Asia, that monitor expiring domains and within seconds
of it becoming available they register it) and it was a huge task to get them
back, one children's author never got it back and it ended up being an adult
content site based in Asia.
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Here's some
tips:
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Use domain locking and
auto-renewal.
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Keep at least one valid
credit card on file at the registrar, preferrably two or three.
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By default all contact
information associated with a domain is public information so I'd recommend
using a mailing and email address you don't mind getting a lot of additional
SPAM sent to as there are a couple hundred email miners (people who scour the
domain registration records) that will try to contact you. Alternatively you can
set the domain to private or use a proxy service (which is essentially what we
act as). Both typically cost an extra fee through your domain
registrar.
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Periodically update the
domain records to refresh the change date (to show you are actively tracking the
domain) and contact email address to help foil the SPAMmers.
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