January 16th, 2009 | 
Author: How To Pick A Web Name?
A domain name is a name you want to call your website.
To obtain a domain name you have to pay an annual fee to a registrar for the right to use that name. Take into consideration that you cannot buy a domain for life. You get it for a period of one to ten years.If you fail to renew the domain name at the end of its term the registration of the domain will be revoked and the domain name may be acquired by another party.
Buying a domain name is one of the easiest tasks. To purchase a domain name take the following steps:
1 Refer to the website of an authorized registrar.
2 Use the registrar’s online search function to search to see if your desired domain name is taken.
3 If your picked domain name is available you can then proceed to the next step to complete the registration form and pay by credit card.
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Important Tips:
1 As you’re registering your name you will be presented with the option of adding Privacy to your domain registration. A private domain registration will keep your information name email address etc. out of the global Internet database and will prevent a lot of spam from reaching your email box. It is highly recommended you select this option.
2 Avoid web hosts offering free domain. Try to register the name yourself so that you can be sure that you are registered as the owner. If your web host places itself as the owner they can always decide to not let you change your web hosting service. Especially if you are not happy with their hosting service it can be catastrophic! So don’t accept any free domain name and pay for it.
3 Don’t trust any cheap service. Some registrars are cheating and misleading their customers. For example if the price of a domain name is 10 /year they offer it 2 for first year. But next years they charge 35 to renew the domain name! On the other hand many of cheap services don’t allow you to have full control on your domain name.
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Where Can You Get Started?
If you are looking for a safe and cheap service that works for you GoldPuma.com is a reliable website to register your desired domain name.Their service is one of the lowest cost services on the web which is really fullfeatured and easytouse. They offer free extras with every domain name and you can check out their hot prices by going there.
http://www.goldpuma.com/domain
About the writer: Mike Walton is founder of www.cheapasdirthosting.net which provides its clients with hassle free web hosting at low cost. We offer plans with a 1Click installation that will setup your blog forum cms gallery or ecommerce website in seconds.
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