Domain Names: Dot-Com Will Always be King!

Dot-Com Will Always be King!

Written by Wayne Ford

Look out! The new domains are coming! “Dot-biz is going to be repparttar

next coming of dot-com,” I recently read in an article in repparttar 108313

Denver Post. The buzz has begun. Seven new top-level domains have been approved by ICANN, repparttar 108314

organization that governs domains, and could be available as early as spring of this year. The new domains approved are .biz, .info, .aero, .coop, .musuem, .pro, and .name. Pre-registration sites like, PreRegisterYourDomains.com, already have begun taking applications claiming “3 million domain names will be registered in repparttar 108315

first five minutes.” That same Denver Post article later says ‘If predictions from analysts hold true – that dot-biz will rival repparttar 108316

popularity of dot-com – startups will no longer have to settle for second-tier domain names.’ Hogwash! – To put it gently. Dot-com will always be repparttar 108317

supreme ruler of all domain names. Here’s why:

Word Association. Ask anyone repparttar 108318 first three words that come to mind when you say ‘Internet’ and one will almost always be ‘dot-com’ along with ‘web’ or ‘surfing.’ Dot-com is forever chiseled into our brain directly associated with repparttar 108319 Internet.

‘Old habits die hard.’ The new domains will confuse repparttar 108320 average everyday web surfer. With so many suffixes it will be harder to find repparttar 108321 information they are looking for. Out of frustration they will, most likely, resort to repparttar 108322 old standby, dot-com.

Marketing. Big businesses like IBM and Microsoft have already spent billions promoting their dot-coms’ in print, and media advertising. Is Microsoft going to switch to promoting Microsoft.biz instead of Microsoft.com? This is highly unlikely.

Brand Protection. The same people who own repparttar 108323 corresponding dot-com will most likely buy up most of repparttar 108324 dot-biz (said to be restricted to business only) and dot-info (open to anyone) to protect their valuable brand. Someone with fishland.com is not going to want someone else to own fishland.biz and fishland.info. The real winners here are repparttar 108325 lawyers, who should be kept busy for years with trademark infringement suits.

Transferring Domains

Written by Richard Lowe

Are you getting repparttar

service that you require from your domain registrar? Actually, thinking about it for a minute, it might be a better question to ask, do you even know what services are available? Are you aware that you can shop around and get better prices, more features and far better customer service?

Guess what? All domain registrars are not repparttar 108312 same.

Okay, let's back up a minute. Way back when repparttar 108313 internet was young (maybe 5 years ago) all domain names were handled by Network Solutions, Inc. In those dark, evil days you had no choice. It didn't matter what you thought of repparttar 108314 process, it was unimportant that you were not getting service and repparttar 108315 price, well, was a standard high fee.

A few years ago repparttar 108316 government decided that Network Solutions would no longer be a monopoly. The government wanted to do this to deregulate repparttar 108317 industry and encourage competition, and also perhaps to spur a little bit of growth into this thing called repparttar 108318 internet.

Okay, so now you do have a choice. In fact, there are well over a hundred different domain registrars at last count. They seem to be springing up all over repparttar 108319 place, and repparttar 108320 level of support and service, as well as repparttar 108321 price, seems to vary greatly.

You may not know it, but you can change domain registrars at any time. It's actually not very complicated at all.

Here are some of repparttar 108322 questions that you may have regarding domain transfers.

How much does it cost?

It depends upon repparttar 108323 domain registrar. I have found that many will transfer your domain for no cost to get your business. Others will charge a few dollars ($5 to $20 or more), but will drop repparttar 108324 fee if you extend your domain for a couple of years. Shop around and find a good deal.

What are repparttar 108325 advantages of transferring?

You may not like repparttar 108326 domain registrar you are currently using - perhaps they have poor support or cost too much. You can shop around and find repparttar 108327 best solution for your needs.

Remember, though, that if you are like most people, domain registration is something you will not do very often, so perhaps customer support is not all that important.

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