Monday, July 8, 2013

Shedding More Light on Domain Registration Service



As the name suggests, domain registration is a service that lets you book the desired name for your website, thereby marking the beginning of your journey towards web presence. This service is offered by registrars and service providers and costs you as per the name you choose. The service can be divided into three parts:

• Searching for a name and checking its availability

• Getting the name registered

• Getting round-the-clock support from the service provider

Let’s start with the first one because it all begins when you think of a name that goes well with what you are building the site for. For instance, if you are to support flood victims in Uttarakhand, the name of your website must not be oldcarsforsaleinUttarakhand.com. You can rather go for something like letussupportUttarakhand.com, provided it’s not already taken. That’s where the domain search tool comes in to the picture as it lets you determine the availability and also makes it possible for you to find out if the name is available with ‘.com’ just like you desire, or you need to settle for ‘.org’.

Coming to the second part of the domain registration service, it’s time for you to find a service provider and ask them to get the available name registered at the earliest as the longer you wait, the more the chances of you having to conduct domain search again for obvious reasons. Ensure that you are being charged reasonably and in accordance with the extension you choose. Also, try to get value for money by looking for a service provider that not just helps you with the registration but also extends free services such as DNS management, domain forwarding, and privacy protection.

Last but not least, the part where the service provider is to support you, make sure that they are actually there 24 by 7 as you may encounter some unforeseen issues.