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Domain Name Registration
With over 10,000 Internet domain names being registered weekly strictly on a "first come first served" basis, it should be considered important to protect your company name by registering your domain name at the earliest opportunity, even if you are not yet ready to actually use the name.
It's easy enough to do this yourself, but it is absolutely critical that you use a company that abides by all the various rules and conventions that will affect your future use of your name. The common pitfalls are:
Registration of the supplier as the legal owner of your
domain name
This is often done through sheer ignorance but occasionally as policy
by unscrupulous companies.
Low registration fees purporting to include zillions of features
The features often turn out to be useless, then you find it costs
a fortune to transfer your name to a "proper" provider.
Poor quality website forwarding
Very often one of the "features" as mentioned above - this sometimes
means the addition of obtrusive adverts to your website, but at worst
will mean that your website is completely invisible to all search engines.
Total loss of your domain at renewal time
Some companies do not adhere to the accepted standard methods for renewing
registrations with the appropriate authorities when the name comes up
for renewal. This can mean that your website suddenly vanishes without
notice, and in some circumstances you may not be able to use your domain
ever again.
Inflated fees for pathetic service
This mainly occurs when you deal with household name telecoms and directory
companies and almost any firm with the word "registration" in
its name. You might assume that its a safe bet to deal with these kind
of companies, but when the inevitable problem occurs - usually when you
try to bring your website "alive" - you'll wonder why you paid
10 times the going rate for the amount of hassle you're getting....
Register your domain name through us and you will avoid all the above potential problems and possibly a whole lot more. We currently charge:
£29 for .co.uk and .org.uk
£39 for .com, .net and .org
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Includes two years naming authority fees |
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The name is legally registered to you and is immediately entirely your property |
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Names registered are on standby to be used on our commercial servers. There is no additional "parking" or "maintenance" charge. |
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Immediate use of your domain name for Email redirection to any existing dial-up account. |
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Automatic redirection of your domain name to any existing website. |
If you would like further information or advice, you may telephone us for domain name sales and enquiries during normal office hours on 01493 662929 or use our contact form at any time.
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