Your domain name is the core of your online presence. It allows users to easily find and visit your website. It also lets you to send and receive emails through a business email address. If something should happen to the domain name, and you lose control of it, these parts of your business will screech to a halt.
Keep your domain name’s contact information accurate.
WHOIS is an online system you can use for finding domain name information. Regular people using this system can only see things like the expiry date on a domain name, not who owns it. However, domain registrars and official bodies (like Nominet or ICANN) can see the full information listed on it.
This contact record is important – the name on it is the effective legal owner. Whenever an issue affects your domain, the domain contact will receive a notification. If someone else manages your domain and they will not transfer it back to you, then you may have to go through expensive legal processes to get it back.
Remember to renew your domain name
Forgetting to renew your domain name can be a costly mistake, and it can happen to anybody – even Google. In September of 2015, they accidently sold their domain name for $12. After realizing the mistake, they cancelled the order but they reportedly ended up paying more than $10,000 to get it back.
If you don’t renew your domain in time, it goes up for sale and anyone can purchase it. If your domain registration expires, someone else could buy it. Potentially holding it for ransom, forcing you to pay a lot of money to get it back. valuable enough are held ransom for millions of pounds.
Losing your business’ domain could also leave it open to being used for malicious purposes. In the wrong hands, your domain could be used to spread malware or to trick users. This puts your users’ identities in harm’s way and compromises the integrity your business.
What can I do to protect my business’ domain name?
Avoiding domain loss is easy – don’t put your business or customers in a bad position by forgetting. If you want help with managing a domain name, get in touch with us today by calling 01646 682676. Alternatively you can send us a message at this link.
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