When you are starting out in business and the time is right to set up a website, one of the first thoughts you are likely to have is to buy a domain name for your company. Whilst you may well be enjoying coming up with possible names and checking out if they are available, there is another option you can take and this is to buy an already existing domain name.
Clearly an existing website is not what you are looking for as you will want to create one of your own revealing your business vision, but the benefits of buying a domain name already in existence are numerous so if you have not set your heart on a totally new domain name this is an alternative option open to you.
The main advantage is that the website already in operation has traffic flowing in its direction. The particular amount of traffic will obviously depend on what effort has been put in by the current owner by way of promotion. However, any traffic at all is better than nothing and the number of visits shown on the website will be more effective at drawing further viewers than one stating zero, as would be the case in a brand new domain name.
Search engine optimization is also an advantage as the current owner is likely to have spent a little time optimizing the domain name portfolio for search engine benefits. Many owners make a specific effort in targeting keywords to ensure the domain name gets listed. In this way you can capitalize on their earlier efforts which have allowed their (and now your) domain name to work its way into the listings of the search engines.
A third advantage is that the day of short and targeted key word domain names is past. In fact it is practically impossible to come up with an unregistered domain name of a brief and memorable nature especially if you already have a certain keyword in mind. However, many of the catchy domain names which were registered previously were done for short term investment purposes so you may find they are willing to sell on the name. This is really the only way to get your hands on one of these pre-existing domain names.
Selecting the perfect domain name for your internet business can be both challenging and exciting, but if you do some research and find out about the availability of existing domain names you may well discover a super bargain which will get your business off to an excellent start.
Also known as ?Privacy Protection? This is a term involved with domain name registration. And it literally means you domain name registration details are kept private or in other words your personal details such as your name, home/ office address, email address and phone numbers are not displayed in public data base. If I may define ?private registration? in another way, it means, Implementation of appropriate safeguard measures to ensure the security and confidentiality of WHOIS data records, as well as to protect the WHOIS records against threats or identity theft that could result in substantial embarrassment, harm, inconvenience, or unfairness to any person.
Why you need Privacy Protection?
Imagine for a second, when you register a domain, your name, address, email address and phone number are immediately made available to anyone who wants to see them? That's right. Your personal information is exposed 24 hours a day, everyday, to anyone, anywhere globally. When buying a domain name you have to provide accurate contact information or else your domain registration could be terminated as it would be in violation of the ICANN terms and conditions for any and all domain name registrations.
This information has to be made publicly available to everyone via the public WHOIS database as required by ICANN, the international governing body for domain names. Everyday, this valuable source of accurate contact information is targeted and harvested by spammers and telemarketers resulting in unwanted and unsolicited contact. Also since your contact information is public, you are at risk for identity theft and fraud and of being contacted by harassers and stalkers.
The benefits of making a traditional domain name registration into a fully secured private registration
1.Prevent Identity theft and fraud. 2.Prevent unexpected online/offline harassments and stalking 3.Prevent unsolicited commercial emailing 4.Prevent receiving direct mail/sales letters via your postal address 5.Prevent unwanted phone calls from telemarketers, stalkers or any other strangers 6.Ability to protect your privacy and safeguard all your personal contact information.
How does private registration work?
Privacy Protection or Private Registration method ensures that your private information will not publish on the World Wide Web publicly. And the way this security measure work is by replacing all your publicly visible contact details with alternate contact information created and made available by your domain name registrar or any other third party company who provide such service on behalf of your domain name registrar with ICANN approval.
So therefore you have the power to change identity theft, fraud, or even unexpected online/offline harassments and stalking, with a private (?unlisted?) registration. Some domain name registrars offer this service as a value added service with a price tag while some offer it for free. Either way if you are not comfortable with the fact that your personal information is made publicly available to anyone from any where in the world you should definitely go for a privacy protection option when you registering a domain name. And in order to prevent all sorts of misconducts that can be made using your personal information. Remember prevention is always better than cure?!!!!
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