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Getting an agency to release a client's domain
A friend of mine has a website with Therapysites.com (they create therapy sites for alternative therapy providers). She wants to move to a different hosting, but the service provider is charging 15 ...
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Is it possible to use Whois Guard on dot pro domains?
I have purchased two dot pro domains but the holder info is exposed.
Is it possible to use Whois Guard or the like on dot pro domains? If so, Do you know any service provider or registrar that offers ...
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Registering a domain directly at nic.sm?
I am an individual and would like to register a ".sm" domain.
Nic.sm provides forms for individuals to send them by fax or mail and information for payment is also available. The cheapest reseller ...
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How to handle domain squatter?
What is the best way to handle domain squatters? I know this topic has been discussed before, but I haven't found anything that was addressing my specific case.
The situation: I am creating a website ...
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Transferring exotic domain names to major registrars
I am new to buying domain names and know they can be transferred from one registrar to another. Are there any limitations? Some registrars describe how to transfer domains from specific registrars, ...
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Is it normal for a registrar to charge for nameserver changes?
My registrar, 34sp.com, wants to charge for changing nameservers for a domain.
The domain is a .cc domain. If this matters.
Is this normal? I've never heard of this before. Almost $30 US for a ...
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Can you recommend (a) domain registrar(s) where I can consolidate my .com and .com.au domains? [closed]
I have about a dozen .com and .com.au domain names with GoDaddy and Name.com.au which I'd like to move, ideally to a single new registrar. My criteria:
Must: No upselling or sneaky emails (appearance ...
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Possible Fraudulent Registration of Company Domains
Currently we have the domain name company.com (I'm using 'company' rather than our name for anonymity).
I'm getting ready to purchase several more like *.org, *.net, etc to prevent others from ...
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What is the cheapest domain registrar for .gy domain names? [closed]
Ive been looking this up for a long time now, I simply can't find too many registrars in general that offer .gy. The cheapest one I found was for $39.99 a year, which is too much for me, and many ...
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Is is good or bad to have the email address of a domain's registrant on the same domain?
Say I own domain abc.com.
I think it's a bad idea to use eric@abc.com as the registrant's (myself) email address.
This will cause problems when I need to transfer the domain to another registrar e.g. ...
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Transfer .com domain to GoDaddy - websites running on same domain - 3 weeks left until expiration, 2 days left web hosting
Our company purchased this abc.com domain from a local registrar.
The domain will expire in about 3 weeks.
We have our main websites running on this abc.com domain and they cannot be down for too ...
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Can a registrar outage affect my website?
If my registrar has an outage and their servers go down for a while, will that affect my website. I'm not using any of my registrar hosting packages or name servers, I simply have a few domain names ...
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Where can I learn about managing domain names for my websites? [closed]
[I originally asked this question on serverfault.com, where it was closed as 'out of scope.' Hopefully it is appropriate for this forum]
I am a developer who doesn't understand how to effectively ...
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Recovering domain name from a person I can't find
I have a problem with one domain and I have no idea how to go about it.
I am volunteering for a small charity in Sheffield (UK), more specifically I am redoing their website. A while ago (few years) ...
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Are there any risk if your DNS's SOA or admin contact are using the same domain as the DNS
For example, Google.com [1]
The SOA email is : dns-admin.google.com
The contact is:
Administrative Contact:
DNS Admin
Google Inc.
dns-admin.google.com
As you can see, both are using ...
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Domain appears taken when searched from a different host, but whois says 'No match'
I have recently registered a new .name domain. It is just myfirstname.name, something like nanda.name.
My debit card has been billed, but my domain control panel doesn't show any information ...
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Domain registered with Fake info! [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Providing fake info during domain registration - does it matter?
I have registered a Domain with fake info 24 hours ago (I didn't know its illegal! :() its still pending ...
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What kinds of issues can one expect when changing a domain names registar? (3 questions) [closed]
Assuming that there are no 'unusual' items that come up, what kind of disruptions can one expect when moving a domain between registrars?
I understand some of the below may vary over registrars. But ...
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On what criteria should I evaluate domain registrars?
Though I've been a web developer for a fair amount of time, I am going for the first time to buy a few domain names. I have looked into the domains I'm going to buy and know that they're available, ...
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Being a Domain Name Reseller? [closed]
My friend needs to buy more domain names and already have morethan 50 sites under his accounts. He is buying doamin names from 1&1 and godaddy etc..,
If he starts a domain reseller account does ...
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Domain name only works with www. but not without the www
I have searched for this problem numerous times but I can't quite apply the solution to my problem. The usual solution I find is that I need to add an A-record to my dns, currently I only have a ...
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Three-month freeze on domain transfers?
I am planning on hosting a web app on Google App Engine. I am planning on buying the domain from GoDaddy. Will I have to wait 3 months before I can transfer the domain from GoDaddy to GAE (or at least ...
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Is there a backorder service that keeps bids private? [closed]
I want to dropcatch a domain name that is about to expire, but all the major services (SnapNames/Pool/NameJet/Godaddy) publicly announce that you backordered it, which leads to many other people ...
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Domain Name Registration via Microsoft?
Is it possible to get Domain Name Registration services through Microsoft? I am currently using two well-known companies for two different domains and I am not happy with either of them. One of the ...
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What happened to the test@domain.tld syntax?
I can remember that some years ago several providers advertised the possibility to use the @ syntax instead of general subdomains with their DNS service. Today, I can't find any documentation or hints ...
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Who is the official registrar of the .com domain name? [closed]
I know there are official registrars for some domains (especially 2-digit country domains), so are there registrars for all of them? For example, who is the official registrar for .com, .net, or .org?
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How long can I purchase a expired domain name?
I am currently interested in a domain name. Its whois information are
Updated Date: 10-jan-2012
Creation Date: 1-dec-2010
Expiration Date: 1-dec-2011
How long I still need to wait to ...
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Domain registrar holding on to domain name
We have a customer based in Kenya who owns a co.ke domain name.
The registrar refuses to re-assign the nameservers to ours for some reason unknown, and indirectly insists that our customer hosts her ...
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is there a way for visitors to register TLDs without leaving my site?
I want to allow users on my site to register a domain without having to go to a domain registar's site. They would not need to manage the domain ... it will simply be linked to their site. (Exactly ...
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How to register a single character SLD
Most of the major registrars have a 3 character minimum for second-level domains. However, I know that it's possible to register them. (a.cc, o.co)
You can ever register single unicode domain names ...
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Third-party SaaS will also host our web site. They want our registrar username and password. Is this normal?
I'm In a situation that's slightly different from this question.
Why would anyone need my registrar information for a new web
site?
We currently host our own web server and mail server. We're ...
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Where can I register a .name domain?
All the popular registrars I know of don't seem to offer this domain, and after Google'ing around for a while I came to an index of registrars for this TLD, but they all seem to be Russian.
Is there ...
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Does the domain owner get contacted if someone else back-orders the domain?
I'm trying to purchase a domain name that I like. I noticed that the domain is about to expire and has only been registered for a year now, Nothing really shows on the page when going to the site. ...
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when does a domain name really expire before someone else can register it
I've Googled but haven't really found an answer.
when does a domain name really expire before someone else can register it?
Is this set by the domain registrar?
I've seen someone mention 75, 30, ...
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How to seamlessly transfer a domain (avoid downtime because the previous registrar's nameservers stopped serving DNS records)
I just transferred a domain from GoDaddy to NameCheap.com. There was a period of downtime until I configured the proper settings at NameCheap. During this downtime browsers returned a 408 Request ...
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How do I find out which Registrar a domain is registered through?
I'm hoping to backorder a domain that looks promissing. I've read that if it's through Network Solutions then you should use SnapNames b/c it automatically does the auctioning/rselling for NS.
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. Rk domain registration
Anybody knows where I can get .rk domains? Looks like nowhere so far - any idea?
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Purchasing domains from “unstable” country TLDs
Is there any risk associated with purchasing a domain with a TLD for a politically unstable or authoritarian country?
ex, if I purchase a .ly domain and there is a dramatic political change in Libya, ...
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Does the registration of a country name like spain.com is exclusive to the government?
Can an individual to buy a domain name containing only the name of his country or those domains are available for registration only to the government? For example spain.com, france.net, etc.
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What to do with my .name domain name?
Since 2006 or so I've owned a .name domain name (3rd level, eg. john.doe.name). I bought it originally at a service called FreeYourID.com, which offered the .name domain as well as automatically ...
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What happens if I transfer domain from one registrar to another one?
I have several domains registered at GoDaddy. I bought them with private registration. What happens if I transfer these domains (together with hosting) to other provider? Where will I pay for renewal ...
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How do I get a domain from a grabber without paying? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Purchasing a Domain from a Domain Squatter
A domain grabber has registered a domain that I wanted. All they're doing on the site is display ads. How do I get the domain ...
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When registering a domain using a static IP and the A Record, do I need to set the Nameservers also?
I am attempting to set up a server that has a static IP address and I want to register a domain name to point to it. Having always used shared hosting in the past, I am unsure what to tell my domain ...
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What happens if I don't pay for my .com domain in time?
What happens if I have a .com domain, and don't pay for the next year in time?
Is the domain locked for some time?
Can anyone else register it the day after?
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Providing fake info during domain registration - does it matter?
As you are all most likely aware already all domain registrars ask for your personal information.
Such Personal Information Includes:
Forename and Surname
Address Information
Email Address
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