For problems and issues around the registration of domain names.
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What is Parked Domain and how can we generate a revenue from a parked domain
I have registered a domain name abc.com from xyz company. i have the secret code too. I have heard about the revenue from parked domains.
I would like to know how can we generate revenue from it and ...
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How can I keep my privacy while owning multiple domain names?
I want to own, create and run few domains. I do not want 'whois' to have my name, home address and home phone available to anyone who looks me up.
I've already bought a mailbox that I can use for my ...
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I want to transfer a domain to another registrar
I have a domain registered at hostgator.com which would expire in a day.Now i want to use godaddy for the domain, what would be the best practise for me:
1. Wait for the domain to expire and then ...
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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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The best way to snatch an expiring domain?
There's a domain that I've been looking to acquire that is expiring on the 30th of this month. I don't think it is very popular, and the guy hasn't seemed to update the website in two years now.
So, ...
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Is all data about a domain name provided to a TLD registry by the registrar visible on Whois?
I am trying to understand more about how the domain registration process works between the registry and the registrar. My question is when a domain name is registered by a registrar such as GoDaddy, ...
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How do I check if a domain is blacklisted before buying it?
I found a domain which I'm interested in buying from another person (not a registrar or premium domains site) and I am not sure how to find out if it is blacklisted.
I checked http://www.archive.org/ ...
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Monitoring Domain Availability
How can I write a tool to monitor domain name availability? In particular, I am interested in monitoring availability of a domain which is in PENDINGDELETE (or REDEMPTIONPERIOD or ...
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Is it a bad practice to register sntsh.com if my name is Santosh?
My name is Santosh but I can't register a santosh.com because it is already taken. Most extensions for Santosh are already taken. I was trying to register a domain with .sh extension but santo.sh ...
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Domain Name protection
I have purchased a domain name and I don't have plan to launch my website in the next few months. But one thing I am worrying about is that if in the mean time someone else uses my domain name for ...
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New Domain Registration - Price differences
I need to register new domain name. I gone through many sites. All sites are showing different prices. Lowest price (99/- Rs) I found on http://www.bigrock.in/. On other sites, like GoDaddy or ...
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Why doesn't the .US top-level domain accept two-letter domain names?
As far as I'm aware, almost all TLDs allow for two-letter domain names, such as "is.gd" and "az.com". Why doesn't the .US TLD allow the same?
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New domain and submission to search engines
I have registered a new domain with a hosting company. They offer the feature that for each new domain there is an associated placeholder page. Actually it is a "Site not configured page" with some ...
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Buying a custom domain for blogger
I'm about to move my blogger site to a custom domain.
I do all the steps as told but whenever I find the perfect custom domain (that is free) I get redirected to Google apps for business.
Is it ...
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What is the shortest valid and available numerical domain name? [closed]
559.com is unavailable:
10019976.com is available:
But how can I figure out the lowest number available as a ".com" domain name?
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Registering a web-domain with different TLD
I am planning to buy a web-domain for myself. I am looking for a particular word combination and in the process I notice many combinations are already taken up in .com TLD. If someone owns ...
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Is it possible to register a “.er” domain. If so, how?
The title says it all. Where could I go to register the domain?
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DNS domain redemption policy
I want to know if my registrar could have done what I expected, and if they could still fix the mistake. See QUESTIONS below.
I intentionally deleted a domain name with my host/registar, because I ...
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What is required to register .com.au domains?
I have a website that allows people to search for instructors. It's currently working in the USA and UK.
I'm wanting to start marketing the website to the Australian market, and so have been looking ...
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What does it mean if a domain is unlocked?
A domain I'm interested in acquiring as its status showing as "Unlocked". It's due to expire in a couple of weeks.
What does the "unlocked" status mean? Am I more likely to be able to register the ...
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How can I get a '.mo' domain?
I represent a business in the United States. I would like to grab a '.mo' domain name, but I see some restrictions on the domain.
Is it possible to grab a '.mo' domain name without going through the ...
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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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Can I register a domain name with a suffix from another country?
I saw a lot of .be from belgium, for example. Can I just make up a domain and with the .be and use it?
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How would you convince a domain owner to sell his domain to you?
I'm wanting to have a domain name for my business that has already been registered by someone but that he is not using. He is offering it to me for $1000 (which is too much for me) and I offered him ...
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How to register a domain for a beginner?
I've never registered a .com , .net like domain before, and I would like to do some research before doing so.
I currently have a ruby on rails app running Heroku. Is there anything special I have to ...
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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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Buying a domain name, does it matter where the server is located?
When it comes to domain names, does it matter where the server is located? Let's say the server is in Canada and I have a .com domain, will this effect download speed? or is the .com just a word?
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Is a domain name transfer required or can I just link to old domain name without transferring?
I have two domain names (www.abc.com and www.xyz.com) which are hosted using say a company called Old-Host. Now, the hosting plan has expired and they have taken down all data residing in their ...
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Cheap Bulk Domain Registration
I have 6-7 domain names that I have thought of and I'm planning to buy it in bulk so that I can save. Or am I wrong on this?
In my case, since its my first time to this hosting/domain registration, ...
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What is happening to a domain with status PENDING DELETE as well as AUTORENEWPERIOD?
A domain I once registered but gave away:
Expiration Date:13-Mar-2013 14:39:45 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Directi Internet Solutions Pvt. Ltd. dba PublicDomainRegistry.com
(R159-LRMS)
Status:PENDING ...
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Does anyone know where I can register a website with a .cat TLD?
I have been looking to register a website with the TLD '.cat'. I know it was created for catalan websites, but I want to do a domain hack, like bit.ly (which appears to be English).
But all the hosts ...
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How do you generally find out the riskiness of a domain name? (concerning trademarks)
My domain would look like "tiltblah.com". I don't want to mention the real domain name here, because it might be registered by someone else then.
I'd like to register this domain, because I want to ...
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How can I organize my domain names?
I have some domains registered with 1and1 and some with dreamhost and hosting on both companies but some point to hosting with dns. It's all a mess!
Is it best to register your domains through a ...
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Domain registration - Does the registrar matter?
I have following questions about domain name registration:
1: Will it matter, in technical aspect, with whom I register my domain? I know for webhosting there are lot of things to consider e.g. ...
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Is it possible to register .mv domains?
Some time ago I tried to register a tld from malvides and found out that it is only possible to register .com.mv or .net.mv but not .mv
Now I found this website that offers registration of .mv.
I ...
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List of services for privatizing whois information
I am registered with a domain name registrar which does not offer an anonymous whois service. However, I am interested in using some third-party service to keep my whois information private. Are there ...
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How to change ownership of a domain name from “missing” web designer
We had a website produced a few years ago with a .ORG domain name. The site hadn't grown with our needs, so we've now got a new .co.uk site.
Our intention was to transfer the .org address to the ...
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does co.uk domains need a uk citizen?
I am a us citizen based in the us. I would like to register a co.uk domain. Do I need to be a uk citizen or have some other sort of connection to the uk to register that domain?
For instance, .ca ...
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Is there any system in place to recover a domain that expired and someone else has registered?
There was a domain name that was registered for many years for a DOS based software package. The original owners of the domain and software package passed away several years ago and at the time we had ...
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Do I own a registered domain?
A couple of years ago I entered (as a silent partner) into a business. I was asked if I could get a website up and running, which included registering the domain. We have since parted ways but the ...
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Which domain better for language version?
My company is based in Russia and it's website is mycompany.ru.
Now, we are planning to launch German language version and we have option for two domains:
mycompany.de
germankeyword.ru
Which one ...
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What happens if I have a domain registered with 1 company and the hosting with another and the registrar has server issues?
If I have a domain registered through a company like 1&1 but I want to host my files with Hostgator. I know I point the DNS entries to the Hostgator information, but my question is, if 1&1 ...
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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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How can I register a domain that requires country residency? [closed]
I tried to register a .pm domain from ovh.co.uk, but they e-mailed me saying they want valid proof that I am a resident of the United Kingdom. I currently live in the United States though.
I am aware ...
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How do a forward my domain's traffic to my wordpress.com hosted blog
I own a domain e.g. myname.com but host my blog with wordpress.com e.g. myname.wordpress.com
Can I forward the traffic visiting my domain name to my wordpress.com blog so that when my friends look ...
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Selling my primary GoDaddy domain. Recommendations on how not to not break things?
My father and I are selling our family business and with it, our domain name. We are not selling the website or the hosting itself.
The domain and is registered AND hosted on GoDaddy, with one ...
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Advantage of using a domain purchasing service through your registrar vs. and independent domain buying service?
Is there much of an advantage of using a domain purchasing service through your registrar vs. and independent domain buying service?
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Where do I register .sh domain?
I want to register a personal domain with sh extension. Where to register? I didn't find any registrar. I will use this for my personal blog and portfolio. I didn't have any organisation or any ...
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.pro domain as a web designer/professional
I am looking at getting a .pro domain for my portfolio page as a web designer. I realize that .pro domains are for licensed professionals such as lawyers, engineers, etc.
What kind of certifications ...
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Expiring domain transfer
A domain I own with a registrar is expiring next month.
I want to change registrar.
Is there a way of changing registrar exactly on expiration date or the only way is to start (and pay) the transfer ...
