For problems and issues around the registration of domain names.
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Registering the Cheapest Domain, what is the Con?
I provide educational material with some sites but I am running them at loss if I need to use the .com TLD with a cos of 10USD per year (not counting the work to do them). I am planning to change the ...
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What to do if you are listed incorrectly as an administrative or technical contact for a domain?
I recently got a letter in the mail from one of those sketchy "website listing services" that offer to submit your website to search engines for a fee. Before throwing it away I noticed that the ...
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How can I obtain a domain that is abandoned?
There is a particular domain name that I'm interested in, but when you enter the domain in a browser the browser says "Domain has no index file", which doesn't appear to be a browser message, but a ...
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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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I registered my domain, but it doesn't appear to exist
I wanted to register a domain with No-Ip and clicked the Sign Up button on their homepage. I entered my desired domain name (I won't publish it until I get this resolved, to prevent "domain theft"), ...
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is there a good registrar for .com.br and .it?
I am searching a good registrar (not godaddy) for
.com.br
.it
.fr
.de
.ch
.es
Is there someone who can take it all?
I would go with Enom but it hasn't .fr .com.br .ch .es
Thanks guys
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foobar.com working, but www.foobar.com not working?
I am setting up a web site for a client. She is using GoDaddy for domain registration, and a hosting company I have never used before. After setting up the nameservers on GoDaddy's side, the address ...
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What's the difference between cheap and expensive domain registrars?
A few years ago I registered a domain with Network Solutions. In recent years I've been using cheaper services such as namecheap, powerpipe etc.
Every time that I need to renew some of the older ...
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How do I register a domain name, but keep who I am secret?
Over the years I've seen a number of owner proxy services, but have never used one, and have no idea if they work; or for that matter if there's any legal risk to using them, such as making easier to ...
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How to get a domain with invalid contact details
There's a domain that I want. The registrant details were hidden behind Domain Discreet, which no longer exists, and none of the contact info works, email bounces etc. so I can't approach the owner ...
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Pros and cons of long-term domain registrations
What are the pros and cons for long-term domain registrations, such as 5 or 10 years?
One benefit I can think of is locking-in the domain price. I can't really think of any cons (beyond just not ...
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Recover Domain from Failed Company
I have an old client who wanted to transfer hosting companies. However, the company he has managing his domain has gone under and won't respond to phone calls or emails, and their account manager is ...
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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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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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Alternative to GoDaddy? [closed]
For a number of reasons I'm thinking about slowly moving my domains away from GoDaddy. Unfortunately I don't know of a good alternative, and am looking for a recommendation.
To match what I ...
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How do I point a new domain to start on a page that's not index.html on separate hosting?
I'm using a service (CMS/Host) called SquareSpace to host my site, and today I'm registering the domain for it. Basically, how do I make it so when somebody types www.tedxoxford.com it points at ...
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Domain Transfer not carrying over paid time
I recently renewed my domain for a year on BlueHost. A few days later, I decided to transfer it to GoDaddy. After transferring, GoDaddy did not show the new year that I recently paid for. After ...
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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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Can I reuse my nameservers from one domain registrar with another?
My regular domain is one I got from GoDaddy.
Just recently, I registered a short .cr domain (Costa Rica) in http://www.nic.cr/ . During registration, they asked for nameservers (and just ...
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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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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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Best reseller for a domain name
Looking to purchase a domain name separately from the package (using SliceHost and want a domain name) and I was wondering what is the best reseller to purchase from.
All the pricing for a yearly ...
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why are my sites bien blocked by Smartfilter at my work
Why are my domains being blocked by Smartfilter (owned by Yahoo) at work.
I buddy mentioned that he had the issue before. He "categorized" his domain with his registrar, changing it from ...
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Safety of purchasing country-specific domains from registrars?
None of the previous questions tackle some of the one-off (or further) countries' registries, beyond .co.uk, .it, et al. or else I'd have found an answer myself.
Is it safe to buy a domain from a ...
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Getting a .co.uk domain that is already registered
There is a .co.uk name that I want (I've had the .com version for nearly 7 years now).
I would even be prepared to pay a small amount for it, but on http://whois.domaintools.com/ only a business name ...
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How do I get a .name domain name
There was a service which provided email aliases on .name domain, but it seem to be gone now, so I was thinking of actually getting a domain for myself (martin.toth.name sounds nice).
Do I understand ...
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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 ...
