Guide To Buying A Domain Name

Buying a domain name may be the easiest activity to perform once you have selected a domain name that is still available but remember that this is also the riskiest as you will be divulging your payment information online. Also keep in mind the price you pay for a domain. There are still companies that sell domains for $35 a year when you can buy the same for as low as $6.49! Yes, I know it is nearly a sixth of the price and guess what? some of the very large companies are selling at these inflated costs.

Ensure that you do the following before you buy a domain name.

Check the price of the domain. Any price over $10 is too high. You can get domains for less than $8 almost anywhere.

Even if the price seems right check the fine print. Sometimes there are hidden costs added to the price of the domain.

See what are the extra services you get when you buy a domain. Some companies provide free domain parking, others provide free hosting for a limited time while others will allow domain url redirection.

Ensure that you have an admin panel to manage your domain. You should be able to change MX records and A records from this panel. Using this panel, you can point the domain to a web hosting provider of your choice.

Try sending a query to the companies help desk to see their response times. If they do not respond within a day to prospective customers then I am not sure of the fate of the people who have already bought services from them.

If you do not want to use your credit card to make the payment, check to see whether the site accepts payment through wire or paypal. Recently some companies have started accepting payments through PayPal.

That is it on buying domain names. If you keep the above in mind, you should be safe and happy. (One more thing be careful to check the currency in which the prices are mentioned. Some sites give the price in euros or in pounds which means a price of 6 turns out to be actually something like $9!)