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Help Needed: Looking to register my own domain name for the first time

IanE

2006-11-19, 7:58 pm

Hi,

Looking to register my own domain name and was looking for
recommendations as to how to do this properly and who I should look at
registering with (living in the UK.).

Also could someone please explain the process (or point me to a good
link) and any pitfalls I need to watch out for.

Many thanks for your time.

Ian.

Jamie

2006-11-19, 7:58 pm

In <1163587467.335505.13460@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
"IanE" <iedmont@googlemail.com> mentions:
>Hi,
>
>Looking to register my own domain name and was looking for
>recommendations as to how to do this properly and who I should look at
>registering with (living in the UK.).
>
>Also could someone please explain the process (or point me to a good
>link) and any pitfalls I need to watch out for.

Make absolutely certain the email address you use will remain accessible
to you in the future...

I lost my email address (long story) and have been fighting all kinds
of automated "online frustration^H^H^H^H^Hhelp systems" to try and
fix the problem.

Avoid "melbourne it" services. (I had a bad experience with them)

Name servers aren't terribly complicated, dealing with the people behind
names servers are complicated.

I tried a "Mc. Donalds" registrar too.. cheap, but every time you ask
them a question they cut-n-paste an irrelevant response that doesn't
address my question.

You might pepper your potential registrar with questions first, just to see if
they respond or if you get a response from "Eddie the happy computer"

Domain names are frustrating things.

Jamie
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