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DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION
We offer simple UK and US domain name
registration with no quirks. Registereing a domain name could be
a valuable investment. It has the same characteristics as real world
property but it's in a different format. A domain address is more
than 3 dimensional. Begin to realize the true possibilities and
opportunities a good domain name could present. It is INSTANT MARKET
SHARE. Domains have and will continue to go up in value faster than
any other commodity EVER known to man."
.co.uk and .org.uk
£20+VAT per name for 2 years
payable immediately by cheque (longer payment terms cost £25+VAT)
and £20+VAT for any future renewal fees in 2 years.
.com, .net, .org
£50+VAT per name for 2 years
payable immediately by cheque (longer payment terms cost£60+VAT)
and £50 for any future renewal fees.
FUTURE COST
You own the name - there are no hidden
future costs. Costs may be incurred if you request transfer of
the name to another ISP. Experience shows that the work involved
in this varies between 5 minutes and 2 hours. Many other companies
charge a fixed fee of £90 to update the user name or transfer
it. We will charge only the time involved at our current hourly
rate.
PAYMENT TERMS
Please note that the domain will
not be released to you until you have paid the registration fee.
DOMAIN NAME PARKING
The registration costs include parking
the domain name on our servers. If you want hosting they see the
hosting section for costs on that.
In the near future we hope to offer
an online registration service - but for now please email with your
requirements.
PERSONAL
DOMAIN NAMES
Have you considering registering
a personal domain name for your family e.g. www.thesmiths.org.uk
or www.thejones.co.uk? This means you never give out a name
such as jimjones32@cs.com - which is tied to Compuserve.
You only give out your personal email address ever and direct jim@thejones.co.uk
to jimjones32@cs.com. You pick up your email from whichever
dial up provider you use at that point in time. Deals and service
vary a lot so to get the best deal and service you need to keep
moving around to get the best ISP dial up service whether it is
cable, BT, compuserve, freeserve etc. When you change you don't
have to change the email address - only where it is directed to.
This gives you total portability and flexibility
as to who you host with and/or connect with.
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
If you would like to discuss more
about registering a domain please call or email
us.
| RECENTL DOMAIN
SALES |
| BBC.co.uk |
£80000 |
| Bettingservices.co.uk |
£25000 |
| Itsofficial.co.uk |
£20000 |
| Sausages.co.uk |
£6000 |
| Diysale.co.uk |
£6000 |
| Edome.co.uk |
£5000 |
| 6u.co.uk |
£5000 |
| Furniture.uk.co |
£2750 |
| Incomes.co.uk |
£2630 |
| Ecourier.co.uk |
£2500 |
| Managers.co.uk |
£2200 |
| Ebrass.co.uk |
£900 |
| Ebakery.co.uk |
£550 |
| Gomm.co.uk |
£500 |
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| RECENTL
DOMAIN SALES |
| Business.com |
£4.7m |
| Asseenontv.com |
£3.0m |
| Altavista.com |
£2.0m |
| Wine.com |
£1.9m |
| Loans.com |
£1.9m |
| Autos.com |
£1.4m |
| Banks.com |
£1.0m |
| Drugs.com |
£0.5m |
| Cinema.com |
£400k |
| BBC.com |
£200k |
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TIPS WHEN CHOOSING A DOMAIN
NAME
- Check your spelling. It sounds simple, but it is crucial.
- Keep it simple. A complicated URL or one with commonly misspelled
words (such as "rhythm") will only cause headaches for users and
for yourself.
- Make it relevant. Your domain name should be directly related
to your site.
- Don't "cybersquat." Don't register a company or person's name
as a domain with the intent of returning it for money. Legal precedent
has proved this does not work.
- Don't include special characters. These include exclamation
marks (!), underscores ( _ ), 'at' signs (@), asterisks (*), and
slashes (/). These are not recognized as legitimate addresses.
- Make sure you like the name you register. Once it's registered,
you can't change it.
- Register as many variants of your name as possible. This includes
plurals, hyphens and other domain extensions, like .org
and .net
- Be patient. The process of registering a domain name that is
recognized across the Internet can take up to 48 hours.
- Have a few alternative names on hand. Thousands of domain names
are registered each day - the one you want may not be available.
- Be sure you know something about the ocmpany you are registering
your domain name with. There are a lot of companies offering apparent
cheap domain names. However, if you have a problem or want to
transfer the name expect to spend many hours on the phone trying
to get hold of someone. There are also some companies with really
difficult terms of business that you only discover when you want
to move your domain name! You have been warned!
GLOBAL DOMAIN STATISTICS
Click here
for list of global domain names and statistics
DOMAIN NAME DISPUTES
Click here
for details about some high profile domain name disputes - the details
are a word of warning about cybersquating!
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