Buying a Domain Name - Where To

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audience to your website, go for an international top level domain, of which .com, .net and .org are the most popular. You may buy an international domain from both national and international registrars. Statistically, buying a domain from a large, global registrar, such as GoDaddy.com, for instance, will cost you less, than acquiring it from a local company. Nevertheless, national domainselling organizations will usually provide you with support in your language and a number of additional services, that will naturally raise the domain price. The choice is completely up to you. Sometimes it is possible to acquire a domain name that has already been occupied by someone else. Such a deal will usually cost you a lot more than a regular domain name purchase, and it is worthwhile considering this option, only if it is of vital importance. Then you may try and look for online domain traders, who actually serve as intermediaries between domain owners and customers hunting for a specific, unique domain name. Be ready to part with a considerable sum of money - a unique domain name is not a trifle. For example, domain names like business.com and diamonds.com are reported to have been sold for $ 7,500,000 each! It is important to keep in mind that this practice isn't dubbed domain registration, but change of ownership. In addition to the price set by the seller, you will often be required to pay a certain conveyance or intermediary fees. Another practice you may consider, especially if the desired domain is already taken, is to try to get hold of it the moment it's being released (given that the current owner isn't planning on renewing their service). Some people forget to renew their domain on time or just lose interest in it, and, after a certain period (typically called "grace period" and "redemption period"), the domain is up for grabs again. Catching expired domains, using the "you snooze, you loose" doctrine, sometimes allows the new buyer to take advantage of the age of the domain, at a regular price (instead of negotiating the price with a seller, as described above). This practice, however, is more a sport than a solid way of buying domains -- you can never know if the owner plans to renew their domain, and there are shady companies around, whose sole line of business is running automated purchase mechanisms that "snatch" domains the moment they expire and then re-offer them to their legal (now previous) owners and new buyers for "premium price". These facts prove that acquiring a domain name is an important enterprise that can have serious ramifications. Take this task seriously, consider future possibilities, and your investment may return to you in great revenues and help your online business thrive and prosper.

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