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A domain name is the way that computers find
each other
on the Internet. The common domain suffixes are .com (commercial
organizations),
.edu (educational institutions), .org (non-profit organizations), .net
(network), .gov (government), and .mil (military).
If you've ever thought about getting your own .com domain name, you'll have to buy one from InterNIC for $70. That covers the first two-year lease; the price will be $35 per year after that. Some companies are charging $300 to $1,000 just to register a domain name. It should cost you between $15 and $75 (plus a fee to InterNIC). Anything more is a rip-off. There are two types of fees to register a domain name: 1. A fee to InterNIC (Internet Network Information Center -- the group in charge of assigning domain names) and 2. A fee to the company doing the domain name registration for you. 1. InterNIC is in charge of registering domain names. If you knew how to fill out the appropriate form and submit it to InterNIC, you could register a domain name for free. On September 14, 1995, InterNIC announced that the fee for all new domain name registrations would be $100, which would include two years of registration. So, all new domain name registrations now cost a minimum of $100, the fee to InterNIC. (Update: The fee for Web Addresses registered on or after April 1, 1998, is US$70.00. New registrations are in effect for a two-year period.) The fee for annual renewals (for both new and existing
domains) is
$50. Therefore, all domain names that were registered prior to
September
14, 1995 (when the $100 registration fee was initiated) will owe
an annual renewal fee of $50 on the anniversary of their initial
registration. The Web address for InterNIC Registration Services is http://rs.internic.net/rs-internic.html. 2. Many people hire their ISP (Internet Service Provider) or a consultant to register their domain names for them. The process of registering a domain name almost always involves these five steps:
Look at example information along with the instructions that are included as part of the Domain Name Registration Agreement to request a new domain name. Filling out and submitting the form is not difficult (however, it does require knowing what you're doing). A reasonable fee to pay to have your ISP (or a consultant) fill out and submit this form for you is between $15 and $75. Our ISP charges us $30 and does an excellent job. Paying much more for this is unnecessary. This means that you will pay a total of $115 to $175 (including the $100 to InterNIC) to register your domain name. (at the time of original publication) Scam consultants may charge $1000 for ONLY registering a domain name. If your ISP starts talking about fees of $1000, they are probably giving you more domain services than you need. (The service most of you will want from your ISP is sometimes called a "domain alias," and can be implemented for the prices we mentioned.) Domain
Name Scam Don't worry if you're not the technical or administrative contact (Questions 4 and 5 on the form) -- that's OK. Just be sure that Questions 3a to 3f are filled in with your company's name and info. That way, you'll own the domain name, not your ISP or consultant. Some people registered huge numbers of domain names, even tried to register the names of as many major corporations as they could, so they could later sell these domain names to these companies (when the companies realized that "their" domain names were not available). These people may operate sites that intentionally obscure the facts for their own purposes and may even ask you to fill out a maze of automated forms that come back rejected. Be careful about revealing your proposed domain name. Avoid any domain name pre-registration service that
guarantees particular
top level domain names or preferential treatment in the assignment of
new
top level domain names. Avoid doing business with people who send
unsolicited
faxes - regardless of the offer. Unsolicited faxes are illegal. Stay on
top of the news about top level domain names at the ICANN website, www.icann.org. Choosing your Domain Name Registrar - an excellent PCmagazine article- finding, evaluating, utilities. Read the fine print to see what you will own and what you will not - you may be surprised. Do you want your own Domain? - User Group article Domain Registry Reference -Wanna grab your own dot-com? Here's a list of sites where you can find out if a domain name is taken and then, if it isn't, go ahead and claim it as your own. Each site differs in cost and user-friendliness, so click around a few of them to decide which one best suits your needs. + Webmonkey links. A
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