Comments on: Secure Your Web Domain Name or Risk Losing It http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2006/05/11/secure-your-web-domain-name-or-risk-losing-it/ Small business marketing blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:06:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: jeniliaa http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2006/05/11/secure-your-web-domain-name-or-risk-losing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-408695 jeniliaa Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:33:53 +0000 #comment-408695 Nice article (Information) I Registrated the Domain name in the site @low cost <a href="http://www.tucktail.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.tucktail.com/</a>They provided me the Free Hosting also the Following services.• FREE! Complete Email<br><br><br><br>• FREE! Forwarding / Masking<br>• FREE! Change of Registration<br>• FREE! Parked Page w/ Domain<br>• FREE! Domain Name Locking<br>• FREE! Total DNS Control. Nice article (Information) I Registrated the Domain name in the site @low cost http://www.tucktail.com/They provided me the Free Hosting also the Following services.• FREE! Complete Email

• FREE! Forwarding / Masking
• FREE! Change of Registration
• FREE! Parked Page w/ Domain
• FREE! Domain Name Locking
• FREE! Total DNS Control.

]]> By: jeniliaa http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2006/05/11/secure-your-web-domain-name-or-risk-losing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-408498 jeniliaa Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:02:58 +0000 #comment-408498 I registered the Domain name in the site <a href="http://www.tucktail.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.tucktail.com/</a>it is the reseller of the Godaddy site. I registered the Domain name in the site http://www.tucktail.com/it is the reseller of the Godaddy site.

]]> By: Michael http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2006/05/11/secure-your-web-domain-name-or-risk-losing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-532 Michael Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-532 I’ve heard a lot of stories about domain name importance. However, check out the figures below - here are the top five most expensive domain sales in the last few years: Business.com – $7.5 million AsSeenOnTv.com – $5.1 million Altavista.com – $3.3 million Wine.com – $2.9 million Autos.com – $2.2 million I am not sure how such an investment – paying millions of USD for a simple name – can be recovered and used to produce profit. There was a story about Coca-Cola, which said that if the company lost all its infrastructure, but kept the name and brand characteristics, it could bounce back in about 4 years. However, if the company managers were left with all the infrastructure, but lost the Coca-Cola name, the company would be very likely to go bankrupt. Do you think this is also true for domain names? Regards, Michael Rad I’ve heard a lot of stories about domain name importance. However, check out the figures below – here are the top five most expensive domain sales in the last few years:
Business.com – $7.5 million
AsSeenOnTv.com – $5.1 million
Altavista.com – $3.3 million
Wine.com – $2.9 million
Autos.com – $2.2 million

I am not sure how such an investment – paying millions of USD for a simple name – can be recovered and used to produce profit. There was a story about Coca-Cola, which said that if the company lost all its infrastructure, but kept the name and brand characteristics, it could bounce back in about 4 years. However, if the company managers were left with all the infrastructure, but lost the Coca-Cola name, the company would be very likely to go bankrupt. Do you think this is also true for domain names?

Regards,

Michael Rad

]]> By: John Jantsch http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2006/05/11/secure-your-web-domain-name-or-risk-losing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-534 John Jantsch Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-534 Thanks Reese and Chris for adding some great details and resources to this point. Thanks Reese and Chris for adding some great details and resources to this point.

]]> By: Chris Scott http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2006/05/11/secure-your-web-domain-name-or-risk-losing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-535 Chris Scott Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-535 Same thing goes for web hosts that register client domains. Also, the key is that the organization--not a person, but the organization--be listed as the Registrant of the domain. Even if you can log in to manage your domain and/or are listed as the Admin, Billing, or Tech contact, if someone else is the Registrant they "own" the domain and can make any changes to it. I run a hosting company and we too come across clients like this all the time. Unfortunately, domain registration either confuses most people or they don't understand the importance of being the Registrant so they don't think about it until it is too late and they have a problem. Same thing goes for web hosts that register client domains. Also, the key is that the organization–not a person, but the organization–be listed as the Registrant of the domain. Even if you can log in to manage your domain and/or are listed as the Admin, Billing, or Tech contact, if someone else is the Registrant they “own” the domain and can make any changes to it.

I run a hosting company and we too come across clients like this all the time. Unfortunately, domain registration either confuses most people or they don’t understand the importance of being the Registrant so they don’t think about it until it is too late and they have a problem.

]]> By: LLC formation author & CPA http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2006/05/11/secure-your-web-domain-name-or-risk-losing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-536 LLC formation author & CPA Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-536 Thanks John, a really, really, really good point. My principal business involves a CPA tax practice doing lots of S corporation and LLC tax returns and tax planning for high net worth entrepreneurs. And let's just say that's worth "X". My CPA web site generates, like, .25X of new, repeat revenue a year. Which means it's probably worth even more than my web site.... or at least close to what my web site is worth. So my web site *is* a significant component of my business. Another angle here... I love working with offshore designers. I love www.elance.com. I've had nothing but good experiences. And getting back to offshore resources, the service and expertise is great... and the economics are pretty darn good. But it's a little scary to be giving some, e.g., Egyptian designer ftp access to your web site. DISCLAIMER: I am absolutely *not* making some xynophobic comment about Egyptian web site designers. (One guy who contacted me was obviously very talented!) But working with some half way round the world, well, hey, you wonder. And just to be fair, I have no problem with that Egyptian designer wondering, worrying about me... But, heck, you've got this really important thing... and it's pretty vulnerable... Stephen L. Nelson, CPA Author, QuickBooks for Dummies www.stephenlnelson.com Thanks John, a really, really, really good point.

My principal business involves a CPA tax practice doing lots of S corporation and LLC tax returns and tax planning for high net worth entrepreneurs. And let’s just say that’s worth “X”. My CPA web site generates, like, .25X of new, repeat revenue a year. Which means it’s probably worth even more than my web site…. or at least close to what my web site is worth.

So my web site *is* a significant component of my business.

Another angle here… I love working with offshore designers. I love http://www.elance.com. I’ve had nothing but good experiences.

And getting back to offshore resources, the service and expertise is great… and the economics are pretty darn good. But it’s a little scary to be giving some, e.g., Egyptian designer ftp access to your web site.

DISCLAIMER: I am absolutely *not* making some xynophobic comment about Egyptian web site designers. (One guy who contacted me was obviously very talented!) But working with some half way round the world, well, hey, you wonder.

And just to be fair, I have no problem with that Egyptian designer wondering, worrying about me…

But, heck, you’ve got this really important thing… and it’s pretty vulnerable…

Stephen L. Nelson, CPA
Author, QuickBooks for Dummies
http://www.stephenlnelson.com

]]> By: reese http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2006/05/11/secure-your-web-domain-name-or-risk-losing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-537 reese Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-537 <a href="http://www.theblogstudio.com/blogarticle/keep-your-friends-close-keep-your-passwords-closer">Peter Flaschner</a> also wrote an article about this (he's a developer). It's good for businesses to stay on top of this. Sometimes a designer isn't malicious, but may forget to transfer a domain, etc. Yours and Peter's advice is sound and important for any person getting a site developed. <a href=”http://www.theblogstudio.com/blogarticle/keep-your-friends-close-keep-your-passwords-closer”>Peter Flaschner</a> also wrote an article about this (he’s a developer).

It’s good for businesses to stay on top of this. Sometimes a designer isn’t malicious, but may forget to transfer a domain, etc. Yours and Peter’s advice is sound and important for any person getting a site developed.

]]> By: Amy Cham http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2006/05/11/secure-your-web-domain-name-or-risk-losing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-541 Amy Cham Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 #comment-541 Case in point....a friend pointed a site out to me yesterday. After an apparent billing dispute, the developer defaced the site with an angry note about non-payment and put the domain for sale on ebay. That was yesterday. Today, the domain just points to a GoDaddy landing page. Case in point….a friend pointed a site out to me yesterday. After an apparent billing dispute, the developer defaced the site with an angry note about non-payment and put the domain for sale on ebay. That was yesterday.

Today, the domain just points to a GoDaddy landing page.

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