Domain Registration

How to Buy an Aftermarket or Expired Domain Safely A previously used domain is not a blank name. Whatever the last owner did with it comes with the purchase, and some of it is not visible until your ma... How to Choose a Good Domain Name The spoken test, what to avoid, choosing an extension, checking the name legally, and registering it properly. How to Park or Hold a Domain Before You Use It A domain bought for later is usually left completely unconfigured. That is the one arrangement that lets anyone send email claiming to be from it. How to Register a Domain Name with Ahosting Registering a domain, the two decisions that cannot be undone, and what to confirm immediately afterwards. Understanding Domain Extensions (TLDs) - Which One Should You Choose Choosing an extension on the differences that are real, and ignoring the ones that are marketing.

How to Get Your EPP Authorization Code for Domain Transfer Requesting an authorisation code from your current registrar, and the four conditions that stall transfers before they start. How to Move a Domain Between Registrar Accounts When a domain is stuck in someone else's account, a full transfer is usually the wrong tool. An internal push moves it in minutes without renewal char... How to Transfer Your Domain to Ahosting Whether to transfer at all, the four conditions that must hold, and the DNS check that prevents the only real downtime risk. What to Check After Transferring a Domain Verifying nameservers and records, re-enabling the lock, auto-renewal and contacts, and the DNSSEC chain. What to Do When a Domain Transfer Fails A rejected transfer usually has a mundane cause that the error does not mention. Working through them in order is faster than resubmitting and hoping.

How to Enable Domain Auto-Renewal Turning on auto-renewal and the two checks that make it actually work, plus why domains matter more here than hosting. How to Manage a Portfolio of Domains and Renewals Losing a domain is almost never a decision. It is a renewal notice sent to an address nobody reads, for a domain nobody remembered owning. How to Renew Your Domain Name What happens after a domain expires, why auto-renewal is not a convenience setting, and what to do if it already lapsed. What Happens If Your Registrar Goes Out of Business Registry rules mean the domain itself survives a registrar failure. The risk is the DNS, the email and the renewal you were relying on that registrar ... What Happens When a Domain Expires The stages and their costs, recovering at each, why expiries happen, and preventing one in five minutes.

How to Set Up Domain Forwarding and URL Masking Setting up domain and path forwarding correctly, and why URL masking is a different mechanism with a worse failure mode. How to Update Your Domain Nameservers Making the change at the registrar: finding where the domain lives, the lock, DNSSEC order, glue records, and what a transfer resets. What Happens When Domain Contact Details Are Unverified Registrars must verify the registrant's email address. If the message is missed, the domain is suspended. A total outage whose cause is an email nobod... What is Domain Locking and Why You Should Enable It What registrar lock prevents, the other WHOIS statuses you may see, and the three protections that matter alongside it. What is WHOIS Privacy Protection and Why You Need It What is public in a WHOIS record without privacy, what privacy actually prevents, and the transfer step it blocks.