When the whole world is under the ‘Football Fever’, Godaddy has launched a new promo this Fifa season.

Now you can register any domain on Godaddy.com for just $0.99 (actual cost being $0.99 + 18 cent ICANN fees = $1.17)

Just go to Godaddy.com, select a domain you like and while checking out enter the promo code SOCCER99 and boom get your domain for just $0.99

But keep in mind that you can use the code only once for any single account and you may need Credit Card for the payment.

What are waiting for go grab your domain for $0.99

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Now this happens many times, especially with the newbie webmasters. They go for the “Hosting + Domain Registration” combo package from a local company at considerably high price for inadequate services. And when they check out the price and services offered by other reputable Hosting companies/ Domain Registrars, they want to change their Host/ Registrar.

Changing host, is comparatively easy..but what can be more difficult is Registrar shifting. So lets start with the Registrar Shifting process.

First of all choose a suitable Domain Registrar, depending upon your needs. You must always check for the promotional offers available with various big Domain Registrars. Keep in mind “Domain Transfer” is not a free process. The registrar will charge some fee, approx. to 1 yr. “.com” registration fee – i.e. $7-8. Many registrars give 1 yr. registration free with transfer.

Now, once you’ve chosen your new registrar, go to your old Registrar’s domain manager and look for the security code. If you have locked the domain, first step will be to unlock it. Once you got the security code. Go to new Registrar, check for “Domain Transfer” option and enter that code.

If you have entered the code correctly, there will be one notification on the email address associated with that domain. When you rceeive that email, you need to do nothing. Just wait for the estimated days, usually upto 7 days, and you can see your domain in new Registrar’s Domain List.

Thats it, you have transferred your domain successfully to your new Registrar.

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Domain name is very crucial for any site. It’s like the identity for any site. These days due to boom in domain reselling most of the premium domain names have already been registered. Even 3-4 word domains without any meaning have been registered and are being sold for $$$.

So what are the factors that determine the price of any domain. In other words, how to analyze or appraise any domain name. One thing I make to clear before getting in deep, that domain appraisal is highly subjective. The domain name that you may think worth $1000+ may be worth $100 only in appraiser’s view. On the other hand some interested party may be willing to pay you $10000+ for same domain. In short, the price of the domain is mainly determined by the need of the person.

Now lets see some general factors determining any domains value…..

I. TLD (i.e. the extension of domain) -

Its the most important of all the factors. Obviously .com doamin can get you more price than other TLD’s like .net, .org,.info,.biz, etc. for same keyword. Also there were some news that .info domains are considered as spams by some search engines hence not indexed higher in SERP’s.

II. Length of domain –

Next comes the length of the domain. Short domains are worth more than longer domains. According to some webmasters 3 words .com domain can get you $1000+.

III. Keyword

The keyword is the domain name itself, i.e. in google.com , google is the keyword. Obviously a good keyword means more $$$. Meaningful domains, especially the dictionary words can get you more value than non-dictionary words. As compared to 4 word meaningless domain 8-9 words meaningful domain will get more value.

IV. Singular or Plural –

This varies, but mostly singular domains can get more value than plural.

V. Brandable –

Now if you have a non-dictionary word domain, but it is brandable then you can get more $$$ comparatively. The biggest example for this is Google.com , where google does not have any dictionary meaning.

So these are few factors which can help you in analyzing your domain and let you know “how much is it worth”.

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What is Domain Hijacking?

Domain name is the identity for any site, and without identity the site is nothing. And if you are not careful enough then this identity of your site may be easily stolen or hijacked.

Though Domain Hijacking is illegal, it has been very common these days. What the hijacker do is put a false transfer request for a domain and trick an unsophisticated domain owner or registrar into giving them control of the name.

Once the transfer is complete, they become the full owner of the domain. Now they con do anything with your domain. They can either sell the domain, or develope their own website on domain or just ask you for a ransom to give back your domain.

Loss of a newly registered domain will cost you registering fees only, but if an old domain is lost then it will cost you money along with your efforts to promote your domain.

How to protect your domain?

Now here are some tips that can help you protect your domain from theft or hijacking -

1. Lock your Domain – The facility of locking your domain is available with many registrars and can be done by a single click. This single click can prevent your domain from illegal transfer.

2. Keep track of your domain – Frequently check the who.is data for your domain. This way you can keep track of your expiration date, and your organization and administrative contact.

3. Be careful with domain related emails – If you get any domain related correspondence mails from someone unknown, better delete these mails.

4. Be careful while using free email services – If you have been using any free email service like gmail.com, and if you don’t login for quite a few days, then your account may be suspended or deleted. Then the hijacker may register your email address and put a request for transfer of domain leading to domain hijacking.

These few steps can protect your domains. So just be careful while handling your domains.

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Buying and selling domains is one the methods to make money over internet. But you may have noticed that every single dictionary word that you can think of has been registered. And also you may have learned that it is very difficult ta earn a good profit from either a lengthy meaningful domain name or a short unmeaningful domain name.

Here comes the role of expired domains. Though most of the “Premium Dictionary Words” have already been registered, it is also true that many of them were registered some one decade ago and they are on the verge of getting expired. Thus you have a chance of registering an “Expired Premium Domain” for normal price.

Lets have a look over the benefits of expired domain names -

♦ As they are Premium Domain names, many other people will be interested in buying them from you at your price, as you will have many optins of buyers.

♦ Secondly as they have been over since quite a few years, search engines will be giving them a high preference in their results, thus increasing its price.

♦ Also as they are old, they are obviously going to have some PageRank….. the older the domain, more will be the PageRank… and the higher the PageRank more will be its value.

♦ If you have been lucky enough to buy an expired domain which had some good traffic, then BINGO!!! you have hit a jackpot. As this traffic will obviously get inherited , if you yourself make a site over it or sell it to anybody else.Either way you are going to make handsome money over it.

Now comes the most important question – “where to find these expired domains?” If you do a google search for “Expired Dmains” or “Deleted Domains”, you will get list of sites providing the list of expiring or expired domain names. But this facility comes for a price. You have to first join their paid membership, then only will they inform you about the expiring/expired domains.

Or if you are not willing to pay any dime for this and have ample time then you can do manual search over “Who.is“. This is not a site related to expired domains, it will just give evry information you want abuot any domain name you search for.

So its upto you what you prefer. But I’ll advice first have some basic knowledge about domain brokerage before going for it. Well WISH YOU A GOOD LUCK WITH EXPIRED DOMAINS.

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