JTx
November 5th, 2005, 10:33 PM
Just a quick cautionary tale to anyone thinking about ever having a website. Reserve the domain name NOW!!!
Even if you aren't planning on building or having a site built for a while, get the name NOW!
A woman who is a new client was considering a web site.
When she began seriously considering that she wanted her own site she mentioned it on a few forums and message boards, including a yahoo group. Subsequently, several people with proposals/offers approached her. One of those people was me.
After several conversations and a few weeks of thought she decided that she did want to move ahead with a site and I was fortunate to have her choose me as her designer.
Well, when we went to register her domain name, guess what? Someone had registered it the DAY before!
Now, it is possible that this could just be a coincidence. But given the woman's name who I am working with, the timing... and the fact that the guy had a bogus contact e-mail AND a bogus phone number for his registration, ya gotta belief there was intent.
So if you are thinking about a site or thinking you might ever be thinking about a site. Reserve the domain name NOW!!!
It is easy and not terribly expensive. I use www.directnic.com. To register a .com addresses through them is $15 a year. They are very easy to work with and I have been using them for more than 5 years. There are others of course, godaddy.com, register.com, dotster.com and on and on.... though personally I would never use networksolutions.com... my opinion is that they suck! But I digress.
No matter who you use, register it now. If you don't or can't do it for yourself, get someone you trust to help... JUST DO IT!
My .02 for today.
JUST ADDED - Got a couple of questions so I put together an article with tips and suggestions.
Your Web Site (http://www.truebodies.com/article/articles_website.htm)
Give it a read.
Hope it helps.
Even if you aren't planning on building or having a site built for a while, get the name NOW!
A woman who is a new client was considering a web site.
When she began seriously considering that she wanted her own site she mentioned it on a few forums and message boards, including a yahoo group. Subsequently, several people with proposals/offers approached her. One of those people was me.
After several conversations and a few weeks of thought she decided that she did want to move ahead with a site and I was fortunate to have her choose me as her designer.
Well, when we went to register her domain name, guess what? Someone had registered it the DAY before!
Now, it is possible that this could just be a coincidence. But given the woman's name who I am working with, the timing... and the fact that the guy had a bogus contact e-mail AND a bogus phone number for his registration, ya gotta belief there was intent.
So if you are thinking about a site or thinking you might ever be thinking about a site. Reserve the domain name NOW!!!
It is easy and not terribly expensive. I use www.directnic.com. To register a .com addresses through them is $15 a year. They are very easy to work with and I have been using them for more than 5 years. There are others of course, godaddy.com, register.com, dotster.com and on and on.... though personally I would never use networksolutions.com... my opinion is that they suck! But I digress.
No matter who you use, register it now. If you don't or can't do it for yourself, get someone you trust to help... JUST DO IT!
My .02 for today.
JUST ADDED - Got a couple of questions so I put together an article with tips and suggestions.
Your Web Site (http://www.truebodies.com/article/articles_website.htm)
Give it a read.
Hope it helps.