Posts filed under 'Domains'

Did you go about looking for a domain, only to find the domain was already registered by someone else. How do you buy the domain you always wanted?

When the domain we look for is already registered, we usually give up hope and look for alternative domain names with dashes and underscores, or add a letter, shorten a word, add a abbreviation and so on… But what if that domain is the only one you want. (more…)

Mike Davidson gives his ordeal and experience in snatching a expiring domain name. The mechanism of domain expiry and getting hold of the fresh domain is not as simple as it seems. Two and a half months and $369 later, he managed to get hold of his ’shiny new domain’. (more…)

GoDaddy is a very popular domain registrar. It gained immense popularity by its controversial Super Bowl television commercial focused on a young woman - Nikki Cappelli who has a wardrobe malfunction and her tank top strap breaks during her appearance before a “censorship committee,” mostly of aging men. (more…)

.IN is the new country level top level domain on the web. The governement of India launched the .in or .co.in domain names for websites and e-mail IDs to popularise Indian identity in the world. The INRegistry, the official .IN registry, has been created by NIXI, the National Internet eXchange of India, as an autonomous body with primary responsibility for maintaining the .IN ccTLD and ensuring its operational stability, reliability, and security. Companies, individuals, and organizations in India and abroad are eligible to apply for these domain names. (more…)

When you register a domain name, several domain registrars give you an option of domain name forwarding and domain name masking. If used correctly, they are powerful tools to control your domain names. (more…)