Domain Name Registrars
There’s quite a discrepancy between the cost of a domain and its importance. Control over the domain name is the key to a web site and all the bookmarks, feed readers and search engine rankings it might have. You can back up your content and host it elsewhere should you ever loose your domain, but you cannot easily regain your traffic.
At the time when you’re registering a new domain it’s not worth more than the $7-10 that you’ve spent for the registration fee. But 5 years later it might be your main source of income, and losing it could be a devastating blow. That’s why choosing the right domain name registrar is so important, and why it shouldn’t matter whether the registration fee is 1 dollar higher at registrar X than at registrar Y.
This is what you should look for in a registrar:
- Shouldn’t have a track record of taking away/down people’s domain because someone sent some random complaint through email. I am not saying that the registrar should cover a criminals back, but there have been cases where registrars took down domains for pathetic reasons. Actually, a registrar should not take down anything without a court order or a DMCA notice - EVER. Any registrar that goes beyond the absolute must should be avoided at any cost. The last thing you want is a trigger happy registrar.