Domain Name Facts - Avoid Being Scammed
- 21/10/2018 16:07
- International & UK domains are registered instantly - no other company is informed of the registration and no-one can intervene with the registration process
- International (.com .net .org) domains can be registered for 1 - 10 years, whereas UK (.co.uk .org.uk .ltd.uk .plc.uk .me.uk) domains are registered and renewed at 2 year intervals -Â it is not possible to register a UK domain for anything more or less than 2 years
- Domain names can be registered cheaply, quickly and easily online, you do not necessarily need an agent to register for you
- Companies that sell domain names by telesales are almost always scammers
- A registration company is not obliged to check trademarks and company names before agreeing to register any domain - this is the registrant's responsibility
- Owning a trademark or company name does not automatically entitle you to the matching domain names
- It is not possible to "earmark" or reserve a domain name
- DON'TÂ send money to companies you have never heard from before without first checking them out
- No genuine company would take an order and credit card details from a prospective customer for some domain names and then ring around the competition to see if they want to buy them first
