When owning a domain name the owner is required to submit certain data about himself to complete the registration. Name and address information as well as a phone number and an email address are required to be on file. If these pieces of information are not provided the registration can either not be completed or is not valid and the domain name could be taken away.
Often people forget to keep this information updated. This is not a dramatic issue until the domain name expires and needs to be renewed. If the owner keeps track of the names it is no problem, but too often people tend to forget. Email reminders are usually send out by all domain registries. But what happens if the email addresses associated with the domain name are no longer in use? The domain name expiration notification cannot be delivered and the name expires.
What happens when a domain expires?
When a domain expires it will remain in this status for approximately 30 days. During that time the DNS servers of the expired domain will be reset to the domain name registry and the website behind that domain name is down. If the domain name does not get renewed during 30 day time frame, it will be deleted from the domain registry database and at that time the domain will go into Redemption status at the Registry level. The domain name is still recoverable, but only for a significant amount of money. After around 40 days the domain name gets deleted and released and is available for a new registration. Domain Grabbers pick up these expired names and sell them with a profit to whoever pays the most money. If an owner happens to lose a domain name by forgetting about renewing the name and by not acting fast enough when the name is expired, it can mean that the name cannot be recovered by him and that the name belongs to somebody else now.
Therefore it is highly critical to always maintain correct WHOIS data for a domain name and to keep track of expiration dates to renew domain names in an appropriate time frame.
About the Author
Christoph Puetz is a successful entrepreneur and international book author. Websites of Christoph Puetz can be found at Pregnancy Announcements and at Highlands Ranch Colorado.
Having been in both the insurance business before websites existed, and then in the real estate business when websites became the rage, I saw years ago how very effective the Internet would become for agents and businesses.
Although I didn’t recognize how very significant websites would become, I bought my first website domain, a dot com. That was what everybody back then said that I wanted a .com (commercial). I was soon getting real estate customers from both my own website and the big name real estate corporation’s site provided for agents.
“RELOS,” or real estate relocation clients as they were called were easy sales. For the ones I received via the corporation’s website, I had to pay a 20% referral fee. The clients generated by my own website cost me nothing. Soon, I had earned enough money and had the expertise to start my own real estate company. Of course, I bought a new dot com website domain and improved my new site.
My real estate business grew and prospered. I had over a dozen experienced real estate professionals working for me. Many had formerly owned their own brokerages and found working from my brokerage better for them. I did not want to hire new agents because they took too much time to train and only 5% even survive in the brutal industry beyond the second full year.
Then I got “Blindsided,” hit with a dread disease that I did not anticipate - MS (Multiple Sclerosis). I was knocked out of the real estate business by progressive disabilities. I had to give up my profession, wholesale my brokerage, vend my house, and accept life as a permanently disabled victim. I left my website domain with the brokerage.
Yet, I never lost hope. Nor, did I ever give up my faith in The Almighty that my health and good fortune would be restored. Well, Last month, I was miraculously cured of “Incurable” MS. Now, in June of 2006, Mr. Wealth is returning and bringing with him many of his friends - thanks to selling website domain “properties”.
The first reason that I sell domain properties is that my Lord has told me to. He said to buy a couple of dot ws (Web Site) over 10 months ago. Now, He has instructed me to sell them and teach others how to prosper also.
The second reason that I sell GDI (Global Domains International) properties is to gain wealth. More wealth than I had ever imagined myself having, an “Income For Life!”
When I became a Realtor, I was eager to earn my fortune selling land-based properties, houses and land. I was told then by a successful, respected real estate associate, Bill Norton, a truth I was not ready to accept.
“You’ll never become rich selling properties. You become rich by buying properties - and selling them,” my real estate buddy said. And so - Bill did!
“Truth” is “Truth” - wherever it applies. It applies in selling cyber-based properties too, website domain properties.
The third reason that I sell website domain properties is that I can provide a service by protecting some “Good Names.” I believe the scripture (CEV) Proverbs 22:1: A good reputation and respect are worth much more than silver and gold.
For example, can you imagine typing Jerry Falwell’s name into your browser and be whisked away to a pro-homosexual videos Porn-site?” I seriously doubt if the founder of “The Moral Majority” would appreciate that very real possibility. Andy Rooney, Art Bell, or Zachariah Stitchen would not likely appreciate their good names being used as a devil’s vehicle by a pornographer, either. They will not be. I own their names on the dot Web Site extension.
Most of my website domains are for sale or trade. No law requires me to sell to a buyer that I do not choose to do business with. While it may take me some time, I intend to place contact links to the persons who the web surfer was attempting to reach when he or she typed in their good names.”
Russ Miles is author of the novel, For Sale By Owners:FSBO.
A “Seasoned Real Estate NAR® Broker,” Rascal Russ was ~ for 5 hard years ~ increasingly disabled by “Incurable” Multiple Sclerosis. Now “Cured”, Rascal is committed to making God’s elect healthy and wealthy. Rascal writes books & articles on varied subjects. Comments: Rascal.Miles@Gmail.com.
Via his personal Rascal’s website, http://www.MilesBooks.com, “Rascal’s Blog”, & his ezine articles themselves, Rascal maintains personal contact with those that e-mail him, and those whom he believes the God of this Universe has joined together with him as per Destiny’s Devine Plan of Salvation for this Planet Earth!
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