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Your domain name is your address on the Internet, and without it potential customers won’t be able to find you.
When you register your domain name, or it is registered by your web designer you will receive confirmation of the registration. Along with this confirmation you will also receive a username and password that allows you or your web designer to make changes to the domain name that will make your website work. When you receive these details you should keep them filed in a safe place, as getting them later on, typically when you need them in a hurray, can be difficult and time consuming.
Recently I’ve had a couple of instances where I’ve needed domain name details for a client to put their website live and it’s taken weeks to get the account details, delaying the site launch, and the loss of customers.
Another thing to be aware of when someone else is registering your domain name is to make sure they register the domain in YOUR name and use YOUR business details (including ABN). Unless the correct name and business details are associated to the domain name you are not the owner of it and should things go wrong you’re up for a long battle and money to have things changed.
My third and final piece of advise regarding your domain name is to make sure your email address details are up-to-date because if you don’t receive your renewal notifications and the registration lapses you may be unlucky and find that someone else has snapped it up.
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