TIPS for purchasing a domain. Contact me (email below) with any tips you may have! Thanks!
Upon purchasing a new domain, always print the WHOIS and domain registrar information. Keep it filed for future reference! It proves YOU are legal owner of the domain in case an unscrupulous individual or domain registrar attempts to illegally transfer it and succeeds.
Change your domain registrar and hosting password often.
Report IMMEDIATELY any abuse, spam, attempts to gain illegal access to your domain or requests to transfer your domain that have not been authorized by you.
NEVER allow your domain registrar or your hosting company to act as the "domain service provider" for your domain.
Manage your own domain!
And NEVER have your domain hosted by the same registrar who registers it or vice versa.
Keep two separate accounts with two different companies. Register your domain at a registrar, and host that domain at a hosting company.
