Tuesday, 1 September 2009
Hosting and Domain Name Wranglers for Hire
Yesterday was one of those days. Five different clients with domain name and hosting melt downs. Sites disappearing due to expired domain names; ISP's appointing themselves as admin contacts so their clients are stuck to them; web developers trying to make a few bucks as domain name resellers and panic in the air with confusion and anger looking for someone to blame. "My site is gone! My email is not working. My life is over"
All of this can be avoided with a bit of prior, proper, preparation (which for the record prevents, piss-poor performance. Here are a few Golden rules to keep the shine on your valuable domain name, website and email.
Rule number 1. Register your domain name yourself or at least be sitting beside the person who is registering it on your behalf.
Rule number 2. Division between Church and State. Best to have your website hosting and your domain name registrar different.
Rule number 3. Kill a few trees. Don't be shy to print out and save all the information you are sent when you register your domain and setup hosting. Usernames and passwords are key and losing them can have serious repercussions.
Rule number 4. Register your domain name for them maximum length of time possible. Google likes this and you will sleep better at night knowing your domain name is safe and sound for a few years.
Rule number 5. Ensure you keep your contact information up to date and most importantly your email address you provide as a point of contact is one that you check regularly.
Finally if you have not followed the 5 p's and find yourself in a panic and need help to get your domain name, hosting or email sorted we will do our Bush Best to get it back for you at our hourly wrangling rate.
Domain Registrars we use and recommend
Go Daddy
Net Registry (Australia)
Internic (Canada)
Hosts we use and recommend
Brad Baker- xyzulu.com
Host Gator
All of this can be avoided with a bit of prior, proper, preparation (which for the record prevents, piss-poor performance. Here are a few Golden rules to keep the shine on your valuable domain name, website and email.
Rule number 1. Register your domain name yourself or at least be sitting beside the person who is registering it on your behalf.
Rule number 2. Division between Church and State. Best to have your website hosting and your domain name registrar different.
Rule number 3. Kill a few trees. Don't be shy to print out and save all the information you are sent when you register your domain and setup hosting. Usernames and passwords are key and losing them can have serious repercussions.
Rule number 4. Register your domain name for them maximum length of time possible. Google likes this and you will sleep better at night knowing your domain name is safe and sound for a few years.
Rule number 5. Ensure you keep your contact information up to date and most importantly your email address you provide as a point of contact is one that you check regularly.
Finally if you have not followed the 5 p's and find yourself in a panic and need help to get your domain name, hosting or email sorted we will do our Bush Best to get it back for you at our hourly wrangling rate.
Domain Registrars we use and recommend
Go Daddy
Net Registry (Australia)
Internic (Canada)
Hosts we use and recommend
Brad Baker- xyzulu.com
Host Gator
posted by bbm
