| You want to pick a company that looks professional | | | | around for a long time, you generally won't have any |
| and has a good track record for the time that they | | | | problems at all. These companies usually have |
| have been around. There are many cheap domain | | | | everything perfected and simplified as much as |
| registrars popping up every day, and you want to | | | | possible. |
| make sure you get one that is going to be there | | | | Sometimes smaller is better. If you happen to come |
| when you need help. It is very important that you do | | | | across a smaller domain registrar then you just might |
| your research. This cannot be stressed enough. | | | | have found your new home. The thing is, with smaller |
| There are many companies that start up with the | | | | companies, they value their customers more. They |
| intention of scamming people and ripping them off. | | | | look at their customers as their clients, and not as a |
| In the domain industry, customer service is a huge | | | | number. You generally get better quality service as |
| deal. You should look for a registrar that offers some | | | | they can concentrate more on your problems, as |
| sort of online support that is 24/7. This is crucial. You | | | | opposed to a huge company that would push your |
| need support and you shouldn't have to wait for it. If | | | | small problem aside. |
| a registrar offers a support service by phone, then | | | | Many domain registrars offer some sort of hosting |
| this is even better. A little test you can do to see if | | | | service along with a domain purchase. You can |
| a company has a good response time is to email a | | | | benefit greatly from this because everything is all |
| legitimate question to them before you even | | | | central and taken care of by the company. All you |
| purchase anything. This is a great way to see how | | | | need to do is tell them what domain you want, and |
| fast they reply to you, if they take a couple minutes | | | | they will do the rest. No more dealing with setting up |
| then this company is of high quality and will want | | | | confusing nameservers or trying to configure the |
| your business. | | | | DNS. |
| If you pick a well known company that has been | | | | |