| There are several sites on the internet claiming to | | | | - Bait and switch. GoDaddy offers domain names for |
| offer the cheapest domain names. If you look hard | | | | as low as $2.99 but they're for the .info domain |
| enough, you can find domain names for as low as | | | | name. Chances are you want a .com domain name |
| $1.99 or $2.99 per year. So, what's the catch? | | | | which costs $9.99 per year. |
| You have to realize that not all domain names are | | | | - The special discount price only applies to the first |
| created equally. And, not all domain registrars include | | | | year. Yahoo recently sold .com domain names in |
| the same services in the price of your domain name. | | | | March for $1.99 but the special price was only for the |
| A good .com domain name will cost around $10 per | | | | first year and for new customers. It would switch to |
| year and should include at the very least, | | | | $9.95 per year after the first year. |
| | | | - You only get the $1.99 domain name rate if you |
| 1. free domain forwarding | | | | also buy a non-domain name product (Limit of 1 |
| 2. free personalized email addresses & alias | | | | domain name). A non-domain name product usually |
| forwarding | | | | means web hosting. Quite frankly, if you're going to |
| 3. free parking | | | | pay for web hosting, find a good registrar that will |
| 4. full DNS access | | | | give you that domain name for absolutely free. |
| 5. free domain registration privacy | | | | - Two sites look awfully familiar. It's probably because |
| When you buy a cheap domain name for $1.99 | | | | one of the sites is a domain name reseller. Some |
| you're cutting out some of those services. Depending | | | | entrepreneur buys domain names at wholesale cost |
| on your needs, that might be okay, but if you want | | | | from the big companies and then resells them to |
| to actually use your domain name for your website, | | | | regular people like you or I. |
| make sure to read the fine print... | | | | Make sure you do your homework before registering |
| Here are some of the tricks that registrars use when | | | | a domain name because you can't get a refund. As |
| they offer their "cheapest domain names" promotion. | | | | always, buyer beware! |
| Even the big companies do it. | | | | |