| If you have a website you probably also have your | | | | registrar will surely offer you help in this area. |
| own domain as nowadays domain registration is very | | | | It might be beneficial to shell out the few extra |
| cheap for the most part. | | | | dollars it costs to protect your privacy. |
| But this is where part of the problem starts: | | | | Quick Tip 2: |
| Because it is very cost-efficient, many people | | | | Don't ignore the emails you're getting from your |
| register domains and forget about them, because its | | | | registrar: |
| so easy and fast to get a domain. | | | | Do something about them immediately. Although |
| Before your domain expires and is subsequently | | | | there is a way of reactivating your domain you really |
| deleted, your domain registrar - the company that | | | | don't need the hassle that comes with this process. |
| registers domains for you - will send you several | | | | Additionally it can be very costly to get your domain |
| email notices informing you of your domain's status. | | | | back online if you wait too long. |
| Quick Tip 1: | | | | If your domain is really important you might want to |
| Always make sure you are reachable at your | | | | consider registering it for five or ten years in |
| email-address entered with the domain's WHOIS data. | | | | advance - this way you won't have to worry about |
| There's a potential pitfall that comes along with this: | | | | your domain possibly expiring for a long time to |
| Spammers scour the WHOIS databases to get new | | | | come. |
| email addresses to send their advertisements to - | | | | That's really all you need to take care of to secure |
| you may be able to avoid this by using a so-called | | | | your domain - after all it's your "real estate" on the |
| "WHOIS privacy" service - your favorite domain | | | | web. |