Posted January 15th, 2010
by admin
I just became a reseller with makemoneysellingdomainnames to resell web hosting and domain names. I joined because I build a decent amount of websites for my own use. I was wondering why a lot of webmasters and IT people aren’t in the reseller business. I drive a taxi and talk with a lot of IT people and almost none of them take advantage of controlling the cost for web hosting. Isn’t this strange? Any comments welcome.
I think you’re wrong when you write, "I was wondering why a lot of webmasters and IT people aren’t in the reseller business."
In fact, an awful lot of people, including webmasters, IT professionals, and others, are in the hosting and domain reselling business. There are certainly at least "tens of thousands," and possibly many hundreds of thousands of "web-hosting" businesses out there, most run by people who also do web development work.
Some professionals do this "surreptitiously," creating an apparently-separate company which they use to register and host client sites. Many do it openly, telling their clients that they own the hosting or registration company.
Those professionals who do NOT resell web-hosting or domain-registration services frequently believe that their sole charge should be based on their time, not on reselling services at potentially inflated prices.
In addition, some professionals choose not to resell anything other than their own services, because they recognize that over time, the level of service at most hosting and registration companies can change.
Over the past 12 years, I’ve hosted my own and clients’ web sites on several dozen different servers (including dedicated servers, colocated servers, and many shared servers), and registered domains with many different registrars. Recently, I consolidated all my registrations to a single registrar, and I also consolidated all hosting to a single provider, but it’s likely that I’ll move some or all of this within 12 months.
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Posted January 12th, 2010
by admin
I would like to have a small business buying and selling domain names, can you help me out? Websites or tutorials or your common knowledge
Mostly, these days it does not. If you have something that someone wants bad enough they’ll go to a lawyer to get it. I register my domain names from the ICANN registrar for $8/year.
I also have a service I subscribe to that will register any other domain names I want as soon as the owner lets them lapse. 2 seconds of non-renewal and it’s mine.
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Posted January 12th, 2010
by admin
I have many domain names. Some I would like to park. Others I may want to sell. Some I want to build websites for. How do I find out reliable statistics of how much traffic they are receiving? None are currently hosted.
You can view your stats in AwStats, Webalizer … etc on your cPanel.
Personally i use Webspaceme. Their hosting is the best (i think) all over the web because they offer premium offshore and onshore ffmpeg web hosting with FREE DOMAIN FOREVER (and it’s protected domain).
They have a website marketing department – website traffic (adult too 
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Worth trying!
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Posted January 12th, 2010
by admin
I have several domain names which are the "mis-spelled" version of my primary domain name (and all redirect users to my primary domain). But before I spend alot of money and renew all these domain names, I would like to know if any visitors are actually using these mis-spelled names. How can I measure this?
Basically your hosting should have plenty of built-in solutions that help to measure traffic, like Awstats for example.
Go to your hosting account and look for the Stats tools. You should have at least 2-3 available. They will give all necessary info about what keywords are used by the people who get to your misspelled sites.
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Posted January 12th, 2010
by admin
For example: I wish to know the sites containing Kareena in their domain names.
Hi,
The allinurl operator will provide results where Kareena is the url.
example syntax allinurl:Kareena
The only tool that I have used to find words in a domain name is:
http://www.pcnames.com/search/
Hope this helps,
Ken
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Posted January 12th, 2010
by admin
I have used godaddy.com in the past but I really hate them. Has anyone used another site for their domain names?
http://www.IdomainU.com sells .COMs for less $.
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Posted January 12th, 2010
by admin
I have several domain names. How do i go about selling my domain names that i no longer use or need on eBay or other avenues?
Check it out here. http://www.nameslot.com
Get your domain name appraised also over there as it is for free.
And then there is also a section for buying and selling domains.
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Posted January 12th, 2010
by admin
I am trying to validate my domain names with ebay for an affiliate program and I need to upload a file to my domains directory and I am not sure how to do that.
You are going to need to check your host help section.
Generally one uploads with an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program with your site user and password entered into the program.
Some hosting control panels provide file management through your browser, allowing upload with no external application.
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Posted January 12th, 2010
by admin
I have registered domains names and set up a limited company in the UK. I intend to trademark the brand name of my company soon but do not have a trademark anywhere in the world.
However, in that time, if someone else sees my websites and decided to trademark it (for monetary gain) will their application be accepted and can they force me to hand over my company and domain names.
One example was when on the BBC2 show ‘The Apprentice’ – You’re Fired show, the presenter announced the name of the company ( called Xenon Green) and within minutes someone registered the domain names.
Where do I stand?
if you have a registered company which uses the same name as your proposed website then you have prior claim on web addresses in the same country of origin as the TLD ie ".UK". assuming that the busines is already trading and the website(s) are up and running then you have prior claim.
someone can take out a trademark application (as indeed so can you – see tha patent office website; its not that expensive). if they make an applcition for ther trademark and its successfull and its in the same area as you then they have prior rights to the name, but not the website address. if there is an applciaiton in the pipeline, you can object to the applciation, however you have to show grounds for your objection (ie you are already using the name).
im not entirely certain what the precedence is one company has a trademark in your area of business (geographicaly and business type) and another enitity which has the same comapny name and website addresses. I suspect it could go on whoose been actively trading / using the name for longest.
If someone else owned the trademark then they cannot stop you using the company name – if youve registered the name then its yours. no one can take that away from you, unless you want to sell it. UK company law is different to trademark law or accepted custom and practise in the web world.
bear in mind it only is a problem if the company AND trademark holder are in the same business area. someone could own the trademark for your name in another country – thats irrelevant in UK law, although there could be problems with the harmonised EU wide patent law). A potential issue is that a .com address is deemed to be a US TLD and therefore would be covered by US law – sugegst you lok at the TLD domain registrar for their rules.
say your comapny was ultrawidget.com sells computers, and a company making fasteners had the trade mark "ultrawidget", its unlikely that they could stop you using the name ultrawidget for your business or web address (becuase they are not in the same business sector), even if they did you could change the name to "ultra-widget", or "UltraWidget".
if you have a already have a problem it may be worthwhile to sound out a law firm sepcialising in patent law and see if you can get a defintiive opinion if your business is serious about the name.it will probably cost you around £2..500 to register the trademark in the UK, US & Europe [Its a one off fee]. if you dont plan on trading in the US, and dont want to use a .com address then I wouldn’t bother registering in the US.
do a search on the UK & US patent office websites and see if your comnpany / web name is already trademarked if not you can register the trade marks yourself, providing you know the correct busienss sector (thats why I’d suggest using a patent lawyer to make sure the application is made in the right manner- its relatively cheap and shouldnt be a a big bill if the business is serious about its name).
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Posted January 12th, 2010
by admin
So, what are the features to consider when it comes to purchase domain names?
whats the most reasonable price range in US$?
Thanks. : )
When dealing with a lot of the bigger companies the big thing looking at the deals they have. Most of them are about the same to deal with and offer most of the same features. One thing you should think about is privacy options. The domain name is going to get registered to your name and contact information that you provide. This can be used by spammers or others to get info you may not want others to see. Some of the domain registrars offer privacy options where it gets registered through a proxy info sort of. Good feature to look into!
Now when purchasing a domain name there are a few things to think of on the marketing side of things. You will probably want something easy to remember or easy to guess depending on your target audience. Plus look at variations that my be close to yours that could give people the wrong idea if they go to one of these and think they are on your site. Also are you concerned if anyone registers the same domain as your but as a .org or .net or so on.
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