What is Domain Name Backordering? Watch Out For This
One! by Martin Lemieux
What is Domain Name Backordering? Watch Out For This One!
By: Martin Lemieux
Domain names are the hottest
net-real-estate on the internet. It's no wonder services like:
"Domain Name Backordering" is available to the public. Can
someone really backorder your domain right from underneath
you? Guess again...
So what is Domain Name
Backordering?
This is a service that allows anybody on
the internet to reserve a domain name if and when it goes up
for sale! This doesn't seem harmful does it? Guess
again...
Companies all over the internet are ordering
this service for website url's that seem to be popular! What
if by chance you just happen to forget to re-order your domain
name? Let's say that you go on vacation and neglect to check
your emails that are now telling you to renew your domain
name? In this case, another company on the other side of the
planet sees the fact that your domain name is soon up for
grabs, so they order a backorder on your domain name and
simply wait to see what you do with it.
So here you are
coming back from a very long vacation and what is this?
Someone else now owns your domain name because you simply
neglected your duty to keep your net-real-estate
up-to-date!
Unless you own a Canadian domain name
protected by the CIRA, or you have a trademark on your domain
name or business name, you are "really" out of luck. Once you
are at this point, it may take months before you can prove to
the courts that you simply forgot to renew your website
address.
Should This Service Be Allowed?
That is
a very interesting question. Some would say yes simply because
there are literraly 1000's of websites that aren't going to be
renewed next month. On the flip side, some of those websites
are simply a mistake. I think the point here is; avoid making
that mistake and renew your domain name for atleast 5
years.
Google is apparently looking through the "WHOIS
Data Base" to see which websites have the staying power online
and are serious by registering their domain name for more than
1 year at a time.
Again, should domain backordering be
allowed?
I say no! Just like a patent for an invention,
you should have up to 1 year to claim that domain unless you
transfer the domain name to another company or individual.
This way we would have less domain name theft and less
"hick-ups" from companies who simply forget their important
responsibility.
Protect Your
Net-Real-Estate!
Your website address is the most
important commodity you have online. It is as important as
your business name itself. It is what ties your company
offline to online. People know you through your domain name.
Potential clients may end up visiting your website later on,
you woudln't want some other company in your
place?
Please be careful when give out the access
information for your domain name to anyone that isn't within
your trusted circle.
I hope this article has helped you
out!
About the Author
About The Author:
Martin Lemieux is the president of
the Smartads Advertising Network. Smartads helps small to
large companies with their offline and online marketing
needs.
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