Another excellent point. Many people do choose to renew their domain names each year but can loose site of that as each year passes. It is a great idea to renew for as long a period as you can. But with that, I suggest that you add a calendar entry about 6 months before the next renewal date so that it is not something that is missed.

We are glad to hear that you enjoy our site and visit frequently. WEe hope you are sharing the siote with others who you feel will benefit as well.

Renee

Glad to help such an excellent IP info & advice/recommendation site/service. Can’t believe I didn’t know about IPWatchdog.com until just recently. I visit almost daily now; often a couple times/day.

A couple more thoughts for this string:

For anyone in any industry/field/profession looking for a very nice yet very affordable, template-based, easy-to-use site, take a look at what 1and1.com has recently started offering; starting for less than $20/month.

Also; never let anyone but “you” (the business owner) register your domains. There have been many, many cases (I’m sure many of your readers already know this) where company owners have had their web designer(s), host companies, etc register the domains in their own names; only to be held hostage down the road if the biz owner ever changes their site service providers.

And be sure to register/renew your domains for the full number of years allowed; 10 years in the case of .com; and keep an accurate, most used e-mail address for notices from your domain registrar. 1,000′s of companies have their domains expire every year due to these two common problems.

Thank you for your feedback. I appreciate your thoughts and input. I recommended go daddy.com for domain name purchasing and not web hosting, because we have purchased domain names from there for years. We have not had any issues with our service through them, although we don’t dispute that there are probably others who have. I agree though, it is important to do your research. I tell people every day to “Do your homework.” No matter who you choose to work with, including us, it is important that you research and make sure you are not getting into a situation you are not comfortable in, you cannot get out of or that is inflexible.

-Renee

Thank you for reading IPWatchdog and adding commentary to the discussion. I agree that majority of the “Top 10″ type sites are solely at the discretion of those making the list. However, from my years in the Mental Health field, research clearly shows that you can get a pretty good synopsis of the general feeling within the industry if you get a large enough sampling. Rest assured that it is for this very reason that I did my homework and researched the topic thoroughly looking for a clear sampling from those in the industry as well as reviews of these services. I looked for as many “Top 10″ lists that I could find on this very topic. I used a sampling of more than 20 lists and looking for trends, took my data from all of the lists and reviews in my sample. Consistency is key.

Again thank you for reading and we appreciate your taking the time to add your insight.

-Renee

Thank you so much for your added suggestions. You are correct that the other addresses such as .net, .info and .org ar also important to think about. Particularly depending upon what your industry is. People may assume so when you are looking for a domain, you need to try and consider the assumptions of others. Hyphens and underscores also should be considered. Again that you for your input and thank you so much for reading IPWatchdog.

-Renee