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What happens to my domain name if the company that I registered it through goes out of business?

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Question: If I register a domain name with a very inexpensive "fly-by-night" company and they go out of business, could that cause problems for me maintaining the domain name? My actual web pages would be hosted by another company.

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Registering a domain requires a lot of effort in verifying the reputation of the domain registrar. It’s better to stick with a domain registrar with solid good reviews than to register with new ones to avoid problems and or conflicts. One good domain registrar is Godaddy. It is by far the cheapest domain registrar I know. It’s also advisable not put all your eggs in one basket like for instance domains registrar and web hosting in one company to avoid future problems like if that company goes out to business.

If you’re domain registration company happens to went out in business, you can simply transfer your domain to other domain registrar given that your the owner of the site.

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  1. Britta Curkovic on Jun 13, 2011

    What happens with your domain name completely depends on how the domain name is set up.

    If the domain is set up with your name as the owner and administrative contact, and with your correct email, the renewal system should notify you when it comes due, even if the company that originally registered went out of business.

    If your contact email is not listed, and your company name is not listed, if the company that registers it goes out of business, you won’t get notified when the domain name comes due, and the first you’ll find out is when your domain goes down because it has not been renewed.

    If it is registered under such a company’s account, you would have to file a request for resolution with the company that is providing the registration service, to gain ownership and control over the account. This usually involves filling out forms, with copies of your ID on company letterhead, with receipts that show you paid for the domain, before they will release the domain to your control.

    To find out where your domain is registered, (who you need to contact to get control over your domain) go to "betterwhois.com" and run a query on your domain. See what company name is listed next to "REGISTRAR", they are the company that you need to contact. Usually the next line down, "Whois Server" is a hint to their domain name, to make it easier to find them.

    Bottom line is this:
    Best policy is to control your domain yourself: go to a company like "godaddy.com" to cheaply and easily register your own domain. Make sure that you always keep an up to date email on the account, so they can notify you when it comes due, and put it on "auto renew" so it can renew automatically.

    If you own your domain (you’ve paid someone for it) you have the right to control it yourself. Go to Godaddy.com, create a free account, fill out the "domain transfer" form to initiate the transfer, and ask your current service provider to unlock the domain and provide you the authorization transfer codes to make the transfer go through.

    Good luck!

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  2. Durriya Com on Jun 13, 2011

    your domain name stays with you. Hwn it is time to renew you need to renew with another domain seller.

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  3. Danielfreakymelon on Jun 13, 2011

    Your Domain name will stay with You only.,..But the registrar must good means you can get the Quires and doubts,problem in future means can be esily solved by the Support team…Not all provider provide this much of support,You can also register Domain name one site and host it with other Company there is nothing will happen like Problem,You can get the Domain Name service at low cost at here http://www.XnYnZ.com/ and You can get the web hosting plans at cheap cost at here http://www.thewebpole.com/twp/domain-web-hosting/

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  4. Nate D on Jun 13, 2011

    No, no… A domain name needs the registrars systems to be up for it to function properly. But if a registrar does go out of business they will probably liquidate the existing accounts to another registrar before they shut down the doors (but that depends on how shady an operation you are working with). Liquidation means they’ll sell the accounts to the highest bidder, and they buy the accounts hoping for users to renew. Now the highest bidder probably does not have the cheapest prices lol.

    So, if I were you… You should transfer the domain to http://www.newinternetdomains.com at just $9 for a year! That way you get peace of mind from a company that is not going anywhere, great prices when it is time to renew, the domain will have top-of-the-line DNS (that’s what directs visitors to your hosting account) and 24 / 7 live human support. You see they have great prices due to volume… so you get the power of an expensive place, but the prices of a cheap place.

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