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Domain name pickles
Domain names are theoretically simple but critically important for your business. You register one, set up a website and email address, and somehow, it all functions seamlessly.
However, when issues arise, they can disrupt your website and email services. Avoiding such scenarios is crucial. Let's examine some common domain name-related problems that clients have encountered over time.
You’re not the registrant of YOUR domain name – your web developer is
This shouldn’t happen, but I’ve seen it all too often. The web developer or web agency is listed as the registrant for the domain name. Sometimes, they even use this as leverage to keep a client – or worst still hold them hostage. Basically, if you stop being their client you lose your domain name,…
Your domain name has expired, how do you get it back?
With no warning your email stops coming, your website is offline, and any paid marketing you are doing is suddenly a giant waste of money with people being directed to an error page. Hello, your domain name has very likely expired. I know, it’s the 2020’s and you’d think this wouldn’t be a thing anymore….
What to do when you don’t know who your domain name registrar is
To put a new website live on the web, web designers need to update the technical records of the domain name that is going to be used on the website. This is so the domain name ‘points’ to the website. We generally do this by either changing what is called the A record or the…
