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Think wise and get your unique domain name before someone well does it! First consider some quick tips about domain registration, ID Protection, Custom MX and A Records and Parked Domains

One of the major reasons for the web to become such a lively communication hub for millions of people from around the globe today is the use of domains for naming websites. Could you imagine yourself having to use a system generated sequence of numbers (a website’s real physical IP address) every time you need to open a website? Now, as a growing number of people have their own web profile in global space, domain names have become the new century means of identification.

But what do we know about domains? How easy it is to get one at this very moment without any hassle? How far are you from setting up a website under that domain? Our new short practice-driven tips added to the Domain Terminology chapter of the NTC Hosting Encyclopedia will encourage you to act wisely and secure your web presence with a unique and self-representative domain name.  

What is the easiest way to get your own brand new domain now and use it for your existing or soon-to-be created website? Generally, domain registration and website creation/management are two separate things and often offered as separate services as well, which may seem complicated and time-consuming to users. The newly updated Domain registration/transfer article will guide you through the steps of obtaining your unique website name together with a website management Control Panel where you will be able to control your overall web presence from, without being an expert.

You have your domain name assigned to you officially but how do you make sure that it is secured against any possible violations of your ownership rights, within the anonymous Internet environment? In the ID protection article you will be given some helpful advice on how to quickly ensure your domain ownership protection with the very registration of your domain, or after that. With Whois Protection enabled you will have your personal or business details such as address, phone number, email address, etc. masked and shielded from any type of unsolicited actions. 

With the domain registered and your ownership rights protected – it is time to take care of the domain’s online operation. What level of control do you, as a domain owner, have over the functionality of your domain? You may consider it to be really high as long as you are given access to modify most of the domain’s DNS records. For instance, take a look at the Custom MX and A records newly updated page to see how easy it is to direct the web traffic of your website to another location or select external mail server to process all incoming emails. Those are the basic DNS control options that each domain/hosting provider is expected to provide to domain owners.

You have registered your domain name just because it is too attractive to let it slip through your fingers (realizing how hard it’s been lately to get an attractive domain for your site with so many domains registered every day) and are not yet ready to build a website for it? Then check out the Parked Domains article supplemented with some illustrative examples of how to temporarily point your domain to an informative landing page or to an external website until your site is ready to debut online.

The tips mentioned above are solely aimed at facilitating your choice of a quality domain registration/ hosting service for your own unique domain name. Hurry up and grab your domain as soon as possible. Hundreds of domains are being registered every minute worldwide so that chances that your domain choice gets registered by someone else are truly high.

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