Registrar – Beyond

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A domain name is a valuable asset. Aside from being critical for the functioning of the World Wide Web, it is part of your brand identity. Accordingly, you want to make sure your domain’s reputation remains solid, and what is more, that your domain remains yours. Keeping your domain protected starts with choosing a reliable, reputable domain registration company, namely a registrar.

Finding the perfect domain name registrar is no easy task and you may be tempted to register your domain name through the company that hosts your website. Indeed, most hosting providers offer domain registration services, and many even offer a free domain name along with their hosting package. However, as explained in self-hosting: a hard egg to crack, you might be better off registering your domain name somewhere else.

As far as I am concerned, I have decided to entrust gandi.net with my domain name; their security features were cardinal in my decision. Of note, they don’t have an affiliate program, meaning there is no monetary incentive to spread the words about their product and services.

Now, the idea that there isn’t much for a domain registrar to do except record who registered which domain name, is a pretty big falsehood. Many people don’t realize how easy it is to lose your domain name, and underestimate the importance of finding a good registrar. You don’t want to entrust your domain name to whoever is most popular or cheapest; choosing the wrong company could cost you more than money! To understand what tell registrars apart, and more importantly, the criteria to consider when choosing a good one, you may want to consider reading the article entitled a registrar.

Importantly, picking the right registrar involves defining your specific needs first. For instance, not all registrars have access to the same top-level domains (TLDs). In addition, registrars provide features beyond domain registration (e.g. email account) and some companies may offer package matching what you are looking for.

Read all about these topics, as well as everything relating to gandi.net, here.

April 7, 2022April 4, 2022

Gandi and credit card expiration

I have configured my Gandi account to benefit from automatic top-ups via my credit card if my prepaid account is no longer sufficient to honor my invoices. But what if my credit card expires?

October 21, 2021April 3, 2022

SiteGround new Centralized DNS

Faster domain resolving, enhanced protection against DDoS, improved resilience and redundancy of the service, and easier management of multiple domains. These are the promises of the SiteGround new Centralized DNS, but to benefit from this new DNS service, you first have to update your DNS settings.

June 10, 2021April 3, 2022

Site Tools (vs. cPanel) – part 8: Email

Hosting providers can include an email account (i.e. space on a server where email are stored and then retrieved by email programs) as part of their package. In their Email tutorials, SiteGround tries to give answers to all of your questions regarding your email accounts. All, really? I don’t know, I have never checked…

June 3, 2021May 31, 2021

Site Tools (vs. cPanel) – part 7: Domain

cPanel has made it easier to manage your domains in a single place, that is from your hosting account. What about Site Tools? Apparently, you can create and manage subdomains and parked domains. Okay, anything else?

July 9, 2020April 12, 2021

SiteGround New Client Area and Site Tools – part 5

So dreaded; still, so desired – if only to be done with it. Seven months after its due date, the long-awaited moment of the migration from the old User Area to the New Client Area was finally here. Would the new interface meet with my expectations?

February 13, 2020February 10, 2020

Gandi Automatic renewal – emendation

A year ago, I learned the hard way that the Automatic renewal feature and the Automatic payment go hand in hand. Having configured both properly since, I could now check how Gandi handles the renewal of my domain name.

December 12, 2019May 19, 2021

Restricted to Gravatar?

I wanted to add a picture for my user (in the “About the user” section of Users > Your Profile) but was confronted with this: you can change your profile picture on Gravatar. What?

September 19, 2019May 20, 2021

Gandi Automatic payment

Your domain name matters, right? Therefore, to make sure it remains yours, you chose a reliable, reputable registrar. You also applied all the domain security practices you could think of. You even opted for an auto-renewal service not to worry about renewal notifications. Yet, a little oversight can cost you your domain name…

September 12, 2019February 3, 2020

Gandi Automatic renewal

Your domain name is a valuable asset. The good news is that there are many measures to make sure it remains yours, the first one being: DO NOT LET IT EXPIRE! Auto-renewal is a great safeguard for that matter unless...

July 4, 2019December 20, 2019

Domain Transfer – Should I?

I have already addressed the pros and cons of keeping domain name registration and web hosting separate. Why bringing the issue back? What did prompt me to write this post?