Here is a small tip for people new to buying domain names. Generally it is a safer idea to create a giant list of domain names you would want for your website ranked in "most wanted" order. As well as being able to purchase the domain name immediately after finding the one you want. Sometimes suspicious thing happen and just like that BAM your domain name is gone. Legit? Probably. There are millions of internet users. But in my experience... I was searching for a really random domain name for my school. With my school letters in it "Sjam". After searching for it, I came back about 10 min later and the domain was gone. Sketchy a little bit I think. One final tip. When you do search, search with a well known web host or service. I would recommend searching with netfirms.com. That is what I usually search with. But it doesn't really matter, just as long as they are known, to prevent your name from being taken. Hope this is useful!

One of the reasons for a domain to be gone as soon as you search for it and not buy it is that some companies are putting 4 day holds on the domain names in an attempt to mark up and sell the domain back to you, even though they don't legally own the domain. Network Solutions was a big one that was buy domains for under ten bucks but selling for round 35$ per year.


Just some food for thought.

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