A domain name is very critical to your online identity.\u00a0 Though extremely valuable, registering one is actually quite affordable these days.\u00a0 Be that as it may, one must remain aware of all the tricks of the trade in order to ensure a quality purchase.\u00a0 There are many registrars on the market that are in the business of selling cheap domain names.\u00a0 In fact, if you search long enough, you can easily find offerings for as low as $1.99 or $2.99.\u00a0 Prices like these are hard to pass up, but there has to be a catch, right?\u00a0 You got it.\u00a0 It is important for you to realize that while they serve the same general purpose, not all domain registrations are created equal.\u00a0 What we mean by this is that different registrars will include or omit different services with your registration.<\/p>\n
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Standard Features<\/strong><\/p>\n \n A quality domain name with a .com extension will cost your around $10 a year.\u00a0 At the very least, this service should include the following features:<\/p>\n \n – Free domain forwarding<\/p>\n \n – Free personalized email address and alias forwarding<\/p>\n \n – Free domain parking<\/p>\n \n – Free domain registration privacy<\/p>\n \n – Full DNS Access<\/p>\n \n When you purchase a cheap domain name, more than likely, you will be missing out on many of the above features.\u00a0 This might not be a tremendous deal depending on your specific needs, but if you really want to make the most out of your domain name and web presence, it is definitely better to have them.<\/p>\n \n Common Tricks<\/strong><\/p>\n \n To help ensure that you get the best deal possible, we have listed some of the most common tricks registrars employ when offering cheap domain names.\u00a0 You may be surprised at how many of the big name companies are involved in the trickery.<\/p>\n \n Bait and Switch<\/strong> – GoDaddy is well known for its $2.99 special on domain names.\u00a0 However, most of the time, this deal only applies to .info TLDs, which could be a rather undesirable extension for someone trying to do business online.\u00a0 Chances are, you are after a .com domain which will cost you about $9.99 per year.<\/p>\n \n Limited Time Discount <\/strong>– Yahoo is another well known registrar with tricks up its sleeves.\u00a0 The company recently had a sale for .com domain names at the amazingly low price of $1.99.\u00a0 The major catch is that the price was only good for the first year and only available to new customers.\u00a0 Once that year exceeds, the cost goes back up to the regular price of $9.95 per year.<\/p>\n Must-buy Add-ons <\/strong>– When purchasing service from some registrars, that price of $1.99 is only good if you also purchase additional products the company offers.\u00a0 In most cases, this is a web hosting package.\u00a0 If you truly need a web hosting service, then look for a provider that will sell you a good plan and provide the domain name absolutely free.<\/p>\n \n Although the tricks mentioned in this article aren\u2019t necessarily scams, they are very confusing and could spell trouble for the newcomer.\u00a0 Therefore, you want to conduct solid research because unlike most things you buy, there is no refund on a domain name registration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A domain name is very critical to your online identity.\u00a0 Though extremely valuable, registering one is actually quite affordable these days.\u00a0 Be that as it may, one must remain aware…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[86,472,138,87],"class_list":["post-418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domain-names","tag-domain-name","tag-domain-registrar","tag-domain-registration","tag-tld"],"views":137,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}