You have taken the time to put together a great website. You have collected pictures, designed or bought a nifty template, and filled it with great text. Your website is ready to go. Everything looks great – until you decide to host your site on a free hosting account provided by your ISP. Big mistake.
Having no domain name is no big deal if all that you will ever do with the website is post family pictures. A domain name is mandatory though, if you plan to do business online. If you don't take your business seriously, why should anyone else?
FREE SERVICES INCLUDED:
Free Email Forwarding
You can create personalized e-mail addresses and forward them to another e-mail addresses of your choice. For example, if you register a domain called myfamily.com, then you can create forwarding e-mail accounts like
and forward it to
.
You can also create a catch-all (wildcard) e-mail address.
The most important thing is that we add No advertising to the forwarded e-mails
Free URL Forwarding
Forward/redirect your domain name to any other URL/website on the web.
You can cloak the URL using the URL Frame feature.
URL forwards are ad-free.
Free Real Time DNS Servers
Increase the speed and performance of your website by using our geographically dispersed name servers.
Real-time DNS updates with Dynamic DNS option.
You can create up to 50 "hosts", or sub-domains, under your name.
You can also create a catch-all sub-domain.
We provide advanced options so that you can setup all your DNS records like A Address, MX records and CNAME records using our control panel.
Advanced Control Panel (Account Management)
You can securely keep and manage all your domains in one place.
You have the opportunity to Organize them, sort them and configure them whenever you want.
Make global changes to all your names at once by simply selecting more than one domain for editing.
Make Like is another great feature which you can use to copy information from one domain to another with a click of a button minimizing the work needed to manually copy settings.
Option to push your domain to another user without incurring any charges.
Change WHOIS information for the domain whenever required.
Grant access to only certain domain modification features to another user without transfering the domain to them.
Free Security Features
We provide security features like 'Registrar Lock' that can be used to stop unauthorized transfer to some other registrar. Of course, you have the option in our control panel to switch it on and off based on your needs.
Option to retain full control of the domain while granting access just to certain domain editing features to your customers or co-workers..
WhoisGuard Privacy Protection
For a limited time, we are providing WhoisGuard Protection with every new domain registration or transfer.
This option puts our contact information in Whois, and helps to keep your contact information private.
Dynamic DNS
We provide Dynamic DNS option free with every domain. Dynamic DNS can be used to point your domain to a computer that changes IP address after sometime, like your computer connected to the internet.
We also provide a windows client software to use this feature.
We don't restrict you to our software. You are free to any client that supports our service or create your own.
Customizable Parking Page
We offer a free parking page that will show information that your domain is 'coming soon'.
We also provide options for you to add your own text to show on the parking page.
Free Transfers/ Free Change of Ownership
If you want to transfer your domain to us and enjoy lots of features for a very low price, you use our transfer services to switch your domain name service to Namecheap.
We don't charge for setting up the transfer. All we charge is for minimum one extra year registration that will be added on top of the existing registration time.
If you want to transfer your domain to another registrar or another namecheap user, we don't charge you any fees either.
Custom Nameserver Registration
If you a webhost and need to register you nameserver, you can easily do that using this option.
This option is also provided free of cost.
To order your domain, check availability using the Domain Name Checker on the left.
If your name is available to register the domain.
CHOOSING A DOMAIN NAME
It should be Memorable Your domain name should be easily memorized from casual conversation. People should hear it once, and know it forever. A successful domain name sticks on your mind while an unsuccessful domain name requires a lot of advertising to establish itself in the mind of the consumer.
It should be Simple and as short as Possible Your domain name should be easy to remember, straightforward, uncomplicated and as short as possible. The spelling of your domain name should be obvious from the spoken word. Moreover, it should convey only one idea.
It should have the .COM or .CO.UK Extension You should do whatever you can to get a .COM or .CO.UK name as it has become the default extension for allmost everyone and all buinesses in UK. The .COM or .CO.UK extension seems destined to remain the standard default extension for commercial websites, at least for the foreseeable future. Don't use a .NET, .ORG, or .WEB, etc. as your primary extension as it seems second nature for internet users to type-in .COM or .CO.UK in their browsers when they want to find a site.
It should contain the Benefit If your company's name is taken, try registering your benefit. If you company's domain name is taken (e.g: Wendy Pens, Inc.), then you can use your product's benefit as a domain name (www.durablepens.com). In another example, a company called Resort Sports Network registered their benefit, www.fasttravel.com, instead of their full name or an RSN acronym.
It should contain the most important Keywords Some search engines give better listings to sites that include important keywords in their domain names. Think of keywords that people might search for when they use the search engines in looking for the products that you have to offer.
You have taken the time to put together a great website. You have collected pictures, designed or bought a nifty template, and filled it with great text. Your website is ready to go. Everything looks great – until you decide to host your site on a free hosting account provided by your ISP. Big mistake.
