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qwerty7

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#101917 11-May-2012 17:35

Want to ask a few simple questions on something I know absolutely nothing about

1) If I want to register a .com or .co.nz name how do I go about it. What companies would you recommend what ones should I stay away from. I do not want to create a site, just register the name.

2) is registering different from parking?

Some sites you enter return nothing, others come up with random advertising or go-daddy. I guess the ones with random advertising or go-daddy are registered but just not used and the ones that return nothing or could not be found do not exist yet.

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#623622 11-May-2012 17:38

I've used Hosting Direct for my couple of .nz domains, they have been good, no problems.
Parking is, I think, just registering it but not pointing it at anything useful(?).
Is quite easy to buy a domain and point it to a free thing like a blogger blog or similar.

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Joseph

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#623624 11-May-2012 17:45

qwerty7: Want to ask a few simple questions on something I know absolutely nothing about

1) If I want to register a .com or .co.nz name how do I go about it. What companies would you?recommend?what ones should I stay away from. I do not want to create a site, just register the name.?

2) is registering different from parking?

Some sites you enter return nothing, others come up with random advertising or go-daddy. I guess the ones with random advertising or go-daddy are registered but just not used and the ones that return nothing or could not be found do not exist yet.

Any other advice usefull

Email a few and see how good and quick their support is. Often the cheap ones will display a parking page with advertising, it is one way they make money.Some will offer you free redirection and email redirects for free.

qwerty7

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#623746 11-May-2012 21:07

i just want to reserve the site for possible onsale in the future , so i don't care if it is just in parking with advertising. Just looking for the cheapest reliable way to register it.

What I meant by ones to stay away from is i guess some ae scams that just take your money.

How do you normally make payment to these website? paypal ?

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#623748 11-May-2012 21:14

qwerty7: i just want to reserve the site for possible onsale in the future , so i don't care if it is just in parking with advertising. Just looking for the cheapest reliable way to register it.

What I meant by ones to stay away from is i guess some ae scams that just take your money.

How do you normally make payment to these website? paypal ?

I use 1stdomains.co.nz. Costs about $25 a year from memory. They take credit card

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#623767 11-May-2012 21:32

qwerty7: i just want to reserve the site for possible onsale in the future , so i don't care if it is just in parking with advertising. Just looking for the cheapest reliable way to register it.

Cyber squatting then... If you are planning to register a domain name using words that are trademarked you might find out that a good lawyer on the trademark's owner side could quickly make your money worth nothing...

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#623826 11-May-2012 22:42

qwerty7: i just want to reserve the site for possible onsale in the future , so i don't care if it is just in parking with advertising. Just looking for the cheapest reliable way to register it.

What I meant by ones to stay away from is i guess some ae scams that just take your money.

How do you normally make payment to these website? paypal ?

Stay away from doing it at all. Domain squatters are a plague on the internet, and I think you'll find very little support for your despicable plan in any legitimate forum.

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#623850 12-May-2012 00:10

qwerty7: i just want to reserve the site for possible onsale in the future , so i don't care if it is just in parking with advertising. Just looking for the cheapest reliable way to register it.

What I meant by ones to stay away from is i guess some ae scams that just take your money.

How do you normally make payment to these website? paypal ?

Some could register the domain in their own name instead of yours, or you may have difficulty getting the code from them if you want to move it etc. A domain is a domain, it will be the same whoever you buy it from. The difference is the support you receive including the way they register it, and any other addon features you get with it.