Protect your domains by following these guidelines.
DO
- Keep track of expiration dates. It is your responsibility to keep accurate information.
- Keep your contact information, most importantly your contact email address, up-to date. Again it is your responsibility to keep accurate information.
- Request a Registrar Lock on your domains (where possible) by contacting our support desk.
- Try to avoid using free-email addresses as your contact address.
- Place "marlindomains.com" on your "approved sender" email list and have emails from us go straight to your inbox. Do not let SPAM filters prevent us from sending you important emails.
- Renew your domain early and for long periods of time when possible.
DO NOT
- Make sure you do not give other 3rd parties your member or domain password.
Protect your web presence
Have you considered registering your .com, .com.au, .net.au, .co.nz variants of your domain? The deciding factor usually depends on how serious you are about Protecting Your Online Value. Ask yourself whether it would disturb you if a competitor registered these domains? Our easy to use and reliable Web and Email Forwarding services allow you to point as many domains as you want to your website.
Web with benefits:
Another benefit of registering multiple domains is the greater probability of being located on Search Engine listings. An interesting fact is that many Search Engines now feature region specific searches. You can perform a generic search, or you can select the 'Search Australia Only' option.
How the search works is simple; an 'Australian Only' search may prioritise addresses that end in '.au'; a 'New Zealand Only' search may prioritise addresses that end in '.nz'. To guarantee your website is listed and accessed by both regions you will need to have both domain names registered.
In contrast to the above, neither the '.au' nor the '.nz' domains will stand a chance of competing against the '.com', or rather the TLD name space, if someone submits a generic search with no regions specified.
If you currently conduct business in other countries, or one day plan to expand then we recommend securing your country specific domains now. |
