Domain Registration
Solicitation Offers? Are you tired of offers to transfer or renew your internet website domain name registrations? Many new internet registration companies send registration notification letters to domain owners. Some solicit your domain registration business.
Elect SAMSA to manage your domain names. Then you may safely ignore notifications from ANY internet registration companies.
Full Support Services. We provide additional full-service support to our clients. SAMSA now provides registering and renewing domain names’ service. We monitor domain expiration dates. There’s no charge for our monitoring and management service. Our internet domains are offered through BulkRegister.com for $25.00 per year per domain, or 3 years for $65.00.
What's in a (Domain) Name?
There is a lot of thought that goes into purchasing a domain name, from the type, to the length, and even to its name. SAMSA can work with you to find what is best for you.
The name of your domain does not have to match the name of your business. However, it's an excellent idea to have the name included, if at all possible, because most people trying to find your site will put a dot com after the name of your business. Using your business name makes it simple and easy for interested people to remember.
Aliases help users get to where they want to go even if they misspell or forget if the domain name is singular or plural. These aliases are purchased domains that take a user to the same content as the main website. For example, browsing to saginawscholarships.org or saginawscholarship.org will bring up the same website content.
Another important reason for using aliases to make the domain name memorable. Members of the Bay Area Association of Plumbers and Mechanical Contractors purchased the domain name bayareaassn.com, but find it much easier to tell folks to visit www.baamp.com.
It’s important to make sure you contact the registration maintainer of your domain when you purchase domains. This is so the maintainer is knowledgeable about all of your domain names and can make sure all aliases point to the main site. Just because you purchase a new domain doesn’t mean it will be an alias, rather, it will be a loss of money if the only content a visitor sees is "Page Not Found".
| Extension | Classification |
|---|---|
| .biz | Businesses |
| .com | Commercial businesses |
| .info | Information about you, your organization, your products or any other information you'd like to make available to a global audience. |
| .name | Reserved for individuals. |
| .net | Used by many types of organizations and individuals globally; it was historically intended for and is still commonly used by Internet service providers. |
| .org | Iintended to serve the noncommercial community. |
| .pro | Restricted to certified professionals and related entities |
Dot What?
Extensions are another consideration when purchasing domain names. These classification conventions are not controlled by law, but following them helps surfers find what they are searching for more easily.
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