[thelist] The domain name registration confusion

[Luther, Ron]

Hi Kev,


My bad for starting this mess, I suppose.

Nope ... registering a domain name seems to be fairly straightforward and
reasonably painless ... even for relative newcomers like me!   :-)  ....
Although .... I would DEFINITELY recommend searching through the archives to
see and heed the warnings of George and others here about "reading the fine
print" and making sure you OWN the domain name ... {Some registrars appear
to be a bit sneaky about only 'leasing' the name to you and retaining
ownership for themselves.}

The problem I ran into was in trying to 'move' the domain from where it was
parked ... to a new host ... I got a little confused working through my
registrar's procedures ... but then again I imagine each registrar has their
own quirks and peculiarities to deal with .....

Writing "idiot-proof" procedures isn't an easy thing to do .... [Hell - if
you give 100 people "simple" directions to your house ... you're still gonna
lose a few!] ..... And when you factor in an international audience ...
different backgrounds ... different connotative associations for similar
words and phrases ... and folks at very very different levels of technical
expertise, knowledge, and experience .... Sometimes you're gonna confuse
some folks ....

..... the other day it was my turn in the box ....


Ron L

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	kevin raleigh [mailto:krr at ix.netcom.com]
		Subject:	Re: [thelist] The domain name registration
confusion
		I see a ton of questions posted everywhere, so basically is
there more to
		registering a name?