[thelist] The domain name registration confusion

[Peter Small]

Can somebody please explain how this domain name system works. The more I
learn about it, the more confused I get.

The "official" cost of buying/renting seems to be 35 dollars per annum.
But, if you pay a large sum of money to one of several organisations, you
can register domain names at a fraction of this cost. There are other
places where you can obtain domain names very cheaply. Some of them you can
get domain name registration for free.

Some of these cheap or free places to register a domain name charge a large
fee for transference. Some don't. I hear that some places where you
register a domain name you own it. At other places you are only renting it.

Can somebody please help me understand all this so I don't get ripped off?
I don't want free, but, I do want to have security that I won't lose the
name at some future date. Also, if I have registered with one compant that
is giving me a bad deal, how can I change to another registration company
without losing the domain name I've registered?

Is there any definitive article anywhere on the Web that explains all this?

I'll be grateful for any guidance through this foggy mine field.

peter
http:www.avatarnets.com


>
Tell Webtrader to get registered with Core.  If you switch the domain to
>Internic, you loose ownership.  In Internic's eyes, you are just renting the
>name.  In Joker's eyes, you own it.   Plus, Internic has the right to take the
>domain away from you if they don't like/agree with it.
>
>Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I think this is right on the money.
>
>CDitty
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>Subject: [thelist] Domain Delegation from Joker
>Author:  thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org at INTERNET
>Date:    8/21/00 1:34 PM
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>Hi Gang,
>
>
>I'm sure someone else has been through this ... so I'm asking for more
>experienced help.
>
>I have a domain registered through Joker in Germany.
>
>I just signed up for hosting through Webtrader in Australia.
>
>I need to move the domain.  (I have the new Primary and Secondary name
>server and IP information.)
>
>
>Here is the "tricky" part .... It looks to me like Webtrader is registered
>through Internic .... But that Joker likes to use Core .... And (so it would
>seem) .... Internic and Core don't like talking to each other.
>
>
>.... And the solution is?
>
>
>Ron
>
>(Confused in Texas)
>
>
>
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