Domain Names Terminology

This will be a list of domain name terms that are commonly used in the industry. I hope this eases some confusion or at least educates a few people out there. There's nothing more frustrating than talking to customer service and not understanding the words they're saying.
Administrative Contact: The administrative contact is an individual authorized to make certain changes to a domain name on behalf of the registrant. This person will tyically have the ability to transfer a domain name, so it's recommended to be someone the registrant trusts.
Appraising: Evaluating a domain name and determining the value of that domain in the market.
Country Code: These are special TLD's that refer to a specific country. For example, .us is the United States while .ca is Canada.

Yahoo! Web Hosting Details - Complete Details

This is the complete listing of all features when you signup for their Web Hosting Package

Site design:

·    Online site design tool

·    Site building checklist

·    Customizable site designs

·    Flexible page layouts

·    Pages that may be tailored to your business (such as a clients page for law firms)

·    Simple ways to enter and format text and photos

·    JPG, GIF, and PNG support

·    Multilingual text support (i18n internationalization)

Yahoo! Web Hosting Features

Yahoo! Web Hosting costs $12.95 per month or if you purchase the 12 months,  it would come up to $7.46 per month for the first 3 months and then $9.95 after. I think it is a pretty good deal considering there are a lot of features that comes with their Web Hosting package.

Yahoo! Domain Name Private Registration

Did you know that anyone and everyone can find out your personal information just by looking up your domain name online? The Internet's governing body ICANN, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers requires that every domain owner's information be listed in an online database. Unfortunately, spammers, stalkers and solicitors lookup this database every single day.

Yahoo! Domain Name Pricing

You can register your favorite domain name for only $9.95 a year!

• One Year: $9.95
• Two Years: $19.90
• 3 Years: $29.85
• 5 Years: $49.75

You can pay Yahoo! Domains using Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Discover Card or even Paypal!

The following services will be included when you purchase from Yahoo! Domain

Domain locking

• Domain forwarding
• Starter web page
• Complete DNS control
• 24-hour toll-free support

How do I forward my Yahoo! domains?

Forwarding domains is only available to Yahoo! Domains and Business Email customers which allows you to forward your domain name to another website.

You can do this by doing the following

1) Go to Domain Control Panel
2) Follow the link "Forward Your Domain"
3) Click on "Create Forward"
4) The control panel would then verify the information
5) Enter the URL you want the domain name point to
6) Click "Continue"
7) From here, you will be asked if you want "Standard" or "Masked" Forward

• Standard - Your viewers will see the forwarding. The URL will change to the new domain name
• Masked - Your viewers will not see the forwarding. The URL will not change

8) You should now see the "Congratulations" page

Make sure the domain name is unlocked

Domain names that are "locked" with Yahoo! Domains can't be transferred. To unlock a Yahoo! Domains domain name:

1. Go to http://domains.yahoo.com.
2. If necessary, sign into your Yahoo! Domains account using your existing Yahoo! ID and password.
3. Click Domain Control Panel.
4. Click Edit Domain Locking.
5. Locate your domain name in the table.
6. If the domain name is locked, the page will display "Locked". Click the large Unlock Domain button.
7. On the next page, click the large Unlock Domain button to confirm the action.
8. You will be returned to the Domain Locking page, which should show that your domain name is now unlocked.

It may take up to 24 hours for Yahoo! Domains to notify the central domain registry that the domain name has been unlocked. During this time, you can still place the transfer order on our Web site. We'll start the transfer as soon as the central registry knows it's been unlocked.

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