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Domain name guides
How domain names actually work — registration, renewal, transfers, DNS, privacy, and security — written for people who need to make a decision, not pass an exam.
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How to Check Domain Availability, and Trust It
What a domain availability check actually tells you, why two registrars can disagree, and how to read a result properly.
How to Choose a Domain Registrar
The criteria that separate registrars in practice, and the ones that only look like they matter.
What Domain Names Really Cost
Registration, renewal, transfer, restoration, and premium pricing, and which of those numbers you should actually plan around.
Free Domain Registration: The Honest Answer
What is genuinely free, what is a bundled first year, and what is not a domain at all.
How to Check Who Owns a Domain Name
What RDAP and WHOIS reveal in 2026, what GDPR removed, and the routes that still work.
What Happens When a Domain Expires
Every stage from expiry to deletion, with the day counts, the costs, and the point of no return.
How to Transfer a Domain to Another Registrar
Auth codes, the 60-day locks, and why most failed transfers fail for the same handful of reasons.
DNS Records Explained: Every Type
Every record type you will meet, what each one does, and the single most common way each is misconfigured.
Nameservers vs DNS Hosting: Who Controls What
The three-way distinction that causes more support tickets than any other topic in domains.
WHOIS Privacy After GDPR: What It Still Does
What is published, what is redacted, where privacy services are banned, and what privacy does not protect you from.
Domain Security: Locks, DNSSEC & Hijacking
Registrar lock, registry lock, DNSSEC, and the anatomy of a real domain hijacking.
Bulk Domain Registration and Portfolio Control
Managing a portfolio: defensive registrations, renewal exposure, and what to stop paying for.