Design Conscious web design

I’m annoyed. This has happened before and in the past I have just binned the letter, but now I think it’s better to mention it.

Domain Registry of America sent me a Domain Name Expiry Notice, if you read it – which I know a lot of people don’t ‘actually’ read things. It says that your domain will soon need renewing and that you can do it through them. They aren’t saying you ‘have’ to but that you will ‘need’ to.

Now, I register my own domains, so I know I have never used the DRA before – and they have nothing to do with my registrar. So under no circumstances am I going to fall into the trap of transferring my domain to them… but a lot of people – I suspect – do.

It’s happened to a client of mine in the past, the letter is very convincing that it is the right thing to do to renew with them. So they went ahead and renewed without asking me or waiting for me to remind them.

I get annoyed by this because so many people don’t know what they are doing on the internet, so many people don’t know what they are buying when they take a domain name or a hosting package. And this blatant attempt to capture someones renewal is just adding to the confusion.

So the advice is:

• Check with your webdesigner when your domain is up for renewal
• If you bought your domain direct, login to your control panel and double check what you are doing

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