Steps involved in a .COM, .NET or .ORG domain transfer (and now .CA as well)

By , April 22, 2010

(These steps in transferring a .COM, .NET or .ORG domain to a new registrar also apply to .BIZ and .INFO or any domain within a Top Level Domain that runs on EPP)

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The steps involved in a .CA domain transfer

By , April 22, 2010

Please Note: As of October 2010 the .CA Registry has changed to using the EPP Registry Protocol.

As such, the .CA Transfer process is now the same process as transfers for .com, .net or .org domains.

How can I park or monetize my domain names?

By , April 22, 2010

Domain parking refers to monetizing otherwise unused domain names via pay-per-click advertising.

There are numerous companies that exist soley to monetize “parked” domains in this manner. Most domain registrars “park” their customers’ idle and unused domains and monetize them, often keeping the revenues for themselves.

If you have domain names simply “parked” with your registrar, you may decide you want to monetize them yourself. If you do, you need to select a domain parking company and then configure your domains so that web traffic to them goes to the parked page provider’s system.

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When the internet doesn’t see an update to your zonefile

By , April 22, 2010

Every once in awhile we see a situation where somebody changes the IP address one of their hostname (A records) points at and the rest of the world still sees the old address.

Common causes of this include:

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What to do if your domain name or mailserver IP is listed in a DNS blacklist somewhere

By , April 22, 2010

You find yourself in a situation where email you send from your domain is being rejected by some remote mail servers with a message that your domain is listed in a DNS based blacklist.

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