I feel so stupid, a friend of mine asked me to come here for answers. I know absolutely nothing about websites, domains or anything techie for that matter. Last night after a few hours of gaming n drinking, one of my friends wanted to check his email - and bumped into register.com We were just playing around for what domain names were available..In a moment of excitement and stupidity I went ahead and registered a domain name for a year for $35! So, what do I do with it! I registered a domain at register.com! What does that mean? Does that mean tht I own that domain name now? I looked around the site and it says for $14 more, they will 'transfer' my domain - What's that about? I guess the question is - What do I do with it? lol
LOL. Welcome to the world of webmastering, whether you wanted or not Register is what's called a domain registrar. That's a company where you buy a domain. You can transfer it to an other registrar but that'd be kind of useless. What you probably will want to do is either develop a website for that domain or to just sell it on. If you sell it, you'll have to transfer it to the new owner's registrar.
what domain did you register ? ( just for info ) lolz Also do you know register.com is one of the most costy place to register a domain ...u can easily get a domain for even less than 8 $ Anyways now enjoy with your domain buddy ! You can host a site or simply sell the domain if it is very cool Cheers
lol. Thanks for replying fellas. I thought u guys were gonna send me away with the usual "go away noob" replies. Oh geeeee, thanks for the welcome. Oh I can sell it? that's great! Where and How do I do that? I certainly don't have the knowledge to create a website at the moment. Oh man! I didn't know! So, I payed $35 for something I could have gotten for less than $8??? That's just perfect! Somebody plz shooot me! Like I said, I wasn't exactly planning to buy it! It was just a stupid drunken moment.
You can sell it here on DP, but only after you have met the criteria that allows you to post stuff for sale (See FAQ/Rules). Alternatively you can sell it on places like sedo.com. You can also keep it and just 'park the domain'. Google 'Domain Parking' for more info. It could make you a few bucks - but only if it's a 'good' domain. Which is unlikely, considering the state you were in when you bought it. Let me guess, it's something like "such-and-such-is-a-son-of-a-such-and-such.com"