Domain names

[funkyboogalooo]

Any idea how I go about finding out if a domain name is available?
Mike

[wedg1e'sdaughter]

www.EASILY.CO.UK.. GO TO THE FIRST PAGE AND YOU CAN ENTER THE ADDRESS YOU WANT AND IT WILL TELL YOU IF ITS AVAILABLE AND IF THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES

[wedg1e'sdaughter]

ooops, sorry

[JamieBeeston]

www.Register1.net

goto the first page and type in the domain name,
it will also search out any similarish domains, as well as the differing extensions.

[malman]

Goto
www.oneandone.com there is a search for domain available and it lists suggestions if its taken. Its also cheap if you just want email forward and web forward to hosted space. £6 for .co.uk for 2 years IIRC

[dontlift]

Do not register via easily if you can avoid it as they charge for changes to your domain

try www.freeparking.co.uk

[wedg1e'sdaughter]

dontlift said:

Do not register via easily if you can avoid it as they charge for changes to your domain try www.freeparking.co.uk

never have with me... i have 3 registered with them and i have never oaid more than the first registration fee!

[jazzybee]

Free Parking are very good! used them many times.

[dieselnut]

What kind of changes do they charge for ? I have changed my DNS options, even traneferred to another IPS and they haven't charged me for any of it

Confused of Teesside

[chrisjl]

malman said:

Goto www.oneandone.com

Customer service == non-existant

They spent the best part of 6 months failing to do anything correctly (transfer a domain that's about to expire, re-register the domain that has now expired etc...). Don't return calls, don't answer emails, try very hard to be un-contactable.

But that's just my experience...

[JamieBeeston]

Customer service is a must in this industry.
Its easy to take the money, but the real fun comes in getting the client to come back.

thats why I focus on customer service... a happy client will be happy to spend more.

a pissed off client will leave, AND quite rightly berate you.