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Frequently
Asked Questions
InterNIC
and Domain Registration
Do
you provide domain registration services?
How many years do I have to sign up
a domain for?
How do I know if my domain name is
available?
Why do I need a domain name?
What's wrong with those free
hosting sites?
How long does the process take?
I registered my domain already - how
do I move it to your servers?
I have or want an international
domain - can you offer this service?
How do I register or move
an international domain?
Q.
Do you provide domain registration services?
A. Check out our domain registration site at www.gnsdomains.com
for full service domain registration, transfer, and management.
Q. How many years do I have to
sign up a domain for?
A. You have the flexibility of registering new domains for differing
lengths of time from 1-10 years.
Q. How do I know if my domain
name is available?
A. Visit GNS
Domains and click "Register" to run a check and
see if the name you desire is available.
Q. Why do I need a
domain name? What's wrong with those free hosting paces?
A. There are many reasons but the big ones are: Name recognition
and advertisements: Having a "dot com" adds prestige and legitimacy
to your site. If you want to do business on the Internet, you
will be competing with many others - make your site stand out
and be found!
With
most free hosting sites, there's always a catch. Almost always,
support is limited or non-existent. Bandwidth and equipment, and
the personnel to manage them cost money! Besides having a generally
lousy address (usually along the lines of www.somefreeservice.com/some_folder/some_account_name/etc),
you usually have to display an ad or popup window or otherwise
have your visitors annoyed. And you usually won't get the best
array of features like SSl, CGI, MySQL, etc. There is no such
thing as a free lunch! But there is a low-cost one - us!
Q. How long does the process
take?
A. It generally takes just a few hours to process a new domain,
and it takes another 1-3 days to propagate* around the world after
that, so your site should be live within a few days at most! A
domain move may take slightly longer since it requires an acknowledgment
from the ADMIN contact of the domain before it is processed. NOTE:
We've seen some take less than 18 hours and some take 5 days or
longer.
* the new TLDs, including .biz and .info do not
have a propagation delay for new registrations or changes of nameservers.
they are nearly instant.
Q. I registered my domain already
- how do I move it to your servers?
A. Visit our new "Domain Transfer"
page - there is information on the procedures you will need for
many registrars. In all cases, you will have to instruct your
registrar to point your domain to new nameservers. We supply you
with the necessary nameserver information in the welcome letter
you receive when you sign up.
Q. I have or want an
international domain - can you offer this service?
A. Yes! We can host any top-level or country-code domain name.
Q. How do I register
or move an international domain?
A. GNS Domains
can assist with registration and management of only a few country-code
TLDs. For the most part you will need to fill out the appropriate
paperwork with the registrar for your country's TLD. We have no
jurisdiction over changes to international domains, so we provide
you all the necessary server information to perform the registration
or move yourself.
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