This Month's Quick Tip: You Own Your Domain Name, Right?

Did you know that you may not actually be the registered owner of your domain name?  You may be the owner of Smith Wealth Management, and your website address may be smithwealthmanagement.com, but the registered owner of the domain may be your web designer, your hosting company or the domain name registrar themselves.  Please take this simple, but important step to ensure you own your domain name.

Go to NetworkSolutions.com and click their "Who Is" link at the bottom of the page.

Punch in your domain name and check the registration information.  Your company should be listed as the Registrant.  Whoever is listed as the registrant has ownership of the domain name.  Most Domain Name Registrars and Web Hosting companies will list their customers as the registrant, but in many cases, they may be listing themselves as the registrant, leaving you at their mercy if you were to ever try to move to a new host or another registrar.