I was really sad when I read this post from about her losing control of her domain name. I really hate it when people are taken advantage of and that she had problems with the eNom company as they used to be quite legit. Since my paying job title is Software Engineer if you have any technical questions that you would like help with, let me know in the comments below. Who knows, perhaps you will even give me some good ideas for posts. Otherwise, caveat emporium! Also if you are looking to buy a domain name I recommend namecheap.com. I don’t get anything for mentioning them, I have just used them for many years and haven’t had any problems.
Authors with Websites: Who Owns Your Domain Name?
The initial response to the question of who owns your domain name would likely be, “I do”. In most cases, you would be correct. That’s what I thought, too, when I received a renewal notice last August. As it turns out, I was wrong – sort of.
If that sounds confusing, you have it right. There is nothing straightforward about what I am about to share with you. The situation has only now been resolved, though I am still awaiting confirmation that it has successfully been transferred to a more reputable company. I am still in some confusion as to everything that happened. Here’s the short version.
I’ve had the domain name yvonnehertzberger.com since 2009, when my first website was initially set up and my first book published.
That website was set up by a friend of my daughter’s . I had no idea about websites and domain names and had been told that he was a genius with computers, etc. in spite of being seriously eccentric. For lack of personal experience, I had to trust that all was correctly done. To this day I believe he thought so, too. And, for the next years, until this past summer, all seemed to be fine.
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