Owning a Domain

The ICANN(Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) controls all the domain names over the internet. However, it does not deal with hosting the webpages or the hosting servers. It deals with the domain names and their IP addresses on which they are hosted. A domain name can be registered with any domain name registrar.

A domain name registrar is a company accredited by ICANN to register internet domain names. While you buy a domain with a registrar, you buy it for a certain period after which you have to renew the domain. If you buy a domain say "alltechnix.com" with a registrar for one year, you have to renew the ownership after one year.If you fail to renew a domain name within the stipulated time, the registrar will have full control over the domain name and may or may not sell it to you again.

There were several cases in which the registrars gained control over the expired domain names and threatened the former owners for more money.Once a famous photographer got calls from his friends after some nude pictures started appearing on his expired domain. In order to regain his already popular domain he had to pay a large sum. That is why most of the top domain registering websites say that they notify you or have an expiry alarm.

So,do not buy a domain unless it is a trusted service.Host monster is one of the trusted services.You can also see the Cpanel for managing domain in the demo login.