Common mistakes to avoid?

[SanchoPanza]

What are some of the mistakes some of you domainers have made in the past that you think should be avoided?

 

[Amano]

Get a good host and be careful of hackers and scammers.

 

[Kate]

One of the worst mistakes:
not having up-to-date whois information, so that you don't even get renewal E-mails from the registrar and find out some day that you lost the name (BTW monitor your names and do not rely on the registrar reminders).

 

[dongan]

Time: Rushed and registered names with TM issues. have a look at my signature for ref.

 

[Th3Boss]

fakepr.info is also a good tool to use

 

[nick-8318]

Don't wait to the last minute to renew your domain

almost happened to me :yell:

 

[theSun]

The biggest mistake is having domains in registerfly. A total disaster.

 

[sdtrader]

The biggest mistake is having domains in registerfly. A total disaster.

Would tend to agree with you on that one-fortunately I stopped short on one domain which they supposedly registered for me but is in someone elses hands.I will not register or trade any names listed with them.

 

[primacomputer]

My biggest mistake has been to not register a good name when I find it. This has happened several times. It's really annoying, especially when you delay registering a name for a few days because you figure no one else could possibly be doing the same searches you are.

Of course not knowing what a good name is and registering any crap as soon as you find it is also a mistake