5 Ways To Keep Your Domain Safe And Secure

Owning a domain and keeping it safe are two different things. Many people don’t think about the risks or bad things that can happen to their domain or portfolio until it’s to late. They usually become victims to an Internet crime and can loose their domain and have a really hard time retrieving it from the thief. Below you will find five methods that will keep your domains safe and secure.

1. Trust No One With Your Domains

One of the biggest mistakes in the domain industry is people trusting strangers or remote business partners with access to their highly valuable domains, when they should certainly not do that. I know you may love your wife or have done business with someone for a long time, but that does not mean you need to trust him or her with your assets.

Notice how I just used the word “assets” instead of the word domain? I did that because every domain should be considered an asset, and when you have or own assets there are some risks that you should understand and learn about so you can prevent them from happening to you or your domain portfolio.

So with that said, as long as you are healthy and are working every day you should only trust yourself to manage and have access to your domains unless you are in a written contract with someone that can be trusted like your lawyer.

2. Go Undercover With Private Whois Registration

There are many reasons that domainers want to privatize their domains. But in reality, it is a really good idea if you think about it. Sure, it’s an extra $7.00 to $10.00 dollars to make your domain private but its well worth it. Let me explain why.

When you privatize your domain you can hide and conceal all of your personal information including your name, address, phone number and also your email. Having a hidden email is one of the most beneficial ways to keep your domain safe. If a hacker or someone trying to steal your domain and does not know your email they will have a really hard time getting access to your registrar account. You cannot hack a password without a username. That is why concealing your email address is so important.

3. Never Use The Same Email & Password

One of the biggest mistakes that most domainers make is that they use the same email for their Facebook, Twitter and also domain registrar. This is a big mistake, because if you get hacked the hackers will not only have access to your social profile, they can also hack your domain and steal it from you.

Using the same email to converse or conduct business transactions is a big mistake. If you use the same email and then send an email to a stranger they will know your registrar email. That alone gives a thief or hacker a head start to cracking your password and hacking your domain account. Twitter.com got hacked a few years ago because they were not careful with what email they used. Here is that story if you are interested: Twitter Gets Hacked!

So always make sure that you use an email for your domain registrar that no one knows about so your domain can be as secure as possible.

4. Always Use Escrow When Selling a Domain

If you plan to sell a domain that is worth some money no matter what the monetary value is, you should really consider using an escrow service to sell your domain. An escrow service is the safest way not to get your domain stolen and become a victim of fraud.

Escrow services provide a safe way to sell a domain for the buyer and seller. Escrow services will of course charge a small fee that they buyer and seller can split, but its well worth the piece of mind knowing that you will get the cash if you are the seller, or if you are the buyer you can rest easy and know that the money you just paid for the domain will get you the domain without hassle.

5. Don’t Ever Share Your Registrar Password

Another one of the huge mistakes I often hear about is domainers sharing their passwords with other domainers or friends. This is a no win situation for everyone because it puts too much responsibility on all parties and also is not the safest way to protect your domain. Most of the time its new domainers giving access to the domains for simple reasons like not knowing how to change their name servers. If you are a new domainer you should never give anyone access to your domain registrar account, never.

Let’s be real when we talk about the world and humans. Human beings get jealous, and then start to hate. When this happens something called theft can happen. When you think the guy /gal you can trust with your domain account won’t hate you or become jealous when your domain is making large amount of money you are wrong.

Never share the password / email that you login with at your registrar account or you will leave yourself at risk for haters to mess up your game plan. Plus there is no reason to let anyone know your password anyhow.

Always treat your domains like gold coins and you will be okay. You would not let someone else hold your gold coins would you?