Many friends around me, the website is made by the website construction company, and it is all-inclusive, the domain name is also registered by the website construction company, the space is also used by the website construction company, and the website is also SaaS of the website construction company (what is SaaS? Refer to Wikipedia article) take.
The domain name and space are really dangerous in the hands of the website building company, because I have seen more than one person being cheated by the website building company, the space and domain name cannot be taken back, and the brand that has been accumulated for several years is because the website building company is playing tricks And in vain.
So why do domain names have to be in their own hands?
Because the domain name is in your own hands, you have control over the entire website, and you will not be subject to anyone. What space you want to use, what website building system you want to use, and who you want to cooperate with are all 100% up to you Controlled, if your domain name is not in your hands, you will be controlled by others. This is a bomb that may detonate at any time.
Plan for the worst, if you can’t get your domain name back in the end, then the website you worked so hard to build is someone else’s website in name.
I have a lot of experience about domain names. I will expand this article to you from the following aspects. I suggest that you should read this article before officially starting to build a website or formally start to cooperate with a website building company:
Why must master the domain name control right?
The domain name is essentially similar to the mobile phone number. The mobile phone number is convenient for friends to dial on the mobile phone, and the domain name is convenient for customers to input in the browser.
Think about it, if someone else went to the mobile business hall to register your mobile phone number with his ID card, and he issued a mobile phone card for you to use, you can indeed use this mobile phone card, and you can also insert it into your mobile phone. Call normally, but you know that this phone number is not yours in name.
It is too simple for the other party to restrict you. He only needs to report the loss at the mobile business hall, and your mobile phone number will no longer be used.
The domain name is also the same. If your domain name is registered by the website building company for you, then in essence, the domain name belongs to the website building company, not yours.
So no matter how reliable the website building company is and how much you trust them, I still suggest that you must keep the domain name in your own hands. This thing is the lifeblood of the website and must not be sloppy.
It doesn’t matter if you can’t hold back your face, or if the other party pushes you three times or four times, in short, you must try your best to hold the domain name in your own hands. If you don’t hold it in your hand for a day, you should have trouble sleeping and eating all day.
If the domain name is not in my own hands, I will explode if I change it. All my domain names are in my own hands. This is absolutely, absolutely, and absolutely cannot be compromised .
How can I truly hold the domain name in my own hands?
Still using the mobile phone number as an analogy, if you really want to have a mobile phone number, then you have to go to the mobile business hall in person and register a mobile phone card with your ID card, right?
The domain name is the same, if you really want to own a domain name, you have to go to the “business hall” to apply for a card.
Don’t be nervous, I don’t mean to ask you to find a nearby “domain name registration business hall” on Baidu Maps… You don’t have to physically go to queue for registration at all, you just need to register an account on any domain name platform, and then use Just register a domain name with an account.
Common domain name platforms are:
I don’t use many others except the above, so I won’t list them one by one. Here I will focus on NameSilo and Aliyun.
I personally use NameSilo the most. More than half of my domain names are registered with it. Although it looks very old-school, it has been established for so many years and there is basically no negative news, so I have been using it.
Aliyun, formerly known as Wanwang in China, is indeed very easy to use, but it also has several shortcomings. First, you must authenticate with your real name. Before uploading your ID card information, the domain name is blocked. Second, his The analysis server is in China. If you plan to visit a foreign website, be prepared for a slow speed.
In other words, you only need to register an account on any of the above domain name platforms, and then use the account to purchase the domain name. The domain name purchased in this way is truly in your own hands, and you have 100% control over it. of control.
How to transfer the domain name to my own name?
If the website building company registered your domain name very early, and your domain name is now in their hands, you have to find a way to transfer the domain name to your own name.
The operation of transferring a domain name is a bit like porting a mobile phone number to the Internet. It only takes a few very simple steps to earn money. Simply put, it is divided into three steps:
- Ask the website building company to provide the authorization code
- Fill in the authorization code under your domain name account
- Pay for a domain name for 1 year
It’s that simple. The domain name registered by the website building company must also be registered on a certain domain name platform. Maybe you have never heard of his domain name platform. Like Meicheng Internet, grassroots xxx, it doesn’t matter, the important thing is , as long as it is a domain name platform, it must have the function of “domain name transfer”.
So even if the website building company makes it difficult for you and tells you that the domain name cannot be transferred, don’t be afraid, because as long as it is a domain name, it will definitely be able to transfer it, just like as long as it is a mobile phone number, it will definitely be able to transfer it with the number. Like the net, there is a reason.
Take NameCheap to NameSilo as an example, I found this video tutorial on YouTube, you can click to see it as a reference.
Because each platform has a different method of obtaining the authorization code, I will explain in too much detail. I will write an article specifically about how to transfer the domain name from Alibaba Cloud to NameSilo in the future.
Why are website building companies unwilling to give you domain name control?
Why do most website building companies not want you to transfer your domain name?
Because they know that once the domain name is transferred, the customer has the ability to “change people at any time”, and one day they don’t want to cooperate with them. On platforms such as upwork or fiverr, they spend hundreds of dollars to find a programmer and copy the website exactly. When you come down, you can pat your ass and leave.
And if you put forward the need to transfer the domain name, it means that you have “opened up”, and smart people who have opened up have no loyalty at all…Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden when they opened up, and we have opened up, When you broaden your horizons, you may leave them.
Therefore, many website building companies have been hanging customers with the control of domain names. As long as the customer’s domain name is still in their hands for one year, then you must sign a one-year contract with me. If the domain name is no longer in their hands, this kind of There is no hidden threat.
So if you plan to get the domain name back from the website building company, you must be careful. Don’t tell them right away that I don’t plan to cooperate with you and return the domain name to me.
No way… The website building company will fight with you. I have a few friends who can’t get the domain name back after several months, because the website building company doesn’t want to return it.
You may say, Sir, I signed a contract with them when I cooperated with them before. From a legal point of view, this domain name should be mine.
But does it work? ——The effect is limited, firstly you can’t quarrel with them, secondly, if you really go to court, it’s not worth spending so much money, and it’s far worse to waste a lot of time to get a few more inquiries.
According to my experience, the cheaper the website building company, the less they want you to take the domain name away. On the contrary, the high-priced website building company is friendly and has higher quality. move out.
To sum it up in one sentence, you must hold the domain name in your own hands. If you don’t hold the domain name in your own hands, the ownership of the domain name is not yours, and the ownership of the website you are busy day and night is not yours. What? Be careful to end up making a wedding dress for someone else.
