As you may know, we host a registrar account through GoDaddy at http://GIWIDomains.com.  The reason for that is to encourage everyone with a domain name to set up their own domain registrar account, and GoDaddy is one of the best registrars out there.

You may wonder where the domain name came from.  Even though our sites’ logo says: “Build Real Estate Results with Getting It Write, Inc”, most people think Build Real Estate Results is our corporate name, but the actual incorporated name is Getting It Write, Inc (that’s the logo to the left that you may have seen before) - thus, the name of the site.

You will notice that the pricing on our registrar page has increased.  This is due to the fact that ICANN approved a price increase, and we needed to respond accordingly.  Unlike some companies who sponsor a registration site, we keep our prices in line with the ones you would get if you went directly to GoDaddy.

I like GoDaddy because their prices are fair, the support is good, they provide a number of free services that other registrars charge for, and they are quick. 

The time it takes to change where your domain name ends up when someone types it into their web browser is typically quoted as 24-48 hours.  Even GoDaddy quotes those numbers.  However, my experience has been that the changes happen much more quickly than that with GoDaddy, usually the same day you make a change.

The issue of domain registration is important in the real estate industry because there are so many people who register their domain names through their vendors.  That puts another entity between you and your control of your domain name. 

After your Internet presence is linked to a particular domain name, it is your Internet presence, and you need to control what happens to it without checking with someone else.

So, if you don’t have your own domain registrar account, consider creating one today!  You will receive a one-year extension on any domain name that you transfer, too.