Domains are registered as soon as you order them, however it can take a couple of hours for the dns to become active so your links to control panels may not work immediately but we do supply a default gateway through which you can get started immediately.

Yes - for the registration period. If the domain isn't renewed or payment isn't received the domain will expire and become free to register by anyone. Please see our expired domain policy.

Yes, you can, and we provide a control panel so that you can make these changes yourself at any time and that's all included in the price. The only restrictions are with TLDs. These cannot be transferred up to 60 days after the initial registration period nor 30 days before expiry.

We will contact customers via email about 30 days before the domain is due for renewal. You can then decide whether to renew the domain name or not. For this reason, we always ask customers to ensure that their email address is valid, working and up-to-date, to ensure they get such messages. For UK domains you will also get a reminder from Nominet directly.

Yes you can. It's yours to do with as you please. For all non .uk domains, we provide the facility in the control panel to change the owner details for a domain at any time. For UK domains, such changes have to be made through the naming authority Nominet who can advise you on the procedure or we can do this for you for the same fee as Nominet charge (£12)

To find your site it would make sense that your domain name should be memorable and therefore be able to type your domain into a browser easily. Aim to register the shortest domain that your visitors will associate with your website or brand. Try to avoid too many numbers or words which are hard to spell.

Registering the same domain name with other extensions will help you protect your brand, particularly if you own a trademark. Try to register the most popular extensions to prevent cyber squatters trading on your reputation. You will also be able to prevent the loss of traffic through people visiting the wrong website. Furthermore, registering multiple domain names with different extensions can block potential competitors and help strengthen your search engine listings.

If money isn't an issue and you have a domain name that can be easily pluralised or misspelled, consider registering alternatives. You may want to register related domain names based around:

• Obvious misspellings and typos - e.g. ‘echohosting.co.uk’.
• Plurals/ non-plurals - bestwebhost.com and bestwebhosts.com’.
• Different grammatical forms - bestwebhost.com’ and bestwebhosting.com.
• Synonyms - E.g. ‘bestwebhost.com’ and ‘greatestwebhost.com’.

If you don't have a brand then try using keywords that describe your business and the services you offer. EG : remediationspecialist.co.uk. Include the keywords that people would enter when searching. If you are a local business then add your location EG : physiotherapycardiff.co.uk as search engines will show the most relevant results for the users location.

Domain names sell quickly. If you are thinking about it then someone else probably already has or is going to so be quick and register your domain today even if you develop a website at a later date.