A website review by Danny Wirken

For new businesses wanting to establish their web presence immediately, the process usually begins with domain name registration, followed by availing of a webhosting package. Domain registration can be quite confusing, especially for first timers. There are numerous tasks you need to be concerned about. For starters, you need to decide on a domain name. Most people just stick with their business name to keep things simple. Well, a bit more consideration is still called for. Keep in mind that the domain name is your business’ extension in cyberspace — it projects your business image. So make sure that the domain name you’ve chosen will indeed project the right image. 

Furthermore, people who visited your site will come to know it by its domain name and would probably simply type in the domain name in a search engine to get to the site the next time they want to pay a visit to your site. So you’ll probably have to stick with your domain name to avoid losing prospective clients due to the confusion that domain name changes might cause. 

Once you’ve chosen a suitable domain name, the next step is domain registration. This is a vital step to maintain stability and security for your website. Remember that brand recall is the root of good marketing and your domain name will be your brand. It is also a point of association for you and your clients. Moreover, if you decided to change your web host you can still retain your existing domain name and your clients will be re-directed to your website. In doing so, you do not have to worry about losing any website visitors.

Another daunting task is to choose where to register your domain name. A lot of the domain name registrars nowadays provide a webhosting package as well. They usually come up with an attractive webhosting and domain registration package that new businesses are eager to sign up for even without a full understanding of the complete terms. This is where the problems arise. Most of the time, these packages are very basic in their capabilities and are incapable of supporting any kind of database programming and that is quite a drawback, particularly for new sites. Thus, choosing the right domain registrars is very important. 

There are quite a number of domain registration costs and services that you need to consider when registering the name of your site. Some additional services are already covered by the registration costs. However, other registrars require additional fees before including those services. Therefore, to better understand what you are getting, it might be a good idea to learn more about the services that are included in the package that you’re getting as well as the function of each one. This will help you find which registration services is most suitable to your business.

Normally, a simple domain registration would cost you less than $10. It also usually includes a couple of other services. So for paying the registration fee, most domain registrations would probably throw in some basic services. The same thing happened with our company. 

Last year, we sold our domain and hosting business to http://www.combell.be. After the sale of the hosting business, we began concentrating on Internet marketing and started developing our inventory of quality domain names obtained in the last five years. Then we heard of the .EU extension that Register.be offers, and gave it a shot since we were trying to purchase 3000 names in 15 languages. We pre-registered through 8 other different agents for the 3000. 

Register.be was able to register 1,684, while Combell came up with 32 and the rest of the agents none. Thus, we came to the conclusion that Register.be has truly efficient system. Either that or the others were just bad. Moreover, their back-office functions that allow one to manage the domains are also very good and their customer service is outstanding. Thus, we highly recommend Register.be especially their .eu extension. 

Another benefit to registering your domain name at Register.be is that they offer a whole range of free services, namely Mail Forwarding, URL Forwarding, Nameservers, Subdomains, Automatic Renewal and a Domain Manager. The Mail Forwarding means that if someone were to send an email to *@yourdomain.be, the e-mail will automatically be forwarded to the e-mail address of your choice. The URL Forwarding works similarly. It allows someone who types www.yourdomain.be, to arrive at the URL of your choice.

As for the nameserver, it sets up the link between your domain name and the IP address of your webhosting server. If you are hosting your website somewhere else, you only need to fill out the nameservers and your hosting provider will give you their exact names. Meanwhile, the Subdomains will allow you to create an unlimited number of subdomains for your domain. 

Among the free services you’ll probably find the Automatic renewal and Domain Manager as the most advantages. With the automatic renewal your domain name will automatically be renewed at the expiration date. So, you do not have to worry about losing your domain name if you forget to renew. Now, the Domain Manager is a user-friendly online tool that will enable you to manage your domain names quite easily. 

If you think that is not enough then you can check out Register.be latest version of the Easy Site Builder. This is a complete set of tools with more flexible configuration with several professional templates. This is ideal for those who wish to create their own website with a few clicks. With this tool, you need not worry about hiring an expensive Web designer, for you can do the task yourself in five easy steps.

If you are still not convinced that Register.be is the domain registrar for you try paying Register.be a visit. All the information you should need regarding the company’s services should all be there. You’ll find sufficient information regarding domain registration, website creation services, webhosting packages, and personalized email along with their updated price list as well as their contact information. The design of the Register.be site is kept simple, but it’s attractive enough to attract customers. The layout is well organized, making the navigation process quite a breeze. I guarantee that after your visit, you’ll know firsthand why Register.be is called the Belgian domain name specialist.