 | How do I renew my Domain Name? | |
 | Teckna will contact you using the contact details you have supplied to
us approximately 2-3 months prior your domain expiry date inviting you
to renew your domain registration. Your domain name registration will
be renewed as soon as you ma |
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| What do the domain extensions mean? (co.uk or .com etc) | |
| Domain extensions, or suffixes, are categories of Internet domain
names, and serve to describe the type of company, organisation,
country or other category. The technical term used for domain
extensions is top-level-domain (or TLD). There are |
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| Choosing a good Domain Name | |
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Do select a domain extension that is representative of the locality
in which you operate. If you are a UK based business operating in the
UK, a .uk domain extension will be more informative to your customers
than using a .com |
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| What is a Registrant? | |
| Anyone, not just businesses, can become a registrant of a domain name,
although some domain extensions have their own registrant criteria. A
registrant is the individual or organisation (e.g. limited company,
partnership, sole trader etc) t |
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| How can I tell if my Domain Name has been registered? | |
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The domain search and registration tool available on the Teckna website
( www.tecknaonline.com or below) is a powerful domain name mechanism that lets anyone view a
register database entry. Enter your domain name and the domain name
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| Can I reserve a Domain Name? | |
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No. Domain Names are allocated on a strictly first-come, first-served basis.
If you wish to check whether a specific domain name is available to register you can use Teckna’s free online search facility.
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| What Domain Names are available to be registered? | |
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Domain names are unique, their definitions are all held in a central
database, so once a domain name has been registered it cannot be used
or registered by anyone else. If, however, you register a domain name
containing a |
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| What is a Domain Name and why do I need one? | |
| What is a Domain Name?
Computers connected to the Internet have unique numerical addresses
so that electronic information is delivered to the right place. The
domain name system (DNS) translates the numerical addresses of
computers into mo |
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| How do I register a Domain Name? | |
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A domain name is made up of, from right to left:
the top-level domain. This is the '.co.uk' or '.com' part, also called a TLD or domain extension. These are pre-defined and have special meanings. |
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| How do I transfer a Domain Name away from Teckna? | |
| Domain transfers from Teckna are free of charge, providing the
domain name is still active. However, we do want to make sure that the
request is authorised by the legal registrant of the domain. Please
log into the control |
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| How do I transfer a Domain Name to Teckna? | |
| This answer will explain how you can transfer a .uk domain name to Teckna.
.uk Domains
You need to contact your current registrar and ask them to change
the IPS tag of the domain to TECKNAONLINE. Some providers will do this
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| FRAUD - The Domain Renewal Group | |
| FRAUD - The Domain Renewal GroupYou may have had a letter from "The Domain Renewal Group" asking you to renew your domain name.This company is fraudulently trying to get you to renew your domain name. If the domain is u |
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