About a month ago I received my 90-days renewal notice for one of my domain names. I didn’t really pay any attention to it (I’m a slacker and I like to postpone things to the last minute). A couple of days ago I received my 60-days renewal notice. I’m starting to get impatient. However, I still have a bit of time. Yesterday I read a post on 10 tips to help you choose a domain name at Mitchelaneous.com. What drew my attention were the 6th and the 7th tips. They reminded me of an encounter I had a couple of years back with a “business opportunity”. Why the quotes? Because it’s my strong belief this is not a genuine opportunity. It’s, in my opinion, a quite dishonest way of making money out of others. In an attempt to prevent as many folks as possible from becoming victims to such “entrepreneurs” I decided to write about it. The post it’s called “Domain Names - A Profitable Business”. I probably should have called it a “Sick Profitable Business”.

If you decide to check it out, you will realize I insist on the possibility of forgetting to renew your domain name and the danger you’re exposing yourself to. Well, the facts speak for themselves: it seems as if Google just forgot to renew it’s .de domain, staying off the “market” for a few good hours. See? It can happen to anyone. As a matter of fact, it seems as if the bigger you are, the bigger the risk of something like this happening.

Take care and don’t forget to renew your domain name!

This post was written by Cosmin of the CosminPTR.Com blog.