by Robert Leggett Copyright (c) December 2003

Years ago we registered our first domain name with the only show in town - InterNIC. They were expensive and not consumer-friendly - can you spell "monopoly?" Then we registered two more domain names with them. Expensive...but OK...if that was all we wanted to do. They would charge us to sell one of our domain names...monopolies can do this!

Then, they followed the fate of MaBell. Government stepped in and allowed competitors in the Domain Registration business.

If you feel more secure sticking with a name-brand with a long track record, register your domain name with them. However, do check their prices...still higher than their competitors who offer identical and sometimes superior service - ( http://www.nic.net/pricing.html ) - Domain Name Registration Pricing. Deregulation forced them to be more competitive. But they charge more...relying upon their "brand name."

We moved our three sites over to Terrasite...about half the price we were paying...and no charge for selling off one of our sites. Hooray! for competition! And a level playing-field!

More Domain Register companies have since set up shop in CyberSpace. Some are very good. Others are very questionable.

After beginning our quest for our ***perfect CyberSpace profession where we could do nothing! and make a whole lot of money! in a month! and be set for the rest of our lives***, we registered 2 more domain names.

We approached Terrasite. Did they have an affiliate
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