Issues Related with Domain Name Registration

1. The first challenge in registering a domain name is identify a domain name that is suitable for your needs.
   
   
2. Check availability of the domain name.
   
   
3. Check the proposed domain name is not: a registered business name or same as a registered company name.
   
   
4. Check for any trademark and common law trademarks.
   
   
5. Determine the best registry (e.g. .com, .org, or .com.np).
   
   
6. Once you see that the domain is available, buy it immediately. It may be available now, but not a few seconds later. There are all sorts of bots that track domain name enquiries. They act against you and register the domain as soon as interest is detected in a particular name.
   
   
7. Once you have registered a domain name, you need to ensure it is renewed on time. Expired domain names become available for registration by any eligible company.
   
   
8. Cyber-squatting can occur which is the practice of obtaining and holding a domain name that reflects the name or trademark of a company, with the intent of selling the name back to that company for a profit.
   
   
9. Protect yourself. If you anticipate your domain name becoming popular, try to register the misspellings and the secondary versions of your domain name (the .net, .org etc.). Cyber squatter can register misspellings and the .net or .org of a popular .com domain name in hopes of selling it to the person who registered the .com of that same name.