Recently I registered a couple of .com.au domain names. Not long after, I received a very official looking letter from www.domainregister.com.au asking me to pay for these names (again!). A closer look revealed that these were the .com versions of the sites I had recently registered - and they were offering me the domain names for just $249 each!!
A quick check on www.godaddy.com revealed that I could get them for $9.99 USD each - a saving of over $450!!! Of course there was also the enticement of a "free" Ipod Shuffle to take your attention away from the basic offer... Remember that there is generally no such thing as a free lunch... my friends at Domain Register were still making a rather tidy profit from those less vigilant with their accounts!!
The other part of this equation to consider was did I need the .com domains - clearly not as I did not choose to register these first time around... It always pays to be 'buyer beware' when you receive invoices. Do check what you are paying for carefully. It would have been easy to have let that one slip through...and that is exactly what companies like this are hoping for...
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