Speaking of domain name Registrars (5) agents and registrars to choose which good?

Chinese users should have about 8 million domain names by the end of June (about 6 million CN domain name and about 2 million category domain name), many people because of the registration domain name brings a lot of trouble so has been in the consultation: the domain name should be looking for domain name agents or domain registrars good? The answer to this question is more difficult to say clearly in one sentence, it is necessary to clarify some basic concepts.

First, domain name registration system Structure

The following is a description of the CN Domain name registration service architecture as described in the CNNIC Web site:

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CN domain Name Registration Service System Description

According to the regulations of China Internet domain name management method, cnnic on December 16, 2002 comprehensively transforms the domain name Management Service mode: CNNIC as the CN domain name registration Management organization, no longer directly faces the end user to provide the CN domain name registration related service, The domain registration service will be forwarded to the CNNIC certified domain name registration service provider. The Registrar management Architecture diagram is as follows:

China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC): is the CN domain name registration Management Agency, is responsible for the operation and management of the corresponding CN domain Name System, maintenance of the central database. Main responsibilities include:

(a) The operation, maintenance and management of the CN domain name server and related information to ensure the effective operation of the CN domain Name System;

(b) Authorize the CN domain name registration service to provide the CN domain name registration service.

Registration Service institutions: should be in accordance with the principle of fairness and first apply for registration principle to accept the application of CN domain name, and in accordance with the relevant national laws, regulations and these measures to complete the CN domain name registration. China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) certification CN domain Name registration service organization.

Registered Agency : is responsible for accepting domain name registration application within the scope of the Registration Service authority.

Please consult with the registration service provider CN domain Name registration, change, transfer and renewals and other related issues, domain name information to cnnic database. (http://www.cnnic.cn/html/Dir/2003/09/28/0641.htm)

The above cnnic this picture does not have "the registration Agency (agent)" The position mark out, a bit lets the person not quite understand the agent "the Lake status".

The following author from the Domain name registration system structure angle simply from the user angle to introduce them to the user service superiority and disadvantage potential.

second, the domain name agent advantages and disadvantages

1, Service advantages: Personal service, comprehensive service

Domain name agents are a number of people primarily, door-to-door service of the personal service, so understand the needs of users, can be "tailor-made for users" and provide comprehensive services.

Of course, there are many domain name agents than cnnic of those domain registrars are also large: whether the technical level, the number of employees, one year turnover. Therefore, domain name agents are not said to be smaller than domain registrars.

2, Service disadvantage: Indirect service, service vacancy

Because the domain name Agent registration port is the domain name registrar to provide, therefore provides the domain name registration for the user, they are one kind of "the indirect service", under the several conditions which the introduction below, their service vacancy appears very obvious.

3, User choice: Pay attention to the terms of the contract, tracking service Progress

For users, carefully read the domain name agents before payment of the terms of service contract is a key. In terms of the registered domain name, after the payment of the money to learn their own domain name database (Whois) to show whether the registered domain name of their own, based on the payment of the registration of the age, is very important service tracking.

third, the domain name registrar advantages and Disadvantages

1, Service advantages: Direct service, comprehensive service

Domain registrar to provide users with domain name registration Direct service Registration port, is the domain name registration One-Step Direct service, has the right to the domain name database (Whois) timely correction (modification) inaccurate user domain name registration information. At the same time their services are more and more, can meet the registration of domain name after the various requirements to provide Web services.

2, Service disadvantage: Shop bullying small, poor attitude

This is the problem that many domain registrars are blown up by the media. In fact, I am also often bullied by some domain name registrars, and to find the owner of a domain name registrar to complain, this is because the domain name registrars some customer service staff exist in the shop bullying small mentality, poor service attitude caused, some "big enterprise disease" phenomenon (although some domestic CN domain registrar is actually not big: about 10 people's company and oneself)!

3, User choice: Pay attention to the terms of the contract, learn to bargain, tracking service progress

It is also a key to users to read carefully the terms and conditions of the domain Registrar's service contract before paying. To register the domain name in the domain name transfer fee For example, often with "trap", to be extra careful. Similarly, after the payment of the money to learn how to check the domain name database (Whois) to show that the registered domain name of their own, according to the payment of the registration period, is very important service tracking.

four, each individual case distinguish separately

This paper introduces the above problems, some people would like to cite some specific examples, in fact, it is difficult to generalize. Below can only talk about a few more direct domain registration service risk avoidance.

1, the domain name owner risk: due to some domain name registrars, agents of dishonest behavior, often resulting in the name of the user registered domain name, but the registered domain name database (Whois) is not displayed as a registered user related information, resulting in the de facto sales fraud. This is still a daily occurrence today.

2, the Domain name Transfer risk: in the above first case does not exist, some domain name registrars in the domain name sales contract with the domain name from the registrar to transfer to other registrars when the terms of the charges. Among them: The most outrageous is the domain name transfer fee for domain name registration fee more than 20 times times, this is a typical "overlord clause".
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3, Domain name transactions risk: Domain name Registrant (unit) replacement, regardless of whether there is cash transactions, in addition to arbitration, judgments are in the emergence of "easy master" behavior. When the first of these cases does not exist, some domain registrars append the terms of the domain name transaction to the domain name sales contract. Among them: The most outrageous is the domain name transfer fee for domain name registration fee more than 20 times times, this is also a typical "overlord clause".

4, Domain name dispute risk: when the domain name Registrant (unit) by the third direction of arbitration to arbitration or court proceedings, the domain name owner information is not accurate to bring the risk is very large. Therefore, each case, respectively, because of different circumstances, the domain name owner information inaccurate risk of the greatest consequences.