If whois information from recent domain registrations is to be taken as a clue, then we should prepare ourselves for a new wave of 419 scams soon.

CheapWebHostingAndDomain.com analyzed the whois registration data from thousands of domains registered in the month of July. It was found out that 90% of .com, .net, and .org domains with keywords ‘shop’, ‘shopping’, ‘buy’, ‘cheap’, ‘price’ etc. were registered by people/companies with addresses based in Nigeria. Not only this, a majority of sellers on Sedo.com, who are selling domains with above keywords are getting a huge response from Nigeria based entities showing interest in their domains. Overall domain registration from Nigeria rose from less than 1% in July last year, to more than 30% in July this year.

Now, there can be only two reasonably possible explanations behind this. Either the Nigerian IT industry is getting a huge boost from its government and private investors, or what Nigeria is know for best, the 419 scammers, are coming up with another superb idea to scam people all over the world.

Until now, most of the 419 scammers were either individuals or small groups with limited resources usually including a computer, Internet access and a phone. But, according to some recent news reports, a huge mafia has emerged in Nigeria who are planning to run these scams on a larger scale, with the help of more money/resources they have at their hands. From the domain registration data analysis done be us, the hints point at a huge number of fake e-commerce websites being set up in Nigeria. It looks like the scammers are planning to set up thousands or even millions of fake online shopping websites that appear to be legitimate, and trick unsuspecting users into handing over their credit card information.

With so many websites launched, the scammers can be sure that at least a few will rank good in Google. And with really cheap prices for almost everything, a lot of people will fall prey and enter their credit card numbers, only to find out unauthorized charges on their credit card bills later. According to some sources, a few banks based in Africa offer merchant accounts that make claiming chargebacks really difficult for the consumer.

http://www.CheapWebHostingAndDomain.com, a website that reviews and rates various web hosting and domain registration companies, has released a report titled “The Future Of Domain Names And Web Hosting Industry.” The report covers the various aspects of where this industry is headed in the coming decade.

According to the report, new domain registrations will continue to rise, especially with new TLDs being introduced by ICANN. Also, the gTLDs that are going to be introduced early next year, will fuel the exponential growth in domain registrations. The fact that most of the favorable domain names have been registered under the .com, .org and .net TLDS, will not prove to be a hindrance for future domain registration sales. “People are being creative and experimenting with newer TLDs like .ly, .in, .at and .co,” said a company spokesman.

Regarding web hosting, the reports notes that the stiff competition among hosting providers during the last decade has resulted in rock bottom prices. The company does not expect it to go any further down, because some of the hosting companies are already below red, and others are barely surviving. The spokesman said, “We expect the prices to go up in the future, as more companies will merge, and the larger ones will take over the smaller ones.”

In conclusion, the report says that this industry is going to be very profitable in the coming decade, and investing in this sector is a good idea at the moment. The full report can be downloaded from the company website at http://www.cheapwebhostinganddomain.com/

When choosing a web host, you come across many options. One of those is called ‘Bandwidth’. Some hosts offer unlimited bandwidth, while others have a cap on it. Now the question is, what is it? The answer is very simple, bandwidth is the amount of data transferred from your server each month. For example, say that each page of your website is 100 KiloBytes (KBs) and that each month 1,000 webpages are viewed, then you consume 100 * 1000 KiloBytes = 100 MBs (MegaBytes).

The bandwidth you use includes everything from web pages to images hosted on your server. So choose your hosting service very carefully. If you are expecting to have a huge traffic on your website, then go with an unlimited or unmetered bandwidth providers. Because once you cross your limit, most hosts just take your website down for the rest of the month, or ask ridiculous amounts of money for over-usage.

Some of the best web-hosts are listed below. These all have unlimited bandwidth:

www.hostgator.com
www.bluehost.com
www.justhost.com
www.webhostingpad.com

A domain name is the unique web-address that you get for your website. For example, ‘google.com’ is domain name. In order to have a web presence, you need to have a domain name. The domain name can be your business’s name or general name. For example a store selling shoes can have ‘cheapshoes.com’. But the problem is that .com, .net and .org registrations started in early 1990s and most of the good domain names have already been taken. So act fast, and claim your domain name before it is registered by someone else.

How to register a domain?

In order to register a domain name, you need to use the services of a domain registrar. A domain registrar is a company that registers the domain for you, and lets you manage it. More about managing domain names and hosting is covered in other posts. But the first step is to secure your domain name. Below is the list of a few registrars, whose services you can choose. There are many out there, but these are the best ones:

www.godaddy.com
www.register.com
www.hostgator.com

Dotster provides reliable web hosting and relatively cheaper domain names. As of the writing of this post, the domains are 13.99 an year, but trust me that price is well worth of the services you get. Dotster is a feature-packed company that provides many features for free, while other companies charge a premium price for the same features. So get started with Dotster by clicking below:

In order for the world to see you web pages, you need to register a domain that the host will point the pages too. There are many different companies that you can register a domain through. Most hosting companies will offer a free domain if you host through them, as well as allow you to purchase domains through them.

Use the form below to register your domain name.

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