Has this ever happened to you? You get a notice in the mail that some of your domains will expire soon and that you need to call a 1-800 number to make sure you don’t lose your domain. Your domain name is akin to your business name – losing that would cause a never ending stream of problems for you and your company.

What’s really going on: It’s a pretty safe bet that if you are a business on the web, domain registrars won’t choose to communicate with you through regular mail. This is the type of scam used by a few companies to trick you into transferring your domain to them from your current registrar. Their general goal is to get people to call them back for fear of losing their domain.

What you should do: In general, nothing! There is no way for these companies to actually take your domain from you if you don’t contact them. If you like, you can call them to tell them how little you appreciate their tactics, but the simplest thing to do is just shred the letter. Also, you can often use the control panel for your current registrar to hide your personal information (including your mailing address) to prevent these companies from getting your contact info in the first place.

If you ever have any questions about the legitimacy of communications you receive concerning your domain names, please don’t hesitate to ask us to take a look.