Your domain name is one of the most important pieces of your online identity.
It’s the address people use to find your website, the name that can appear after the @ in your email address, and a piece of your identity that may stay with you long after websites, hosting companies, and technology platforms have changed.
Your domain is your domain.
NameStand can help you register, transfer, configure, and manage domains, but we don’t believe your domain should become leverage for selling you something else.
You don’t have to register your domain with us
Let’s get this out of the way first.
NameStand can register domains, but domain registration isn’t where we’re particularly price competitive.
You may find a better price from another registrar.
If you do, use them.
Really.
You can register your domain somewhere else and still use NameStand for:
- Web hosting
- Custom web development
- Website maintenance
- DNS assistance
- Other technical services
We’ll help configure the pieces so they work together.
We’d rather help you configure a domain registered somewhere else than sell you one at a price that doesn’t make sense.
Already have a domain?
Good.
There is usually no reason to transfer a perfectly good domain registration simply because you’re changing hosting providers, developers, or email services.
If you’re happy with your current registrar, keep the domain there.
NameStand can help configure the DNS records needed to connect that domain to services hosted elsewhere.
That might include your website, email, or other Internet services.
The registrar, hosting provider, email provider, and developer do not all have to be the same company.
Sometimes keeping those responsibilities separate is exactly what makes sense.
Not happy with your current registrar?
Talk to us.
You don’t have to transfer your domain to NameStand for us to help you find a better arrangement.
If your current registrar is too expensive, difficult to work with, missing something you need, or simply no longer a good fit, NameStand can help you evaluate the alternatives and make recommendations that make sense for you or your organization.
That recommendation may be NameStand.
It may be another registrar.
The point is finding the right answer for you, not finding another service we can put on your invoice.
Your domain is an important part of your identity. You should remain in control of it and be free to choose the companies that provide the services around it.
We want to be your partner, not your co-owner.
Want NameStand to handle it?
We can do that too.
Some customers would rather have fewer accounts and fewer companies to deal with.
If convenience matters more than chasing the lowest possible registration price, NameStand can handle domain registration and management alongside other services.
We’ll provide the available extensions and pricing when our domain offerings are finalized in the NameStand customer system.
There is no sales pitch required.
Use whichever arrangement works better for you.
Domain transfers work both ways
If you want to transfer a domain to NameStand, we’ll help with the process.
If you want to transfer a domain away from NameStand, we’ll help with that too.
We’d rather lose a domain registration because you’ve found something that fits you better than keep one because leaving was deliberately made difficult.
A domain should remain portable.
Changing service providers shouldn’t turn into a hostage negotiation.
Independent domain & provider consulting
Sometimes you know you want to leave Provider A, but that doesn’t mean you already know who Provider B should be.
You can hire NameStand to help you figure that out.
We can review what you have, listen to what you’re trying to accomplish, and help you compare providers and approaches based on what makes sense for you or your organization.
The answer doesn’t have to be NameStand.
If another provider appears to be the better fit, we’ll tell you.
If keeping part of your existing setup while changing another part makes more sense, we’ll tell you that too.
We can also help plan and coordinate the move so that domains, DNS, websites, email, and related services aren’t treated as unrelated pieces when they’re actually connected.
You’re hiring NameStand for experience and advice, not for a predetermined recommendation.
Independent advice means we’re working for you, not competing providers.
DNS without the mystery
DNS is one of those technologies most people shouldn’t need to think about very often.
Until something doesn’t work.
DNS connects your domain to the services that use it. That can include websites, email, verification records, subdomains, and other systems.
NameStand can help configure and troubleshoot DNS whether the domain is registered with us or somewhere else.
You don’t need to transfer the registration simply because you need help making the records work.
Your website can be here and your email somewhere else
A domain doesn’t have to point everything to one provider.
You might choose to:
- Host your website with NameStand.
- Keep your domain registered somewhere else.
- Use another provider for email.
- Use NameStand for custom web development.
Or any other combination that makes sense.
Likewise, you can use NameStand email on your own domain while keeping your website and domain registration elsewhere.
Use what you need. Keep what already works.
Put your name after the @
A domain doesn’t have to exist solely for a website.
It can also become part of your personal, family, business, or organizational email identity.
Instead of:
yourbusiness@gmail.com
you can use an address such as:
you@yourbusiness.com
And custom-domain email isn’t limited to businesses.
Individuals, families, nonprofits, churches, clubs, associations, community groups, and other organizations can use addresses based on domains that represent them.
If you already own the domain, we can help put your name after the @.
If you don’t own one yet, we can help you figure out the domain part too.
Thinking about a new domain?
A good domain should be something you’re comfortable using for years.
Short is nice.
Memorable is better.
Clarity matters.
And the cheapest registration price in year one isn’t necessarily the only thing worth considering.
Before registering a domain, think about how it will look:
- On your website
- In an email address
- On a business card
- On a sign
- Over the phone
- When somebody has to type it from memory
The best domain is usually one people can understand, remember, and spell without requiring an instruction manual.
Supporting Southeast Mississippi
NameStand has called Southeast Mississippi home since January 2019.
We’re happy to help local businesses, nonprofits, churches, clubs, associations, community groups, families, and individuals establish and manage their online identities.
Maybe you need a new domain.
Maybe you already own one and aren’t quite sure what to do with it.
Maybe the website is hosted in one place, email is somewhere else, and DNS currently resembles a box of cables nobody wants to unplug.
That’s fine.
We’ll start with what you already have.
Our services aren’t limited to Southeast Mississippi, but this is home.
Not sure where your domain should live?
You don’t need to decide based on which company sells the longest bundle of services.
If NameStand is the right place to register it, we’ll be happy to handle it.
If another registrar makes more sense, we’ll tell you.
If you’d like independent help comparing the options or planning a transfer between other providers, we can do that too.
We want to be your partner, not your co-owner.
Your domain is your domain. Where you register it is your decision.