Your domain name could be stolen or given up to what is known as the Cyber squatters. Cyber squatters steal your web identity. They could register MyWebSite.com, and do the same thing with MyWebSite.biz, or YourDomain.net, etc, etc.  and then try to contact you to get you to pay a much higher price than if you just registered those same domain names yourself.

Here is how you can stop cyber squatters from stealing your domain names…

• Lock Your Domain Names: Create a situation where people will have to go through you for authorization to do anything with your domain names. Go to your domain registrar immediately and lock all your domain names.

• WhoIsGuard: Set up all your domain names so all your contact details are anonymous using WhoIsGuard. Some domain registrars will charge you an extra $8.00 or more per year to enable the WhoIsGuard feature, but some registrars (like NameCheap.com) give you WhoIsGuard for free.

• Auto Renew Your Domain Names: Set up all your domain names so they will auto renew before they expire. This will also minimize any possibility for cyber squatters to steal your domain name.

• Buy Domain Names Similar To Your Existing Domain Names: If you have some domain names you are serious about keeping, then it is wise to buy domains names that are similar to your existing ones. If you domain name is something like MyWebSite.com, then it might be wise to also buy My-Web-Site.com (with hyphens) and maybe domain names like MyWebSite.net, or MyWebSite.biz, etc.

Don’t let cyber squatters shake you down and ruin what you have built up on the internet. Protect your domain names using those simple techniques listed above.