Domain Name related FAQs
1. What are the procedures for Domain registration?
For domain name .my, MYNIC will send you an email regarding the confirmation form to register the domain. You then have to print it out and at the bottom of the page, it requires your signature and your company's stamp. Then you have to fax it back to MYNIC at 03-21613802 before the expired date which stated in the form. After that, MYNIC will send the detailed guidelines to you. If you did not receive any email from MYNIC, do email us at sales@webnow.com.my or call us at 03-80602528. As for domain name .com, INTERNIC will just ask you to verify the domain application via e-mail.
2. How can I check the availability of a domain?
You can check availability of preferred domain name using our domain name look up tool. Alternatively, you can also go to http://www.checkdomain.com for .com, .net, .org or http://whois.mynic.net.my for .com.my, .net.my and etc.
3. What are the document that I need to prepare for .my domain name registration?
For .my domain name registration, you have to fax us the Registrar of Companies (ROC) or Registrar of Business (ROB) form after you submitted the order form.
4. What are the conditions to register the .my domain name?
For those companies who requesting for domain name registration under .my must have been registered to Registrar of Companies (ROC) or Registrar of Business (ROB). Individuals are not allowed to apply for .my domain names.
5. How soon are domain name be registered?
Once we've received your order form, and payment, we will register the domain according to the order form that you have submitted and the availability of domain (If the domain is not available, we will ask you to provide us another domain). For .com domain name, it will be ready within 24 - 48 hours of working day after registration. As for .my domain name, it takes few working days and is subject to Mynic approval.
6. How long does it take before my domain name is active?
For .com, normally it will activate within 24 hours after we've registered for you. As for .my, it will take few working days to activate and is subject to MYNIC's approval.
7. Do I need to have my domain name ?
Not necessary, but preferred to have one. No worry, we will help you to apply for the name. But it will cost another RM100.00 for the name (.com.my) and also the renewal, as these are pay to Mynic, the Malaysia domain name (.com.my) registrar. For .com domain name, it be cost another RM 60 per year. Please refer to our domain name registration packages for pricing.
8. What If I have my domain name, can then have it pointed to my site in WebNow ?
Yes, if you have the domain name, you can then have www.yourdomain.com.my
We can also help you to register one.
9. What kind of domain name can I register?
A domain name can be up to 30 characters excluding the extensions ("www" and "com" or ".com.my" ). Only alphabets, numbers and the hyphen " - " are allowed for the domain name. Domain name is not case sensitive so "www.MYDOMAIN.com" and "www.mydomain.com" are just the same.
10. What will happen if I don't renew the expired domain?
Everything related to the domain name will be inactive if your domain has expired. In other words, you cannot receive or send email with this domain name and your website will become inactive. |