Determining the Domain Name Value Today, as the domain name industry continues to grow, you will definitely find several companies that are offering their domain name appraisal services to assess your domain name value. Some of those companies who wanted to assess your domain name value offer such service for free with the use of an automated "valuation wizard" approach, and others are offering it with charge for a more personalized valuation. So speaking of this vehicle for determining who owns domain names, it is important that you check the ownership of a domain name in the whois database of the great domain name companies on the web today like the Network Solutions and the Bettr-Whois.com. For you to know who owns domain names, you need to type in the name of the domain name and the top level domain name such as . But due to the rapid functioning and impact of the domain name, several types of domain name extensions are now used and applied, thus the once handful selection of the domain name extensions are now a handful of handfuls domain name extensions. But what then are domain name extensions? The domain name extensions are basically a top-level domain names such as . In this case, the WHOIS contact information such as the name, address, telephone numbers, and others will be deleted and the domain name will still be inactive. Accordingly, the domain can be renewed during this time by its original holder with $105 plus renewal fees. And since it is a manual process for the registry to add the name, address, and other contact information back to the domain registry records, the process will really take much time. So speaking of the ICANN that plays a major part in the domain name registrars, it is necessary to know that it has two main responsibilities. One of those is to oversee the Domain Name System or DNS for the purpose of validating the division of the IP Addresses and domain names, verifying that each one is distinct. In the place of the second transaction which is the registrar domain name transfer, it is noted that this takes place when the current domain name registrant wishes to switch domain name registrar companies. Along with that, the registrant may wish to adjust companies for the reason that they are unsatisfied with the level of customer service that the companies provide or for any other reason.