Who owns the domain for your company website? Are competitors
setting up websites similar (or identical!) to your company website
using similar domains? Are you aware of any fraudulent emails being
sent to potential employees under your domain?
If these issues sound terrifying, they should. All of them have
come across my desk in the past year. Worse, these types of
disputes are becoming more frequent.
Because of this, business owners need to be aware not only of
their domain's value, but also any related email
accounts.
First Things First: What Exactly Is a Domain Name?
The inexorable march of technology has forced all of us to
become more tech-savvy, but that does not mean you know everything.
Unsure what I mean when I talk about your company's
“domain name”? Luckily, it is a pretty straightforward
concept.