If nothing else, when you run a home business, you want to make sure you control EVERYTHING. Now, I realize that there are going to be some things that are out of your control, such as when you depend on search engines, article directories and other third party sites for traffic. But if something is within your control, make darn sure you control it. This article is written from personal experience. I strongly suggest you pay attention to it. The story is true.

Many years ago, when I didn’t have the brains that I have now, I bought a package from a site. The package was actually quite good. It came with a free domain of my choosing and hosting free…for life. Now that’s a deal you can’t pass up. So I took it. So what’s the problem?

Well, the domain, though mine, is actually registered to the site that sold me the package. Now, you might be thinking, so what? Well, let’s put it this way. What if the site goes out of business or the person running the site dies? The domain doesn’t get renewed. It expires at the end of the year. Ultimately, I have to hope and pray that I get to that expired domain before one of the vultures does. If I don’t, I could end up having to pay thousands of dollars to get that domain back.

Okay, get it? When you don’t control every aspect of your business, especially the property you own, you are risking being put out of business. Now, I’m currently communicating with this site to have ownership of the domain transferred to me. But what if they refuse? Heck, what if THEY charge me thousands of dollars to get the domain? After all, they know how valuable it is. They have access to all the traffic records since THEY are the legal owners.

This may seem like a trivial thing to some. Trust me, it’s not. When somebody else controls any aspect of your business, you essentially have your head in a vice. Like I said, I was young and foolish when I first took this package. I didn’t know any better. So I am warning you now, through my own experience, that whatever you do, make sure NOBODY else can take it away from you.

Now, having said that, what does this say about all those business in a box solutions where all you’re doing is getting a site that is being controlled by a main company? What if THEY go out of business? If that happens, YOUR business goes with it.

Think about that the next time you sign up with one of those programs that gives you your OWN website and ask yourself…is it REALLY your site?

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim

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