After you get a domain name that you want to keep for ever make sure pay for renewal before it is up. There are plenty of companies that have system in place to

After you get a domain name that you want to keep for ever make sure pay for renewal before it is up. There are plenty of companies that have system in place to snail mail spam you about switching to their service after you get one. I use namecheap.com - the admin panel is pretty nice to use, unlike godaddy's. They also send out 60,30,5 day reminder notices.