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# Hand registration

Hand registration, or hand reg, is when someone registers an available domain at standard registrar prices rather than buying it from another owner. The name was never taken.

## Why it matters

Investors hand-register names they think a business will want later, for the cost of a registration fee. It is cheap, but most names never sell. Buyers who want a good name should know that a hand-registered name has no real price history, so the asking price is a guess. Sellers should compare yearly renewal cost to the chance of a sale. Common mistake: registering hundreds of weak names and paying renewals for years. A hand reg only has value if there is a buyer who needs the name.

Source: [icann.org](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/domain-name-renewal-expiration-faqs-2018-12-07-en)

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