We have entered 2017 in a flash. We welcome the new year in our own ways and cheer ourselves on how hard we must work in the coming year. No matter how we mixed up on the Internet last year, we gained more or less. Even those who often see cheap VPS can't help but want to buy, even if they don't know what to use after buying, we should also choose carefully in the new year, and don't waste so much.
As the first article in 2017, Lao Zuo wanted to talk about some precautions about registering overseas domain names, VPS hosts and other product accounts in ordinary times, because a netizen told him in the morning that he received a credit card deduction bill, and then asked which merchant automatically deducted the fee. He himself could not figure out which machine he had bought. Every year we should see and hear a lot of such things, so we started to write this article.
Because most overseas merchants only support PAYPAL and dual currency credit card payment, of course, some have begun to support Alipay payment in succession. Due to the problem of exchange rate difference, if we can make payment in dollars, we should try to make payment in dollars, because the exchange rate of converting from Alipay to dollars will be higher than the card price.
First, about registered accounts
Every year, many netizens mention that they are prompted for fraudulent orders when registering a business, and that after successful registration, they are also unable to intentionally cancel their account, or even fail to register. Many times, this problem is that we use non local IP addresses to log in to the website to register, and the registration information is scribbled. Let's take a look at the following figure.
When we see the above figure, someone must say that I filled in the information in this way, most businesses will be automatically blocked from registering, and some netizens will even scribble on their mailboxes? What is the purpose of our scribbling? Hide personal information? Or habit? If it is the former, it is just self deception. It is not easy to find it.
II. Management of credit card payment account
When we choose and purchase overseas domain names and hosts, especially when we pay with PAYPAL and credit cards, we need to pay special attention to some automatic agreements, such as automatic expiration renewal, and purchase of additional products. Because many products are purchased with other services selected by default, we should see whether they are selected together when we submit an order for payment.
1. Generally, we can use PAYPAL as much as possible, because once there is a problem, we can still dispute and solve the problem, because we know the problem of credit card wrangling, and it is troublesome to go to the complaint channel after being arbitrarily deducted by the credit card.
2. If you pay by credit card, you can recharge or replace the card number after payment. In this way, try not to leave the real card information in the account. At present, many businesses do not support virtual credit cards. We can choose to apply for a low limit credit card for online shopping consumption, which can ensure that certain risks are controllable.
3. About submitting scanned copies for verification. Some overseas registrars are also strict in registering their accounts. They need to scan their ID cards, credit cards (front, some numbers hidden), and also need to submit scanned copies of water, electricity and gas bills (OVH needs). When we submit materials, we should also pay attention to information security management, such as strong watermark, and unknown businesses should not be the first to eat crabs, Ask someone else.
Third, how to manage merchant accounts and renew fees
Whether we are working and studying or online shopping, account management needs a good management habit. A few days ago, Lao Zuo met a netizen who helped configure the server information the night before. The next day, he asked me what the password was. I said that the password was not given to you? He told himself that he had changed it, but he forgot what to change, because his passwords were memorized by his head.
1. Try to manage business information in local form documents or by hand. Although there are many powerful brains, they also forget things sometimes. The merchant account information, the expiration date of VPS host purchase and other information are recorded, so that at the end of each month, we can see which are about to expire and which need to be renewed.
2. If we do not plan to use or decide not to renew the product when it expires, we need to check whether there is an automatic renewal setting. If there is, we need to close and cancel the bill reminder. At the same time, we also need to check whether there is a renewal agreement signed in the PAYPAL account.
In a word, whether it is online shopping at home or abroad, you need to use real information to ensure that account problems can be found after appeal, and to choose popular merchant products. At the same time, when paying, you should carefully look at what you buy, choose what you need, and don't buy what you see is cheap, because you can't use it when you buy it. It's not a waste.
