You know how, when you want to go and watch a video on Youtube, you fire up a browser like Google’s Chrome or Mozilla’s Firefox, go to its address bar and type in “youtube.com” and hit enter? Great. Well, that text that you typed in the address bar is an example of what is called a domain name. It is an address, a unique name that is owned by someone and can lead you to one, and only one, destination. Now, a domain name is not the same as a website: a domain name is the address while a website consists of the web pages, audio files, video files and programs that are located at that address. Here's an analogy that makes it even clearer: the domain name is akin to theaddress of a business while awebsite is the business’ real, physical location(s) that you go to in order to get its services.
A domain name can be anything, like gold.com, mumbojumbo.com, job.net, iamsocrat.es etc. Similarly, a domain name is madeup of two parts: the string part that is chosen by you(e.g mumbojumbo) and the top level directory or TLD (in this example, .com). There are also two major types of TLDs: generic TLDs (gTLD) like .com, .info, .net and so on and country-code TLDs(ccTLD) like .co.uk, .us, .cn and so on which are customized for people in a particular country or geographical region. Also, once registered, domain names have to be renewed every successive year from the date of initial registration.
Now that you know all the above, you need to know how to do a domain name registration that you dream of and need for your business, product or blog, don’t you? Well in order to do so, you need to go and register it with some special online companies called domain name registrars, and popular registrars include yogihosting, godaddy, sedo, afternic and1and1. So, here is a general, step-by-step process of how to do it:
1. Go to the registrar’s website and proceed to search for your desired domain name using the utility that the website provides. You have to perform this search so as to verify that the name you want hasn’t been taken already(e.g google.com is definitely no longer available, LOL).
2. If it’s available, you’ll be presented with the price that that registrar wants to charge you for registering that domain name. Take note that prices vary from one registrar to the other, and also vary based upon the TLD that you choose (e.g .com is generally not as expensive as .hotel). If you’re satisfied with the price you can proceed to the next step.
3. If you’re not yet a registered user of the site, you’ll be prompted to do so at this point. This is necessary because your biodata must be attached to the domain name that you intend to buy, just as an address bears the owner's identity.
4. At the point of paying for the domain name, it will be very cost-effective if you have a coupon code to use for the purchase. For example, a .com presently sells for $14.99/yr but you can beat down this price by up to 50% easily for the first year or register the domain for 5 years but get your total reduced by 30% and so on. Search for coupon codes for most popular registrars on google.
5. Pay for the domain name, and that’s it! You’re now the proud owner of the domain and no one else can have the same domain name. You can proceed to use it to build that all-important website or, in some cases, sell it to someone who may want it badly for one reason or the other.
So, registering a domain name is as simple as that! Thank you for reading and remember, the right domain name can be a very great asset to your business, family or private life. See you around!
A domain name can be anything, like gold.com, mumbojumbo.com, job.net, iamsocrat.es etc. Similarly, a domain name is madeup of two parts: the string part that is chosen by you(e.g mumbojumbo) and the top level directory or TLD (in this example, .com). There are also two major types of TLDs: generic TLDs (gTLD) like .com, .info, .net and so on and country-code TLDs(ccTLD) like .co.uk, .us, .cn and so on which are customized for people in a particular country or geographical region. Also, once registered, domain names have to be renewed every successive year from the date of initial registration.
Now that you know all the above, you need to know how to do a domain name registration that you dream of and need for your business, product or blog, don’t you? Well in order to do so, you need to go and register it with some special online companies called domain name registrars, and popular registrars include yogihosting, godaddy, sedo, afternic and1and1. So, here is a general, step-by-step process of how to do it:
1. Go to the registrar’s website and proceed to search for your desired domain name using the utility that the website provides. You have to perform this search so as to verify that the name you want hasn’t been taken already(e.g google.com is definitely no longer available, LOL).
2. If it’s available, you’ll be presented with the price that that registrar wants to charge you for registering that domain name. Take note that prices vary from one registrar to the other, and also vary based upon the TLD that you choose (e.g .com is generally not as expensive as .hotel). If you’re satisfied with the price you can proceed to the next step.
3. If you’re not yet a registered user of the site, you’ll be prompted to do so at this point. This is necessary because your biodata must be attached to the domain name that you intend to buy, just as an address bears the owner's identity.
4. At the point of paying for the domain name, it will be very cost-effective if you have a coupon code to use for the purchase. For example, a .com presently sells for $14.99/yr but you can beat down this price by up to 50% easily for the first year or register the domain for 5 years but get your total reduced by 30% and so on. Search for coupon codes for most popular registrars on google.
5. Pay for the domain name, and that’s it! You’re now the proud owner of the domain and no one else can have the same domain name. You can proceed to use it to build that all-important website or, in some cases, sell it to someone who may want it badly for one reason or the other.
So, registering a domain name is as simple as that! Thank you for reading and remember, the right domain name can be a very great asset to your business, family or private life. See you around!
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