Domain name basics.

May 11 2009

Posted by Webmasters-central.com as Domains and Web hosting

Domain name is like your office name on the internet. It is your online identity. You have full rights on your domain name once it was registered under your name with that particular TLD.(See below)

Structure of domain name

Each domain name has two parts seperated by a dot. First part contains the name you have choosen for your website.Second part contains the ‘domain extention’ which is shared by others too.

yoursite.com

In the above domain name, ‘yoursite’ is the first part that is specific to your website. ‘.com’ is the extention of the domain. This ‘.com’ is called as ‘TLD’(Top Level Domain)

What is TLD?

TLD’s are the top level in the hierarchy of the domain name system. There are three types of TLD’s.

gTLD: (Generic TLDs)

These are ‘generic TLD’s.This means, these extentions are open to general public.
Examples are .com, .net, .org, .info
.com: Commercial sites
.net: Network businesses
.org: Organisations
.info: Informational sites
.edu: Educational Institutions
.gov: Governments and their agencies
.name: Personal web sites
.biz: Business use

ccTLD: (Country Code TLDs)

TLDs with country codes.Specific to websites particularly dedicated to that country.
Examples are .us, .ca, .uk, .jp etc
.us: United States
.ca: Canada
.uk: United Kingdom
.jp: Japan

Where to register? How much it costs?

Once you have decided your domain name, you should better register it asap so you don’t lose the name.

This registration process, policies, charges are different for different TLDs. For examples ‘.com’ sites can be registered for $8 to $35 per year. Here are few registrars who register your domain name for $8.00 – 10.00.

http://www.godaddy.com/ :$8.97 per year
http://www.namecheap.com/ : $9.69 per year
http://www.enom.com/ : $9.99 per year

(Check them before you use these services. Webmasters-central.com is no way related to these services.)

You can register your domain name for as many years as you want. If you register in bulk, the charge will be little less when compared to registering for one year.

What can I do with my domain?

1. You can build a website with your products and services. For most of the people this is the goal for registering a domain name.

2. You can sell your domain if you no longer need it. Or you can do this registering and selling process as a business. Some people register domain names in bulk and sell them later with profit.

Author: Radhika (c)
http://www.webmasters-central.com/

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