What is a domain name and its extensions.

The following guidelines will guide you to know about the Domain name and Its Process:-

If you have a web site, you should seriously consider registering your own domain name.

A domain name is a name like “coimbatorewebhosting.com” or “gooddomainregistry.com”, which you can use to refer to your website.

Note that you do not have to be a company or organization to register a domain name. Any individual can do it too.

In simple words, a domain name is nothing but the name (URL) of your website. No two websites in the world can have same domain name with same TLD extension like

.com,

.org

.info

etc.

A domain name should not only be easy to recall, but should be simple to type.

If you are planning to launch a website, thorough understanding of domain names is very crucial. At the same time, if you’re planning to offer domain registration and hosting services to your customers, you also require a good understanding of domain registration and renewal process.

Once the domain name is registered, it gets included in a big register of records containing other domain names, and this database is maintained by ICANN. Apart from the name of the domain, other information like IP address is also fed to a DNS server (Domain Name System), and this system tells all other computer systems connected to Internet about a domain’s name and its IP address.

How to Register a Domain

You can visit the website of any  domain registrar like squarebrothers.com and simply feed in the domain name of their choice to check the availability. But, before you book a domain, you must make sure that you know the ground rules of the domain name length and format.

After feeding the name of your choice, results would pop up indicating whether the name has already been taken up by someone else… If that happens to be the case, then you may try different TLD extensions like .org, .com, .info or .net with the same domain name, but that may not be a good idea in case you want to establish that as a brand (due to existence of another website with same domain but different TLD extension).

A thumb rule here would be to look for .com extension availability, and ignore that particular domain name if the .com extension has already been booked. However, if the .com extension is available, but .info or .org has been booked by someone else, you may still consider registering the .com extension for launching your website.

How to Choose a Domain name

Keep the name simple and crisp and something closely related to your business. Note down a probable list of such names.

You can try all types of combinations that may work for you and finally zero in on few options and perform a domain search on WHOIS or any of the ICANN Accredited Registrars to see if the domain has already been taken. If that happens to be the case, then you can try a new one or if you are very particular about the name you want, then contact the site owner and see if he/she is willing to sell the domain to you.

If you want a particular set of Internet users to visit your site, you should try coming up with a domain name that is as closely related to the keyword your prospect visitors would type in the search engines, as possible… This does wonders in terms of boosting website traffic over the long run.

Concept of Sub-Domains

The concept of sub-domain is still little known to the people even though they use them almost daily. These sub-domains are created nowhere else but on the DNS server that your website runs on. The difference between a regular domain and a sub-domain is that the latter is not required to be registered with a registrar. Having said that, these sub-domains can be created only after the main domain has been duly registered.

We can set up as many sub-domains as you want.

Domain Renewal and Deletion Process

After getting the domain name or once the domain name registered we have to maintain in live. Once the domain registration expires, it goes into a  open state on global , where all such expiring domains are kept, and such domains can be back-ordered, or purchased through the same procedure.

If nobody picks an expiring domain, then it’s released into the common pool, and made available for registration again. So, even if you fail to renew your domain on time, there’s a good chance of getting them back, during this grace period, but your registrar may charge you an extra amount for getting it back!

List of Domain Registrars:-

Here i list some of the Domain registrars for your knowledge,

Squaebrothers.com

Gooddoaminregistry.com

and so on..

I hope this article will help you to know about domain name and its extensions.

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