Guide to domain name registration

>that you are registered as the owner, the technical
It can contain the name like which you can employ tocontacts and the administrative as a whole. Being the
refer to your own website. Remember youdomain owner is important, so work on that.
don’t have to be an organization or a bigTo register domain name, here are some of a few
company to register the domain name. In fact,instructions that you should bear in mind before you
anyone can do it. If you are starting up an onlineact.
business, make sure that you have made a domain•    Choose a domain name — Think of
name registration first, to give your company thesome names that you think might be right for your
license to be known and have exclusivity. Basically, abusiness. Make sure to compile many names.
domain name is a unique address on the web thatDon’t think of only one as it might be already
you can buy for your web site through a domaintaken.
store. It can contain the name like which you can•    Create a credit card account —
employ to refer to your own website. RememberWhen registering, you will need a credit card, but a
you don’t have to be an organization or a bigPayPal account will do. This is used to pay for the
company to register the domain name. In fact,domain. Most domain registrars requires to have
anyone can do it.credit card accounts which also allow the owner to
Getting your domain name includes registering theclaim and at the same time get a domain name
business name that you desire with an organizationinstantly on an application. And this is not an option.
called ICANN through the domain name registrar. For•    Obtain web host names — If you
instance, if you have chosen mybusiness.com, youhave a web host, take the names from their primary
need to proceed to the registrar, pay a particularand secondary name servers. Save the information
registration fee that will give you the right orsomewhere. Such information is found on their FAQS
ownership of that name for one year. You have toor from the other site’s documentation usually
renew it annually with the same amount per year.under the domain name category. But if you
Domain registration involves a lot of process. Therecan’t find it, you can just email the web host.
are web hosts that will register it and pay for the•    Park your domain name — If you
name without asking any amount. This is onlydon’t have a web host yet, you can allow the
applicable for the commercial web hosts, while thereregistrar to park your domain name in a temporary
are others will do it for you but you need to pay forwebsite specially made for you.
the ICANN fees.After you have successfully registered your domain
However it is recommended to register your businessname, what next? If you are not sure what to do,
domain name directly to a domain name registraryou can read the beginner’s guide found on
instead of putting it to a web host as it deprives thethe web. Once you have decided about registering
owner to carry its own name because it will appearyour name, do not procrastinate or else you will lose
that the web host owns it. If you register yourmore than one of your domain name in a day.
domain name to a DN registrar, you can rest assure