How to Register Domain Name

When you buy a domain name it will be automaticallyWhat is important to note is that if you purchase a
registered through an accredited Registrar. There aredomain name directly from a Registrar but have your
over 1,000 accredited Registrars to choose from.web site hosted elsewhere, it will be necessary to
Think of them as companies that compete tochange the Nameservers to point to your Web Host
register domain names. Each Registrar chooses howNameservers.
much to charge to register domain names. This isA Registrar gathers contact information and technical
why the same domain name may cost you $9.99information. The technical information about your
with one Registrar and $25.00 with another.domain name is forwarded to InterNIC, a central
So who controls your domain name? It will be thedirectory known as the "Registry" whose goal is to
company where you buy it, either the Registrar orlet other computers on the internet know how to
your Web Hosting Provider. Some Registrars providefind your web site.
additional services such as Web Hosting, however, allHow to buy cheap domain names is easy enough as
Web Hosting Providers are not Registrars. If theso many Web Hosting Providers offer a free domain
domain name is purchased through a Web Hostingname if you sign up for one of their hosting
Provider who is not a Registrar, that Web Host willpackages or buy one of their products. I prefer
have the domain registered through their Registrar ofspending about $10.00 for a domain name through a
choice.Registrar and have no strings attached. If you plan
What Registrars or Web Hosting Providers do toon having multiple web sites then purchasing all your
register your domain name is invisible to you. All youdomain names through one Registrar is the way to
have to be concerned with is who to pay to renewgo as you can manage all your domain names in one
your domain name before it expires, which is theplace.
company you bought if from originally.