Putting up a website is actually pretty easy.  And it all springs from an idea.  Some folks just want to put their business online.  Others want an easy way to put photos of their loved ones.  And still others want to make money online.  Whatever your reason, you will first need to come up with a domain name.  Some people get confused when they hear “domain” for the first time.  But a domain is actually pretty easy to understand.  It’s really just the name for the site and it comes from the world of networking.  Now, the domain extension is simply what comes after the name, like yourdomainname.com  There are other domain extensions like .net, .biz, etc; but .com has become the defacto domain extension.

Now, back to domains.  The first thing you will need to do is actually look up your domain name.  You will be shocked to see just how many domain names are actually taken.  Just five years ago, this wasn’t the case.  Since that time, folks called domaineers have been buying up large amounts of domain names in the hopes of selling them to other people.  They are kind of like real estate speculators.

If you can’t find the name you want with the .com extension, we suggest other extensions that you could use.  We also suggest similar names you could use in its place.  You may be surprised to know that domain names are actually governed by an international body called ICANN.  ICANN “is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet’s system of unique identifiers. These include domain names (like .org, .museum and country codes like .UK), as well as the addresses used in a variety of Internet protocols. Computers use these identifiers to reach each other over the Internet. Careful management of these resources is vital to the Internet’s operation, so ICANN’s global stakeholders meet regularly to develop policies that ensure the Internet’s ongoing security and stability.”

So, we provide you with an easy (and cheap I may add!) way to register domains.

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