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Domain Name Registration
Domain Name Registration Overview
All web sites have an internet "address" in the form of either a DOMAIN NAME or SUBDOMAIN NAME. FREE web sites usually limit you to a subdomain name, however, some free web site providers allow you to obtain your own fully registered domain name. Fee hosted web sites generally require a fully registered domain name.
Fully registered domain names will generally run you $15 - $35 per year (with a similar one time setup fee) depending on market prices. An example of a fully registrered domain name would be
"www.yourname.com".
Subdomain names cost nothing; your host will tell you what it is. An example of a subdomain name would be
"www.geocities.com/yourname/".
Why should you pay for a fully registered domain name if subdomain names are provided for free by free host providers? The reason is that unless you are building a personal or hobbyist web site you'll want your own fully registered domain name because one or more of the following reasons may be true:
- you're required to go with a fee based host provider because the FREE host providers cannot meet your web site needs (see FREE Web Sites Overview) and fee based hosting services require fully registered domain names.
- you want people to be able to easily remember your internet address (www.freehost.com/yourname/ is harder to remember than www.yourname.com).
- search engine rankings are an important means of attracting traffic to your web site and search engines don't rank subdomain named web sites reliably.
The following links further explain domain names:
Domain Names explained - InterNIC
Domain names and domain registration info from Internic.
Intro to Domain Names
Domain names and domain registration info from iGoldRush.
How Does DNS Work
Domain names and domain registration info from DNS Wiz.
How DNS Works Local, Root, and Remote Names
More domain names and domain registration info.
What is Domain Name Parking
More domain names and domain registration info.
Domain Name Selection Process
New Domains at Last , The Standard, June, 2000
Latest on new top level Domain Name expansion plan.
Choosing a Good Domain Name, ZDNet, November, 1999
Advice about domain names.
Mastering your own Domain Name
Advice about domain names from HitBox.
Domain Name - How to choose your domain name WISELY
Advice about domain names from ProfitJump.
Has it already been taken?
WEBMAGIC TM
Domain Name Test, any suffix.
WHOIS
Domain Name Test, any suffix.
Domain Name Registrar Price Shopping
RegSelect
"... is a free and unbiased help site that will help you make
the right choices when you register your own net domain..."
InterNIC Registrar Listing
A listing of every domain registration service.
Buying & Selling of Domain Names
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HitDomains
Buying, Selling, Appraising Domain Names.
DN Resources
Registrars, Brokers, Appraisers...
Additional reading
DN Resources
Registrar Listings, Selling Names, Appraising Names, Resources
WilsonWeb - multiple articles
Collection of domain names and domain registration info from WilsonWeb.
links to news articles - all domain name topics
Collection of domain names and domain registration info from iGoldRush.
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