How To Register A Domain Name
How To Register A Domain NameA domain name is simply your web site address on the Internet. The domain name for my business is tailored.com.au.
Domain names come with all sorts of extensions. An extension is the end bit: .com.au is the extension of this domain name. .com is generally the extension for commercial sites (often in the US), .org is the extension for organisations (usually non profit), .biz is a fairly new extension for businesses. For a more detailed explanation on domain name extensions go here.
It's important to know that different domain name extensions come with different criteria to be met to be allowed to have the domain name.
.com domain names - anyone can register.
.com.au domain names - there are some limiting criteria mostly related to ensuring the domain name has some relevancy to what you are doing or selling. In the old days here in Australia it used to be that you could only register domain names that were exactly as your business name, an abbreviation or acronym.
These days it is much more relaxed - you can register a .com.au domain name based on the service or product you supply, etc.
How Much Will It Cost
There are many places you can register your domain name. You can do it with us here (we charge $99 for .com.au names for 2 years & $25 for a .com domain name for 1 year).
Or you can find your own damn domain name registrar and get off this site!! Just kidding ;o)
For .com domain names I'd recommend Go Daddy. Go Daddy is the world's biggest domain name registrar and provide an exceptional service at a great price. Their .com domain names are as low as $9 US (about $13). We sell our .com domain names at $25 because we can only buy them wholesale at $15.
Once you have your domain name you then need to find a web host to host your domain name. There are many different web hosts about offering many different levels of hosting. I won't recommend any one host here because there are so many issues that need to be reviewed prior to selection that my suggestion might well be worthless.
One Last Thing
One last thing - registering a domain name and then organising hosting can be a tricky process. If you need any help with it give us a call as we can assist (having done it a million times before means we know all the tricks and all of the things to look out for).
Hope that's been of some help.
Regards
Brendon
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