Domain name (e.g. www.yourbusiness.com) is your Internet identity. It has to be unique like your business name and telephone numbers.

Basically, a domain name is an easy-to-remember name, made up of letters and/or numbers. Every web address or domain name on the Internet universe camouflages a unique server number called IP address.

Constituents of a domain name:

A typical domain name comes in two parts, separated by a dot(.). The part to the right of the dot is called the top-level domain (TLD) as in www.LimelightGlobal.com,

If you have international interests, then you might choose:

• .com if you are a commercial entity.
• .org if you are a non-profit organization.
• .net is for hosting services and other entities having to do with the Internet.

There are other TLDs too e.g., .name(individuals), .gov(government), .aero (air-transport industry), .biz(business), .coop(cooperatives), .info(information), .pro(professionals), .edu(universities etc). These are used for specific objectives and requirements. They are actually from US and used for international purposes.

If on the other hand, your operations are generally restricted to one country or you wish to be recognised as being based in a particular country then your website would need to have the TLD relating to that country.

• .com.au if you are a commercial entity in Australia.
• .org.uk if you are a non-profit organisation in UK.

The TLD from different countries will have respective identifiers at the end:

• .au is Australia
• .de is Germany (Deutschland)
• .fr is France

Therefore, a business located in Australia having Australia-wide interests would have domain name like www.abusiness.com.au

Sub-Domains:

Having chosen a Top Level Domain, you then have to decide upon the part that is going to be your unique address. You can use any combination of the letters a-z, and the digits 0-9 (the name must start with an alphabetic character). You may also use a hyphen character "-" to make the name more readable.

Use your company name, the name of a major product line, or a word or phrase evocative of your line of business. Generally speaking, the shorter the name, the better, since it will be more easily remembered, for example: www.mybiz.com.au.

Do I have to have my own domain name?

Of course not. Your home page can be located in a subdirectory under your hosting service's domain, for example: http://www.xyzhosting.com/yourbusiness/

Even if you have only a rudimentary website or none at all, it may be worth registering a domain, so that you can use it in your email address. Yourname@yourbiz.com makes you look like a legitimate concern, like having your own letterhead. Whatever you do, don't use one of the "free" email services or an online service like AOL as your business email address. A business that uses an email address ending in hotmail.com or aol.com will be dismissed as at best clueless about the Web, and at worst a fly-by-night outfit.

What we do for you:

Other than developing an effective website that your business deserves and getting a suitable hosting, we also take care of registering your domain name for you.

There are few registrars who are expensive and have monopoly on certain TLDs, for example VeriSign still operates .com registry services. Other registrars have to pay a fee for every domain names that they register at .com. We arrange the best registrar for you offering low rates.

While registering a domain name there are few matters to be taken care, for example the proposed name must not be a copyright or trademark of someone else otherwise it would end up in a mess of lawsuits. The minimum period for which a domain name can be registered is 1 year. You need to make sure to renew a domain name before it expires, or you may lose it to somebody. We will take care of all that for you.

If you don't yet have a website but there is a domain name that you want now, you can register it and use domain parking which is a cheap way to display an "Under Construction" message.
If you really want some specific domain name that is already in use, we could try to offer to buy it from its current holder for you.

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