What are Domains

One of the most vital preconditions for having a successful web presence is the domain. It is what people will see first when they chance upon your site and what they will identify you with. The domain should be easy to remember, but should also be something that tells your visitors what the web page is about.

Generic Top-Level Domain Names (gTLDs)

A domain traditionally is composed of 2 parts - a Top-Level Domain Name (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain Name (SLD). If you have domain.com, for instance, ".com" is the Top-Level Domain Name and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain. There are several categories of Top-Level Domains that you should consider prior to selecting the domain you desire. Your selection should rest on the intention of your web page and on its target spectators. Let's have a glance at the gTLDs, or generic Top-Level Domains - these are the most common Top-Level Domain Names meant to show a particular intention - .com (business entities), .net (network infrastructures), .biz (companies), .info (informative web sites), .org (organizations of a non-commercial character), .mobi (mobile devices), .asia (the Asia-Pacific), .name (individuals or relatives), .pro (given professions), etc. As you can perceive, these TLDs cover most fields of life, so you should opt for the one that would show the intention of your web site best. There is no limitation as to who can register such domains, but some of them include additional steps to prove that you qualify to possess such a domain name (.mobi and .pro, for example).

Country-code Top-Level Domain Names (ccTLDs)

The ccTLDs, or country-code Top-Level Domains, are country-specific Top-Level Domain Names. Each country has its own ccTLD. Picking such a domain is good if your target group of web page visitors is from a specific country. Many folks would elect to purchase commodities or services from a local web page, and if your goal is Canada, for example, choosing a .ca domain could boost the visits to your site.

Domain Name Redirection

You can register several Top-Level Domain Names, which can send your website's visitors to a particular web site like domain.com, for instance. This would boost the traffic and decrease the possibility of someone snatching your site visitors by using the same Second-Level Domain with another TLD - if you are not availing of a trademark.

Name Servers (NSs)

Every Top-Level Domain has domain records. The name server records (NS records, aka DNS records) exhibit where the domain is hosted, in other words they point to the web hosting vendor whose name servers (NSs, also known as DNSs) it is utilizing at present. You can switch the DNSs of your domain name at any moment. You can have your domain registered with one provider and get the website hosting service itself from another. So, if you register your domain name and come across good website hosting services somewhere else at a later time, you can point your domain to the present provider's name servers instantly.

Domain Server Records (NS Records)

On the whole, as long as your domain name utilizes a particular set of DNSs, all its name server records will lead to the same hosting vendor. Some web hosting firms, though, permit you to modify certain name server records, including the A records and the MX records of your domain. The A record is an IP address, which details on which web server your web page is situated, whereas the MX records indicate which hosting server tackles the e-mail addresses related to your domain name. For example, if you take on a new site designer and he designs an .ASP web site that will be located on his own Windows web server, you may wish to modify solely the IP address (the A record) but not the MX records of your domain name. Thus, www.domain.com will point to the Windows server, but your e-mail accounts or any sub-domains like forum.domain.com or shop.domain.com will still be in your current Linux web hosting account. The .ASP environment is developed by Microsoft and necessitates a Windows web server, even though a Linux hosting server would be far more reliable.

Affordably Priced TLDs Distributed by ''

Just a few web hosting vendors allow you to edit given records and very frequently this an additional paid service. With us, you have a large array of Top-Level Domains to select from and you can edit all domain records or forward the domains using a forwarding tool at no additional cost.