What Is A Domain Name?

A Domain, or Domain Name, is a crucial part of a website. It’s what you type into your typical web browsers search bar to browse directly to a site. A simple way to put it is that it’s the name of the website. However, unlike us humans: No two websites can have the same name.

Domain names can be valuable for several reasons, such as how much you might remember one domain name versus another less attractive name: Microsoft.com is a lot more appealing than www.TheMicrosoftCorporation.com, for example.

When starting a website, regardless of your reasons, you might want to put some thought into your Domain Name.

1. Through a hosting service: One way to determine if a particular name available is to run a check on the hosting service’s website that you plan on going with to host your site.
2. Run a quick search: If you’re not there yet and just want to run a search for a couple of names, you can head over to https://instantdomainsearch.com/ and let the search begin.

Now you might have another question: “how do I know if I can use a particular name?” You can do it in several ways. You’ve decided which domain name you want, and you’ve determined that it’s available.

It’s time to get your hands on that Domain Name. A domain can usually range from $10-$25.

You can generally get a domain directly through a hosting service such as GoDaddy. You can purchase your domain name and hosting at the same time, or separately.

And that’s all you need to know about Domain Names to get you started. Now go get creative, maybe even start a blog.

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