Register a Domain Name

What is Domain Name?

• Domain Names are used to identify one or more IP address with a name that are easier to remember.
• This Domain names are used in URLs to identify the particular Web Pages.

• For example, in the URL http://www.stoneprofits.com/vAboutUs.aspx, the domain name is stoneprofits.com.
• Every domain name has a suffix that indicates which Top Level Domain(TLD) it belongs to.
• There are only a limited number of such domains. For Example:
• gov - Government agencies
• edu - Educational institutions
• org - Organizations
• mil - Military
• com - Commercial business
• net - Network organizations 

Domain Name Registration:

• Domain Name Registration is the process of registering a Domain Name from domain name registrar.
• The domain name registrar is the organization or commercial entity that manages the reservations of Internet Domain Names.

To register a domain name, a registrant must register it with one of the ICANN(Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers) accredited registrars.The process is as shown below:

Some Domain Name Registrars are:

Domain Life Cycle:

• After successful registration the every domain name has it's life cycle as shown below: