Information on Domain Names
How much knowledge do you need to start an online business? Let me tell you, a lot. Perhaps, you have to spend many hours everyday on the Internet, visiting this and that website collecting information related to web hosting and hoping to find the most enlightening advice. Common topics of interest can be found on most of the websites whereas other relevant issues are not dealt with everywhere. Now, I am going to touch various concerns of those ‘’dark areas” involved domain names.
Multiple Domain Hosting
Persistently, you will see that a web host offers multiple domain hosting. It means that on buying an account you will have the ability to get multiple websites. For instance, if the plan provides you with five domain names, you can use one domain for your website and you will still have four domain names leftover to use. The advantage of this scenario is that you can resell these four domain names to your clients.
Domain Parking
If you are planning to build up a website and have decided on a name for it, then you must purchase that domain name from a domain registrar, hence your domain name gets placed on a name server so that you can use it later on. This is known as domain parking. Even if your website content is not ready, it is better to park your desired domain name. Otherwise, it might be possible that in future somebody else acquires that particular domain name.
Sub Domains
Sub domains are 'third level' domains in the sense that they are simply folders under your root directory, used solely to organize your website content. To access them, a special URL is used. For instance,
http://www.m6.net is a regular URL without a sub domain. http://features.m6.net is an URL with the sub domain name: "features". “.net” is the first level domain, “m6” is the second level domain, “features” is the third level domain
Domain Renewal
Generally, when you register a domain name, it is registered for a minimum of one year. However, you can register it for more years, as there is no hard and fast rule as such. After one year, you need to renew your domain name so that your website does not get lost. Commonly, when your domain is about to expire, your domain registrar will send you a reminder mail regarding the domain renewal. When your domain name expires you can renew it within one month. If you do not renew it in this period, it goes into a redemption phase. It stays in this redemption phase for 15 to 30 days before it is then available for purchase again at a normal price. Getting a domain name out of redemption phase is like buying fifty domains as it can cost around $200!
WhoIs Record
WhoIS record is a domain name search engine/Internet program where users can enter an Internet entity (e.g. a domain, a network, some hosts) and it will give detailed information on the domain registrar, the owner of the domain, and respective DNS records. By using the WhoIs search tool on the Internet, you can find out the owner of a domain name. For example, go to http://centralops.net/co/ and type the domain name under Domain Dossier. It will show you the name of the registrant/domain's owner/web host.
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