Buying a Domain Name?

If you wish to launch a new company or personal website, the first thing you will need is to buy domain names. (Depending on your requirements you may wish to buy more than one domain name in order to have control over variations of a domain, e.g. a ‘.com’ and a ‘.co.uk’ address). To buy domain names is very simple and often inexpensive, but the choice of name can be important.

So what is a Domain Name?

Domain Names

Well, it is a component of the complete URL for a website. For example, our home page URL is http://www.abwebsiteservices.com/, which is made up of the full domain name www.abwebsiteservices.com and the registered domain name abwebsiteservices.com. As in our case, the registered domain name is often a company name but can also be something which describes the products or services on offer. This is something to consider when you buy domain names, as a descriptive domain name may appeal more to search engines than your company name.

To buy domain names, there are a multitude of websites offering domain registration, a number of which we have listed below. These sites allow you to search for a desired domain and purchase that domain. This usually involves an annual or biannual fee for use of that domain. Once you have bought the name no one else is able to make use of the same domain whilst you continue to pay for its use.

When you buy domain names, many websites also offer you a website hosting package or you can search for a package better suited to your requirements elsewhere. In either case, it is certainly worth ‘shopping around’ for the best deal, as the annual charges vary from site to site.

If you are looking for AB Website Services to design your website, check out our website prices which include a domain name.