What Is A Domain Names Register?

2007-03-08 10:33:40

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A domain names register is a database that maintains a list of domain names that are in use and to which IP address it belongs to. Whenever new domain names are added, it is the responsibility of the domain names register to add these names onto the database, so new website owners, who wish to create a domain name, can check for name availability. If the name is no longer available, another search needs to be done until an available domain name is found.

Registering domain names can also be done through a domain names register once the domain name of your choice is available. For a small annual fee, a domain names register can process the registration for you, for as long as you provide the registry your complete contact information, which will also be published on the Internet. For an additional fee, some domain name registers can act on your behalf, and use their company name for the information that will be published on the Internet to protect your privacy. If you choose to elect the domain name register to act on your behalf, make sure that once your registration is approved that you have paperwork to prove that you own the domain.

A domain names register can also allow you to transfer your domain to another registrar; however, there are processing fees that need to be paid. There are domain names registers that only allow this after a certain holding period. The domain registry that accepts the transfer of your domain name from another registry, sometimes even pays for the processing fee to affect such transfer.

There are many domain name registries that can be found around the world. Each registry can only be operated if the top-level domain has been assigned to them by the organization that assigns Internet numbers. A top-level domain or (TLD) refers to the set of letters that come after your domain name such as “.com”, “.gov”, “.ca” and “.uk”. New website owners sometimes use several domain names registries to get ideas on the creation of new domain names.

There is a central domain names register that controls all the domain names registries that exist worldwide, so that there is an assurance that the domain names that are created remain unique.


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