Domain name is the address that users will enter in their web browser (like Internet Explorer or Firefox) to access your web site. For example yahoo’s site's domain name is yahoo.com, where .com is the extension (called TLD, top-level domains). .com extensions are most common for commercial web sites. Whereas non-profit organizations might prefer using .org, universities usually use .edu, government sites use .gov and there are other like .net .ru .de .pk .biz .info etc.
There are various hosting companies that provide services of domain names registration along with web site hosting service. These two services together sometimes are called domain hosting, domain web hosting, domain hosting service, domain name web hosting, domain registration website hosting, web hosting domain name registration, domain hosting and registration etc. Free Domain Web Hosting vs Cheap Domain Web Hosting
Some hosting companies might provide the facility of free domain hosting if you purchase their hosting package. Free domain hosting is usually offered in the form of free sub-domain. Sub domains are ‘third level’ domains in the sense that they are used solely to organize your website content. They are simply folders under your root directory, but to access them a special URL is used.
In case of cheap domain hosting, you have to pay the hosting company some additional amount apart from the hosting fee to register you a cheap domain name of your choice.
Multiple Domain Web Hosting
Many times you will see that a web host offers multiple domain hosting. In simpler words 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.
Email Domain Web Hosting
In some instances, a web presence in not must for certain businesses. Many have little or no use for a website but still recognize the importance of securing a domain name for their use as well as the efficiency found in communication via email. So they register a domain name with a hosting company that only provide them email-hosting facility against their domain name.
Parked Domain
Sometimes your website content is not ready or you don not want to display your site for a specific time period, then you might purchase the domain name and keep paying its fee till you are ready to use that domain name for your site again. Under such situations, that domain name without any content to offer is called parked domain. Helpful Tools Related to Domains
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
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