Cheap Domain Purchase
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Cheap Domain Purchase

When starting out with a website, your average webmaster will look for a cheap domain purchase to start their online branding. A domain name is what everyone will type to reach your online website, so it is very important. Following your purchase to brand your online presence, you will need other things like web hosting, web design, possible ssl web server certificate and even an online payment processor.

Let's look at what a domain really does.

  1. Your name on the net IE google.com is one of the most recognized domain names on the net
  2. It helps users type in the domain name rather than the IP of your hosting. For example, domainsatretail.com instead of 11.1.2.111.
  3. Uses nameservers that are given by your web hosting, so it knows how to forward your request to actually display your web site files!
  4. Sets up all the tech stuff so that your email will work when someone sends an email to you@domainname.com.

There are more advanced uses of domains such as using them to host custom nameservers.

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Here we are looking at what you will get when you make a cheap domain purchase. Note, that every domain provider will offer different options of what you can do when you buy from them. This is important to note when you need any special configurations.

So where can I find a cheap domain name? There are a lot of providers and competition in this field. Here is a list of a few I have used, but I mainly use the first one on the list for probably 99% of my domain purchases.

  1. Domains At Retail
  2. Network Solutions
  3. Netfirms
  4. Hostmonster
  5. Host Papa

and the list can go on and on.

One last thing - what should a cheap domain cost?

This all depends on the Top Level domain (TLD). Some TLD's are:

  • .com
  • .net
  • .org
  • .biz
  • .info

Country Specific TLD's:

  • .us
  • .ca
  • .co.uk

And much more.

The price will depend on the extension, but .com domains are normally the most popular domain extension. You should be paying around $8 US for this tld. Check pricing on the various extensions and good luck on making your first domain purchase.