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What Is a Domain?
Every home has an address. Your domain name is the equivalent of this physical address, but for the web. Your home's address allows people, or your GPS, to find and navigate to your home, while your domain tells web browsers where to go to display your website.

Domain names are often synonymous with the name of your website and will be the face of your website.

Think of domains like Amazon.com, Google.com, Facebook.com, even infoattouch.com.

As you'll soon learn, there are many different types of domains available that you’ll find when you go to register a domain, beyond the standard '.com.'

How Domain Names Work:
Essentially, domain names are a shortcut to remembering complicated IP addresses. Without a domain name, you’d have to enter a full IP address into the browser address bar. So, instead of being able to type in ‘hostgator.com’ you’d have to use a string of numbers like 45.67.89.23. Talk about confusing. Having names that are easy to remember will help potential visitors find your website faster through a search engine.

But, you can't just type that string of numbers into your browser and expect that to send you to a website either, because it only points to the server where the site is stored. There need to be specific server settings in place as well. For the majority of people using the internet, this is too complex and time-consuming.

Luckily, domain names act as the middleman and make this process incredibly simple.

5 Different Types of Domains Available:
Now that you have a better understanding of what domain names are and how they work, let's dive into the types of domain names that are available for you to register. When most people think of a website, they usually think of the standard '.com.' Even though this is the most common extension, there are multiple different types of extensions available.

1. Top-Level Domains:
Top-level domains are at the top of the internet hierarchy of domain names. You’ll see these commonly referred to as TLDs. There are over thousands of different TLDs available. In recent years ICANN opened up new TLD registration and approval, so companies and individuals could pitch and register unique TLDs. This sent the number of TLDs available soaring.

2. Country Code Top Level Domains:
Next, on the list, we have country code top-level domains (ccTLD). As the name suggests, these are technically tied to different countries. Each country has its own ccTLD, but you don’t have to use one, just because you live in a specific country. For example, the ccTLD .co is technically for websites based out of Colombia, but it’s commonly used by internet startups, like AND.CO.

3. Generic Top-Level Domains:
Next, we’ve got generic top-level domains (gTLDs). This is more of a definition than an actual type of domain. As the description suggests, it’s just a different variation of a TLD. So, you could technically classify this type of domain as a TLD as well.

4. Second-Level Domains:
Second-level domains are below the TLDs highlighted above in terms of hierarchy. This doesn't mean they're any less authoritative, or valuable. Rather, this describes the second piece of the domain name, such as the ‘hostgator’ in 'www.domainname.com.'

5. Third Level Domains:
Third level domains are below second-level domains in the domain name hierarchy. They aren't a full domain name in and of themselves, but merely a portion of a domain name. For example, in the domain name “www.hostgator.com,” ‘www’ would be the third level domain. Or, if you’re using a subdomain to build an additional section of your site, this would be a third-level domain as well.

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  • Real Time Domain Control Panel.
  • Manage all your domain names at one place.
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  • Renew domain on REAL TIME basis.
  • Create sub-users for a particular domain.
  • Online Invoicing.



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