Pre-Registration Questions
- What is a domain name?
- How much will it cost to register my domain name with you?
- How long does it take to register a domain name?
- How do I know if a domain name has already been registered?
- Who owns the domain name after I've registered it?
- Why can't I apply for a domain name like www.mydomain.com or http://www.mydomain.com?
- Can I have a .edu domain name?
- Can you register a non-US domain name with a non-US ISO country code like .de, .com.br, .co.uk?
- The expiration date of the domain name that I want has expired or is about to expire. How can I get it?
- Can I register the new domains like .biz and .name through your company?
Go to Post-Registration Questions
Each web site on the internet has a numeric address that functions like coordinates on a map. Instead of pointing to a geographic location on earth, these numeric addresses, called IP addresses, point to a geographical location on the Internet.
Domain names serve as aliases for these IP addresses, making a web address much easier for the human mind to remember. Can you imagine your marketing department's distress should you ask them to advertise "207.92.103.67" rather than "easydomainnameregistration.com?? That's what domain names are for.
$35 US Dollars. There are no hidden costs or fees.
After we've received your payment (usually within one-half hour of your order) we submit your domain order virtually immediately to the Registrar. Since our domain signup system is integrated with the Registrar's own systems, we often receive confirmation that a domain is reserved within an hour or even even within minutes,depending on the volume of domains being registered at that time. However, your domain will still show as being available for a few more days because the public databases that show whether a domain is available or not are only updated three to four times a week. So, until the next update, those searches would indicate that your domain is available, even though in reality it is already in your possession.
When you check your domain name on our home page it will run a little check to verify that the domain name is still available for registration. Our WhoIs search is powered by fasterWhoIs. Note that from time to time the WhoIs database may be taken offline and in extremely rare circumstances an unavailable domain name may show that it is available. If you order what is later determined to be an unavailable domain name through our services, we will either register another domain name for you or refund your money.
Much like a phone number, no one can actually "own" a domain name. Legally, you only own a license to use the domain - you do not gain title to it. However, for all practical purposes, the end result is the same. Pay close attention to the "company" or "organization" field when you apply for your domain name, it is this field that determines the "ownership" of the domain. If you do not yet have a company formed or are otherwise not acting as an agent for another organization while registering, we usually recommend that you put your name in this field to avoid possible ownership disputes later on. As long as the name has nothing to do with someone else's trademark or legal right to own the name, you essentially own the domain name that you registered.
The above are not in the proper format - the "http://" and "www" are not parts of the domain, but a server designation and parts of a URL. The "http" stands for "hyper text transfer protocol" which is actually an indicator of the type of information that your computer will now obtain from the Internet. The "www" isn't affixed until your domain name is attached to actual web space. It refers to the server that you are using to host your site. Remember, the dot (.), colon (:) and slashes (/) are not characters allowed in a domain name.
In order to qualify for a .edu domain name, the organization must be an accredited four-year, degree-granting institution of higher learning such as a college or a university. If you qualify for a .edu domain name, you may register it directly with Network Solutions.
We register .com, .net and .org domain names. If you are interested in registering a foreign domain name, you may wish to visit this list of Domain Name Registries Around the World. If you already know how to do this and require nameserver support for your domain name, please visit AZC.COM for details on how we can help you.
The expiration date of the
domain name that I want has expired or is about to expire. How
can I get it?
The domain name may be held by the registry at which it was
registered for any length of time. Perhaps the registry is
allowing the current registrant of the domain some extra time to
renew it. Often, even after it is clear that the registrant will
not renew the domain name, the registry will continue to hold it
for some time. The amount of time that a registrar will hang on
to an expired domain name before making it available again
varies. It can take several weeks to months before the domain has
been made available again. We cannot register an expired domain
name for you until it has been made available again. ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has chosen .biz, .aero, .name, .coop, .info, .pro and .museum as the new tlds. The new domains approved by the ICANN board are still subject to approval by the Department of Commerce and the management details of the new domain names has not yet been straightened out. We will look into the possibility of offering new tlds once the management details of them becomes more official. Regardless of when the domains are made available for registration, it isn't likely that they will be usable with any kind of web space until November of 2001 at the earliest.