Back To Basics: How To Buy A Domain Name

A domain name is the address name to which a blog or website is located with on the internet; or it is simply that name you key into a web browser address bar in order to visit a particular website.

And a typical domain is mostly divided into two parts and 3 parts in some cases;

For example the domain www.example.com is a typical domain divided into two; the domain example itself and the .com which is often regarded as Top Level Domain (TLD)

In another example if you have a domain like this; www.example.blogspot.org we can easily say that it is divided into 3 parts, where we have the domain example, sub-domain .blogspot and TLD .org

One common myth that online newbies hold about website domain is that all domain names cost fortune to acquire.

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But it will be surprising to note that a domain can cost as little as $10/year and can also rise to hundreds and thousands of Dollars/year as the case maybe; but we are not going into details here on factors affecting domain prices.

But all we want you to know is that a fresh dot com domain that have not been put to use before will cost you somewhere between $12 to $20 per annum.

Today we are going to carry you along on the basic and major way of buying a domain.

Buying just a domain involves three basic steps, and they are

1.    Picking an online domain registrar (domain seller) and registration

2.    Searching for domain availability

3.    Processing payment

Breaking the processes further

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·     Picking an online domain registrar (domain seller) and registration – you need to locate a domain registrar if you want to buy a domain, and there are lots of them out there both international and local online domain registrar;

We have GoDadddy which many often tip as number one domain registrar in the world today; others are 1and1, NameCheap, Domain King which is a local domain registrar and host of others.

So if you have decided to pick one, say you picked GoDaddy for example, then the next step is to visit their site and register with them freely just the way you will register on any other online platform.

·     Search for domain availability – The second step after locating and registering on the domain registrar platform is to search for your domain availability.

All domain registrars on their platform have a visible search bar where to search for availability of any domain.

So what you need to do at this point is to type in the domain name you want to buy in that search bar to check if it is available because domain name always has to be a unique entity.

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If the domain name is available, you can then select it (add to cart) and go to the next step, but if it is not available you will have to alter it or change it entirely and search again until you get the one that suits you and that is available

·     Payment Processing – the final step here to acquiring your available domain is to select the number of year(s) you want to pay for and then proceed to payment;

Most domain registrars accept varieties of payment processing methods, ranging from Debit/Credit cards, PayPal, Bank Transfer, Western Union etc.

All you need to do is to select the payment method that is suitable for you, feel in your necessary payment details, and finalize your payment by confirming.

Note that on the process of finalizing payment, you can apply coupon code if you have any in order to slash down the price of the domain and also note that a compulsory ICANN fee of $0.18/yr will always be included in your payments.

Hurray! You have just succeeded in acquiring a domain name