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What is the Domain Name?

If you want to tell your friend your home address, how you will tell, you have told your house#, street#, Area name, and City name, then your friend can find your home. Similarly, if you have a website then without a domain name, you will have to tell your clients to visit your website at an IP-based URL such as 111.222.333.444.55/ instead of your website name.com, it is hard to mesmerize. To be successful on the internet web, you must invest in a domain name to ensure your website has professionalism, proper branding, and general awareness.

What do you mean by domain registration?

Domain name registration means reserving your business or blog name on the internet for a minimum one-year period. After registration of the domain name, your information publicly available.

Should I register my domain name?

If you want to do your business online, then you must register your domain name. It will also help your business brand name.

Does it matter whom you buy a domain name from?

No, it does not matter, all domain registrars provide the same domain management features. If your domain name is available, you can buy it from anywhere, however, some domain registrar offers some discount on registration.

Who owns a domain name?

Domain name owned by any entity, organization, or person, which is also known as the registrant.

How do I register a domain name for free?

Doctorhoster.com offering free domain registration/transfer with some packages, you may get details from this link: https://doctorhoster.com/shared-hosting

Can a domain name be used without registration?

You cannot get any domain name without any registrar, and it must be a unique name.

How long should I register a domain for?

The minimum duration required for domain registration is one year, but some businesses registered their domain names for 2 years minimum.

How much does it cost to register a domain name?

Every TLD (Top Level Domain) has a different price which starts from Rs. 499/- up to thousands of Rupees. For most common use TLD .com price is Rs. 2,449/- and.PK series domain price is Rs. 2,349/-

What TLD stands for?

TLD stands for top-level domain, and It is the last part of a domain name after the dot. For example TLD is .com, .org, .net, etc. There are three types of TLDs, which are as follow:

• a. gTLD - Generic Top-Level Domains (for example: .com, .net, .org)
• b. sTLD - Sponsored Top Level Domains (for example: .gov, .edu, .mil)
• c. ccTLD - Country Code Top-Level Domains (For example: .PK, .US, .AE, .UK)

Is .gov a domain?

Yes, .gov is an sTLD (Sponsored Top-Level domain), which is specifically for government departments.

What are the types of domains?

There too many gTLDs, sTLDs & ccTLDs available nowadays, below are some example and you can find more details on this link: https://doctorhoster.com/register-domain

• .com – commercial business (the most common TLD)
• .org – organizations (typically, nonprofit)
• .gov – government agencies.
• .edu – educational institutions.
• .net – network organizations.

How do I protect my domain name?

There are some steps to protect your company’s domain name, which are following:

• a. Lock the Transfer of your domain.
• b. Monitor the Expiry date
• c. Get similar domain names.
• d. Check your administrative details.
• e. Make sure communicate with your domain name registrar.
• f. Beware of hackers/spammers.

Is it illegal to buy a competitor's domain name?

This is the most common domain name dispute, with some brand owners complaining that their competitor registered a domain name with little mis-spell or similar domain name to its brand.

Is domain name squatting illegally?

Buying & Selling of domain names like a real estate investment. But, domain squatting is an illegal thing, if domain squatter cannot prove a legal ownership.

How are domains stolen?

There are different tactics used by domain hackers to get personal information of domain owner then modify their registration information and transfer to another domain registrar, this is called domain name stolen.

Which domain site is best?

Doctorhoster is the best domain seller in the market and offers the lowest prices in the market.

What is the difference between a website and a domain?

A domain name is a user-friendly version of an IP address that allows users to find a website online. Every domain has a protocol, domain name, and extension.

What is a Domain Renewal?

Domain name registered for a specific period, which is minimum for 1 year and maximum up to 10 years, which most of the domain registrar offered. After this period, you must renew your domain name if You want to keep using this domain and any services related to it for example a website or email service. Moreover, you must renew your domain before its expiry. If you do not, then there is a risk to lose your domain name.

How do I buy a domain name permanently?

You cannot purchase a domain name forever. A domain name can be purchase for a maximum of up to 10 years and a minimum for 1 year. If you purchase for 10 years, which is a guarantee that you will have a domain name for up to 10 years. After this period, you must renew again.

Can I renew my domain from any domain registrar?

Yes, you can renew your domain name from another registrar, it is just a normal domain transfer process. If your domain has locked with your current registrar then you must ask your current registrar to unlock your name.

How long procedure to renew a domain?

The standard time for renewal domain is 24 to 48 hours, but if you renew with the same registrar and you do not change the DNS record then it will not take much time. But, in case you want to transfer your domain to another registrar then it will take the standard time of 24 to 48 hours.

How long before an expired becomes available?

As per ICANN (Internet Corporation on Assigned Names and Numbers), an expired domain name becomes available to use by others after 80 days.

Should I auto Renew the domain?

Basically, auto-renewal of domain reduces the risk of domain expiry by renewing the domain automatically before the expiry date. When auto-renewal of the domain is turned on then we will attempt to renew it before its expiry date.

Why are domain name renewals so expensive?

On domain name registration almost, all companies offer a discount to attract the customers, but on renewal domain, companies charge it extra price to making their profit, so always check the renewal price before purchasing the domain name.

How much should domain renewal cost?

Every domain name has different renewal charges according to the domain registry, but the traditional .com domain renewal price is 1,435/- PKR offered by doctorhoster.com, which is the lowest price in the market.

Do I have to keep paying for a domain name?

Domain registration on a yearly basis, and after that if you want to keep your domain name then you can pay the renewal fee for next year and go on. Some registrars offer discounts on the first-year domain names, but on renewal, they charge high costs. But Doctor Hoster domain registration, renewal, and transfer fee are the same.

What happens if you don't renew your domain name?

If anyone does not renew the domain name on the expiry date, then the domain name will enter in the renewal grace period. You can renew the domain within the grace period if you want. Otherwise, anyone can buy this domain.

When a domain name expires can I buy it?

Yes, if the previous registrant fails to renew their domain after 30 days, then they leave the ownership of the domain, and anyone can buy this domain.

How do I renew the domain and hosting?

• 1. log in to your client area.
• 2. Go to Domain Menu.
• 3. Click on Renew Domain
• 4. Read over the payment option and proceed.

Who owns a domain name?

Ownership of domain legally owned by any person or entity or any organization who purchased a domain name and it is also known as the registrant.

How do I found out who owns a domain name?

You can check the domain name ownership from the WhoIs directory.