How to Register a Domain

Domain Name Registration

Lets look how to register a Domain:


Domain registration is the process by which a company or individual can procure a domain, such as ww.example.com.

Once you have completed domain registration the domain becomes yours for the period of the contract,
usually one year. Before registration expires it must be renewed, or the domain goes to a new status called Domain Renewal Hold for 15-60 days (dependingon the tld), and even after that period if the domain is not renewed, it will be deleted and will be available to the public for sale.

Domain registration is available to the public via a registrar authorized by ICANN. Fees and services vary from company to company.



During the domain registration process, you will be required to give contact information that will be publicly available through the WHOIS database. “whois” command will give such details,

 If you feel uncomfortable providing personal information, there are some registrars that will act as your proxy, supplying their information in place of your own as the contact for the domain.

You need to assign DNS servers for the domain during registration. These DNS servers (i.e. Name Servers) return the actual IP of the website. If the NS are incorrect or something else doesn't work, your site cannot be found.

Any change made to the DNS servers on an active domain also normally take up to 48 hours to process and this is known as propagation delay.