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First of all, for those that do not know what a domain name is, let's explain.

A domain name is the name associated with your website, for example www.yourname.com or even www.jestersmask.com.

Use the 'Domain Name Search Utility' to search and see if your chosen domain name is available.

If you have found a name that you would like to register then contact us straight away to get the domain name registered.

All domain registrations are carried out on your behalf and are registered in your name.

If the 'domain extension' you require is not listed above, then please contact us straight away, it may still be possible for us to register your domain name with your chosen extension.

Help with domain names

When choosing a domain name each individual gets the chance to choose the 'domain name' part of the name (for example, the 'yourname' and 'jestersmask' parts as per the examples above). For the most part the 'Top Level Domain' or 'domain extension' can also be selected, that is, the .com, .org, .co.uk, .net parts of the name. There are many other extensions to choose from.

When choosing the domain name there are a few guidlines to consider, these are

1. Don't put "www." in front of the domain. "www." is a host name, not a domain name. You should not use "www" anywhere unless it part of the actual domain name you are looking for.
2. Legal characters are 0-9, a-z and "-". Underscores (_) and spaces are not permitted in domains.
3. Name lengths are between 2 characters and 57 characters.

...more info on domain names

Each and every computer that is connected to the Internet has a unique address to help identify it. These addresses are in the form of a string of numbers in this form, 223.243.253.252. As you will agree, these are not very easy to remember.

Domain names resolves the need to remember these strings of numbers and act as a 'front' for the numeric string. It will be this name that users input in to their browser's address bar when they want to visit your website.