What Is a Domain Name?

So what is a domain name? Let’s take the example of mobile directory. You’ve probably got a long list of contacts saved in your mobile phone. Each contact has a unique contact number. When you want to call someone, you usually click on the contact’s name rather than typing in the full mobile number.

Domain names are just like a contact in your mobile. Rather than typing a complicated IP address (set of numbers) into your web browser, you type in a domain name. That domain name is human-friendly and much easier to remember than an IP address. All domain names are mapped to a unique or shared IP address.

Now we understand what a domain name is. There are three different parts of a domain name that assigns a meaning to the domain.

• Domain name: HOST2BOOST is the domain name in host2boost.com.
• Top-level domain: This is the suffix at the end of the URL. Examples include .com, .net, or .in, etc..
• Subdomain: This is a prefix that further classifies a domain, such as blog.host2boost.com.

What’s Next after Domain Name?

To start a website, you need a domain name which you can buy easily from HOST2BOOST, we are offering cheapest price in the market. Once you choose a great and effective domain name as per your business or blog you would need to a hosting space to keep your website content and database which comes in hosting package.

As long as each part of the domain name is unique, you can pick any domain name you want, and register it with a domain name registry.

What Happens Next?

When you register your domain, you are registering with a DNS (Domain Name System). A DNS is a database that connects IP addresses with their corresponding domain names. You need to Steup Name Server address with your domain to point domain to the hosting account to access your website.

When you go to your browser and type in a domain name, it will query with the DNS. The DNS searches through all of the registered IP addresses and connects that domain name with the IP address and domain name query goes to the web hosting location and display our website in the browser.

7 Points to choose a perfect Domain Name

There is a big role of the domain name is a business, Choosing a domain name is just similar to choosing a company name. It need a lot of thought and consideration, your domain name is your identity on the internet. Please make sure to choose a name that fit to your business and easy to find and promote.

1. Make it easy to Type- Finding a domain name that’s easy to type is critical to online success.
2. Keep it Short- If your domain name is long and complex, you risk customers mistyping
3. Use Keywords- Try using keywords that describe your business and the services you offer.
4. Be Memorable- domain name should be catchy and easily memorable.
5. Research it- Make sure the name you’ve selected isn’t trademarked, copyrighted or being used by another company.
6. Protect and build your brand- To protect your brand, you should purchase various domain extensions.  
7.Use an appropriate domain name extension- Extensions are suffixes, such as .com or .net, etc.. at the end of web addresses.

These have specific uses, so make sure to choose one that works for your business. The .com domain extension is far and away the most popular, but it is tough to get a short and memorable .com domain name because it’s using for long time. 

And here are some other top extensions and how they’re often used:

• .co : an abbreviation for company, commerce, and community.
• .info : informational sites.
• .net : technical, Internet infrastructure sites.
• .org : non-commercial organizations and nonprofits.
• .biz : business or commercial use, like e-commerce sites.
• .me : blogs, resumes or personal sites.