How are domain names registered?
Registration is the provisioning process to register a domain name with the appropriate naming authority. When you create a Web site or set up an email account, you have to tell the Internet where that content is located. Domain names are registered for a period of 1 to 10 years by an individual or an organization. A user requests a domain name from a registrar. The registrar verifies that the domain name is available by checking with the registry that manages the corresponding TLD. If it is available, the registrar registers the domain name with the registry, which adds it to the registry database. At the end of the registration period, the domain name registrant has the option to renew the domain name or let it expire.
