How Do I Register a Web Address?
This is a question many people will suddenly need to answer – how do I register a web address to protect my business name, to protect an idea I have had, or to use my own personal name for a new website? Or, you may want to buy a web address simply as an investment for the future. ‘How do I register a web address’ is not the right question though. What you should be asking is ‘How do I buy a domain name?’ Registering or buying your domain name of choice is what you have to do. It doesn’t matter if you simply want to ‘reserve’ a web address for later use, or put up a web site immediately, you will have to actually register and buy the web address name from a domain registration service. All you need is your credit card or a Paypal account. We will recommend the best and easiest services to this at the bottom of this article, but whatever service you choose, you will have to pay about $9-$20 a year to have a domain registered in your name – which means that you own it, and no-one else ca
Or, you may want to buy a web address simply as an investment for the future. ‘How do I register a web address’ is not the right question though. What you should be asking is ‘How do I buy a domain name?’ Registering or buying your domain name of choice is what you have to do. It doesn’t matter if you simply want to ‘reserve’ a web address for later use, or put up a web site immediately, you will have to actually register and buy the web address name from a domain registration service. All you need is your credit card or a Paypal account. We will recommend the best and easiest services to this at the bottom of this article, but whatever service you choose, you will have to pay about $9-$20 a year to have a domain registered in your name – which means that you own it, and no-one else can put up a web site with that URL. You will pay this whether you intend to put up a web site or not. The first thing to find out is whether the name you want is available or not. To check if it is already
