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1. Domains are a unique way to identify yourself on the Internet. There are two parts to a domain: the name and the extension. The name is the description of yourself or your site (for example, the name "dogfood" in dogfood.com). The extension represents the domain category. For example, the .com extension means "commercial," .net means "network," and so on.
There are many extensions available today: .biz (business), .info (resource sites), .us (American sites), .ca (Canadian sites), to name a few. The "www" is automatically inserted by the web server that hosts your site and is not part of the domain name.
2. Transferring a domain can mean two things: switching the domain name to another registrar, or altering the domain record to make the domain point to a new host. We are concerned with the second definition. A domain has to be told which web host to direct visitors to, and this is done by changing the domain's name server records.
(More commonly referred to as "DNS")
For example, if you purchased a hosting account from us, you have to
insert our name servers in your domain record (DNS). They look like these:
Our Name Servers:
ns1. DNS19.DNSLISTS.NET
ns1. 63.247.69.243
ns2. DNS20.DNSLISTS.NET
ns2. 63.247.69.244
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3. Before you make changes to your DNS settings, you will need us to host it. The domain name is just an address; that is, it points to files on a web server. Hosting companies provide web servers and this is where your web site is stored. Choose a plan from us and
register. We will notify with all other information to get you
started including our DNS information.
4. You will then visit your domain registrar's home page, sign in, and edit your domain record. Each registrar is different, but there will be fields in your domain record called "name
servers," "DNS Modifications" or "primary/secondary name servers," etc. The registrar may or may not ask for the IP address of the name servers
( 63.247.69.243 and 63.247.69.244 in this example). It takes 24-72 hours for the change to take effect
5.You are done!
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