It is important to know the relationship between domain name and web hosting. You can buy a domain name first without buying any hosting if you are afraid that your prefer domain name is taken by third party. Your domain name will park on the domain registrar until you decide which hosting services you plan to use. After you have confirmed your website content and completely develop a website, you may proceed to get a web hosting provider. The hosting provider will move your files to a folder which links your domain name together. At this stage, you may be able to view your website by your domain name. What is Domain Name
Domain name, in a layman terms, is your unique online identity. It is a way to identify you so that people can find you on the World Wide Web. A domain name can have more than one IP address. Domain name are used in URL to identify certain web pages. For example, the domain name of domainregistration.com is the url of http://www.domainregistraion.com/index.html.
Each domain name has their ICANN information. All domain name registrant has to update their contact information to make sure that it is correct at all time. By providing false information can be grounds for cancellation of their domain name registration.
Domain name can be in different suffix for different meaning. You may check through below for some brief explanation.
Domain Name Suffix
.com – For Commercial Business
.net – For Internet Related Business
.gov – For Government Agencies
.org – For Organization
.edu – For education
There are ways to differentiate domain from different country. For example
.th – refer to website from Thailand
.ca – refer to website from Canada
.com – refer to website from US
.hk – refer to website from Hong Kong
.uk - refer to website from United Kingdom
.cn – refer to website from China
.eg – refer to website from Egypt
.bi – refer to website from Brunei
.ch – refer to website from Switzerland
.br – refer to website from Brazil
.dk – refer to website from Denmark
.cm – refer to website from Cameroon
.cl – refer to website from Chile
.sg – refer to website from Singapore
.fj – refer to website from Fiji
What is ICANN ?
ICANN is a non-profit organization that coordinates domain names across the world. They are here to keep the internet secure, stable and interoperable. However, ICANN can not control the content on the internet nor stop spam. There are certain ICANN fee apply for domain name register under certain domain Suffix like .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info, .name, .jobs, .mobi, and .asia.