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We want to make it easy for you to use our website. We
value your feedback so we can keep improving our services
to you ” |
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EZY4U™hosting
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Domain Name Registrations
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A domain name is just like your street address
or postal address but on the Internet. It tells
people where to find your website. A URL [Uniform
Resource Locator] is the entire address you
see in the web browser [Internet Explorer etc].
You do not own a domain name; you own the license
to use the domain name for a given period of
time. Owning a business name does not give you
rights to the matching domain name, however,
if you own a registered trademarked name then
you do have rights to the matching domain name,
even if someone already has registered the domain
name.
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EXAMPLES
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A domain
name:
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ezy4ucarts.com |
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A web address:
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www.ezy4ucarts.com or
http://ezy4ucarts.com |
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A URL:
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http://ezy4ucarts.com/pages/contact-us.htm |
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An email
address:
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your-name@ezy4ucarts.com |
With all the good domain names being snapped
up, now is the time to get your name before
someone else does! The great thing is that you
do not need to get it hosted straight away -
you can just get it for safe keeping. Some people
purchase domains name for the sole purpose to
resell to make a profit so thousands of domain
names will never be used.
You can also renew your domain name registration
with us - just make sure you do it BEFORE your
domain registration expires to keep your website
live.
There are no regulations on most domain names so
anyone can register. If you are in Australia
there are strict regulations. READ
THESE HERE
Which Domain Name Is Best?
There are many things to consider before you
choose your domain name. Many companies/individuals
own more than one name to direct traffic to
their main site, so do not limit yourself to
only one. You should also consider ALL the extensions
to protect your brand as a competitor can easily
purchase the .net name, the same as your .com
and your customers may get confused if they
rank higher than you in the search engines!
Your customers may remember your domain name
but forget the extension at the end of your
name.
- It is easy to spell over the phone?
- Will it easily fit in your advertisements,
especially the printed telephone directory
or on your business card?
- Never use zero as this can be confused with
the letter - 0 (zero) - O (letter)
- Once you have decided on the name, are the
other extensions taken? The other domain names
may just be for adult content websites!
- You can use hyphens (dash) in your names
and even double hyphens - 'your--domain--name.com'
although this we do not recommend
- Do not use a registered trademarked name
in your domain name if you are not the owner
of the trademark or be ready to be sued. Example:
johnsmith-on-ebay.com
We offer affordable domain name registrations,
all for two year's registration. Use our domain
name checker to see if the domain name you would
like is available:
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How Many Registered Domain Names?
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Below are total registered domain names broken
up into a three month period to show growth:
| Month |
Total Domains* |
| May 2010 |
113,802,218
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June 2010
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114,637,687
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| July 2010 |
115,287,892
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*Total domains relate to TLDs - top level domains
which are: com, net, org, info, biz
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Below are registered domain names broken up into
countries as at May 2010:
| Rank |
Country |
Domains |
| 1 |
United States |
71,429,673 |
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Germany |
6,208,397 |
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United Kingdom |
4,179,850 |
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China |
3,968,752 |
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Canada |
3,687,163 |
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France |
2,895,884 |
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Australia |
2,452,920 |
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Japan |
1,841,538 |
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Spain |
1,340,810 |
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Italy |
1,296,343 |
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HongKong S.A.R. |
1,246,050 |
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Netherlands |
1,083,271 |
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Turkey |
891,581 |
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Korea |
781,080 |
| 15 |
Brazil |
578,738 |
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Since the inception of the Internet, only latin
character domain names were available. The board
of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers (ICANN), a non-profit body that oversees
Internet addresses, has allowed the use of non-Latin
characters in more than 20 languages from November
16, 2009.
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Click the image above
to see where it takes you
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- If you do not renew your domain name, it will
be locked for 45 days and then more than likely,
a 'cyber-sitter' or 'domainer' will register
the expired domain and charge a fortune to sell
it back to you
- The email address you give when you register
your domain name will be visible to the world
which means Spam to your In Box. Use
a Google Gmail email address instead
- Marketers will send you email and mail renewal
notices for your domain name even if you have
not registered the domain through them. This
can be very confusing plus they usually charge
lot more than most registrars
- au names can be registered for only two years
at a time and cannot be renewed any sooner than
90 days before renewal date
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