A domain name is a unique address that you are able to purchase via a registrar company. All units which are linked to the Web, such as web servers, feature numeric addresses, or IP addresses, which are pretty difficult to remember, so the domain name platform was created as an easy way to distinguish a website on the Web. By result of this, your site is available at www.domain.com in place of 123.123.123.123, for instance. Your domain name features two different parts - the Second-Level Domain, which is the actual site name that you'll be able to pick, and the Top-Level Domain, that's the extension - .com, .net, .org and so on. You can register a new domain via any registrar or transfer an existing domain between registrars in a few simple steps. If you choose to do the latter, your domain name will be renewed instantly by the gaining registrar when the transfer process is completed. Along with the universal Top-Level Domains, there are country-code ones too. Some of them can be registered by anyone, while some others demand regional presence or a business license.