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What
is a Domain Name ?
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Domain Name is a name registered with an Internet registration
authority, sometimes referred to as an Internet address. |
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Why
should I register a Domain Name?
Your domain is an important marketing tool for toady's
business on the Internet. Registering your domain is easy
and should be done sooner rather than later.
A Domain Name provides you with your own unique address
on the Internet. This can be used for either your email
eg. myname@mydomain.co.uk or as your website address
www.mydomain.co.uk.
You probably already have an email address with your Internet
Service Provider (ISP) such as john@yourisps-domain.co.uk
but having your own name is more memorable, plus you do
not ever have to change it. |
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What
characters can I use for my Domain Name?
Use only letters, numbers and/or dashes ("-") to create
Domain Names. Do NOT begin or end a Domain Name with a
dash.
Do NOT use more than a total of 63 letters, numbers or
dashes.
Do NOT include spaces.
Domain names are NOT case sensitive. |
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How
do I find out if a Domain Name is available?
Use our easy domain search facility, this will search
for your chosen domain and tell you whether it is available
or not |
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What
happens if my Domain Name is already taken ?
You may be shocked to find that someone else has already
registered your first choice of domain. Therefore, you
will need to think of an alternative. For example, a florist
trying to register flowers.co.uk will be unsuccessful
but if they register flowersinbrighton.co.uk this allows
them to be more descriptive of their location and what
business they are in. |
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My
chosen Domain Name is also my trademark. How can I get
it back?
If someone has registered a Domain Name that you feel
should rightfully belong to you, perhaps because it infringes
your trademark or well known trading name then you may
be able to challenge their right to ownership of the name
by contacting the relevant naming authority. To find out
if you have a reasonable case to challenge then you may
look at the current versions of the Domain Name Dispute
Resolution Policies. The current version of the Dispute
Policy for .com .net and .org Domain Names may be found
at http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp.htm The current version
of the Dispute Policy for all .uk Domain Names may be
found at http://www.nic.uk/ref/drs.html |
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How
do I register a Domain Name?
Once you have decided which Domain Name or names you wish
to register simply follow the instruction click and provide
your details including payment. Orders are processed on
a first come first served basis, and you will normally
receive an email informing you that your order has been
completed. |
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I
have a Domain Name, what can I do with it?
There are a number of things that you can do with it,
including using it as your email address and web address.
You don't have to do anything with it until you are ready.
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If
I already have a Domain Name can I transfer it to netthe.net?
Yes. If you have registered a Domain Name elsewhere, and
you wish to utilise features from netthe.net.
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How
much will it cost me to register a Domain Name?
Please see our price list for the latest pricing. |
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What
are naming fees?
Domain Names are managed and distributed via Domain Name
Authorities. Depending on what domain your register, we will have to pay a naming fee to one of these registries.
When you register you name with us
we pay the registries a fee. |
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What
is the difference between .co.uk / .org.uk?
These are both known as country specific registrations.
.co.uk is the most popular domain name suffix of this
kind in the world with over 2 million names already registered.
.org.uk was originally only for use by charitable organisations,
however, those rules have been relaxed and now anyone
can register the names. |
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What
is the difference between .com / .net / .org?
These are known as International registrations (not country
specific).
.com is the most popular Domain Name suffix in the world
with over 18million already registered. .net was originally
for computer networking companies and .org was for charitable
organisations.
However the rules have been relaxed and now anyone can
register these names. |
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Can
anyone register these domain names?
Anyone can register these domian names, individuals or
companies.
You can even register your own name!! |
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