domain name registration
A domain name is your name on the web. It is the
part of your web address that comes after the www. Your domain name is will also be used after the
"@" symbol in your email addresses. Therefore it is important to register a name the closely reflects
your business name and is easy for people to remember and type.
Registering a domain name is the first step
in any online enterprise. Your domain name should:
- Reflect your actual business name. However, you can register variations of your business name. An Australia Business Number is required to register
a .com.au domain name.
- Be short, so it can be remembered easily if seen on a TV ad, bus side or web site that wasn't bookmarked.
Also, the shorter your domain name, the less likely it is to be mis-keyed in the browser address field.
- Be easily typed. Your domain name shouldn't have any weird characters like the ~ (tilde) or / (forward slash) as newer
Internet users can not find these easily on their keyboard.
- People often try to register domain names with keywords in them. This is no where near as effective as it once was. Read about it.
Domain Name Registration
$67.50 for a .co.nz for 1 year
$99 for a .com.au name for 2 years
OR $49.50
for .com, .biz, and .info names.
Theses prices include domain name delegation, free URL forwarding and DNS management. Many cheaper registrars do not offer these essential services.
Technically when you register a domain name, it is licensed to you: you do not own it. When DWS registers
a domain on your behalf the registry information is forwarded to you. DWS also does the delegation at
the time of registration (i.e. points the domain name to the server that will host the site).
The Australian domain name regulator's web site is at www.auda.org.au.
See www.auda.org.au/basics for starter information.
Register a Domain Names
Start here to register
your new domain name.
Domain Name Parking
Domain name parking is where you have more than one domain name and you want one domain name simply to
point to another. Providing there is no data transfer involved, DWS offers this service free for sites
it hosts. e.g. vinwire.com.au is the main site, while vintagewiringharness.com is registered and simply
points to vinwire.com.au.
Variations of to your Name
People often register variations of their domain name to stop competitors getting them and
to capture traffic from addresses that people may try to guess or miskey. Web Site Hosting
DWS has reliable hosting solutions for all businesses. Our hosting comes standard with web, email web stats, webmail, ftp, parking and many more services available through Cpanel.
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