What Is A Website Domain Name?

When we talk about website domain names, URLs and IP addresses we can make it complicated.....or keep it simple. As it happens there is no need to make it complicated.

Your Web Site Domain Name

A website domain name like "yourname.com" is your street address on the World Wide Web. For people to find your web site you need an address on the World Wide Web. You need a website domain name.

To claim your address on the World Wide Web, you pick and register a catchy website domain name with a domain name registration service provider. Costs vary from as little as under $10.00 to as much as $35.00 and more per year - see domain name resources page. Your domain name is typically in the format "yourname.com".

There are other "extensions" (or TLDs, Top Level Domains) than ".com". Examples are ".net", ".org", ".biz" and a wide array of country specific extensions like ".co.uk", "de", ".no", and so on.

Did you notice that the "www" is not a part of your domain name? Just think of "www" as the universal ZIP or postal code for us Cyber-people..