A domain name is a distinctive address that you're able to purchase through a registrar company. All the devices which are connected to the Web, including web servers, have numeric addresses, or IP addresses, which are pretty difficult to remember, for that reason the domain name platform was created as an easy means to recognize a website on the Internet. Using this method, your web site is available at www.domain.com rather than 123.123.123.123, for example. A domain name has 2 parts - the Second-Level Domain, that is the actual website name that you'll be able to select, plus the Top-Level Domain, that is the extension - .com, .net, .org and so on. You are able to register your new domain through any kind of registrar or migrate an existing domain between registrars in a few easy steps. Whenever you choose to do the latter, your domain shall be renewed automatically by the gaining registrar once the transfer process is carried out. Along with the generic Top-Level Domains, there're country-code ones too. A number of them can be registered by anybody, while some others need local presence or even a business license.