A domain name is a unique address that you are able to get through a registrar company. All of the units which are linked to the Internet, including web servers, possess numeric addresses, or IP addresses, which are rather difficult to remember, for this reason the domain name system was launched as an easy way to distinguish a certain site on the Internet. By result of this, your web site is available at www.domain.com rather than 123.123.123.123, for instance. A domain name has two separate parts - the Second-Level Domain, that is the actual site name that you'll be able to choose, plus the Top-Level Domain, that's the extension - .com, .net, .org and so on. You're able to register a new domain name from any sort of registrar or migrate a current domain between registrars in a couple of easy steps. When you choose to do the latter, your domain name shall be renewed instantly by the gaining registrar as soon as the transfer process is finalized. Along with the generic Top-Level Domains, there're country-code ones too. Many of them can be registered by anyone, while others require regional presence or a business license.