A domain is a distinctive address that you're able to acquire via a registrar company. All devices which are linked to the Internet, including web servers, possess numeric addresses, or IP addresses, which are quite difficult to remember, for this reason the domain name platform was introduced as an easy means to identify a certain site on the Web. In this way, your site is available at www.domain.com rather than 123.123.123.123, for instance. Your domain name has 2 different parts - the Second-Level Domain, that is the actual web site name that you are able to choose, as well as the Top-Level Domain, that's the extension - .com, .net, .org and so on. You'll be able to register a new domain from any type of registrar or migrate an active domain name between registrars in just a few easy steps. In the event that you choose to do the latter, your domain will be renewed instantly by the gaining registrar as soon as the transfer process has been completed. In addition to the generic Top-Level Domains, there're country-code ones too. Many of them can be registered by anyone, while others demand local presence or even a business license.