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Domain Registration – Who Owns It

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Mar 11.2011

Hi,

I am looking to register a new domain (.com) name and i have a few questions which i hope you domain experts can help me with:

1 – when registering a domain through an online domain / hosting company, how or who secures the domain for you once you have paid for it, is there a governing body that looks after all of these domains or who exactly owns each domain in the first place… who are you actually buying it from

2 – if i buy the domain from one domain / hosting company, is it ok to buy the hosting from another company… if so how is the domain name linked to the hosting that i eventually get…

3 – i can understand why you need to pay for your hosting every year but i thought once you buy a domain name, that’s it, it’s yours for life… so why do i need to pay / renew my domain name each year… do we not really own our domain names when we buy them… if not, who does own them…

4 – i see that some domain / hosting companies are charging €7 for a .com – others are charging €10 and others are charging €15… none of these come with any extra options so how and why do they charge different prices…

5 – how are new domain endings (.com .ie .net .org) created… i am starting to see more and more new endings… who allows you to create these and how are they created…

thanks in advance for your help

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@tracknutMar 11.2011 — 
  • 1. When you register a domain, that registrar secures the domain name. ICANN is the governing body behind all domain names and IP addresses.

  • 2. Yes. DNS Nameservers are responsible for mapping your domain name to a specific IP and host.

  • 3. No, you should think of your domain name as something you rent, or perhaps lease, for a period of time. You don't "own" it. ICANN does.

  • 4. You also see some vendors selling hamburgers for different prices. Capitalism, free market, whatever you want to call it.

  • 5. ICANN defines new top-level domains.


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