What Is Domain Name?
In these days, the internet has become the major source of information for any business. So it is very important for a business to full fill the needs and demands of the customers with a professional web site. The first step in developing a web site is choosing the proper name of the site. This name of site is called the domain name. Through this people can know your product or business. Always select a proper domain name; following are some points that should keep in mind before domain name registration.

Select A Domain Name
Try to keep your domain name on your product or company name, if you have multiple products then the domain name includes most of the key word that people search on search engines. Make list of domain names and perform domain name search. Is your selected domain name already in use? If yes then again search for another. Try to keep your domain name short in words, so that it can easily be remembered or spell. If your domain name is not available in .com domain, then try to find it on others domains such as .biz, .net, .info, etc. domain registration is your next step after selecting a domain name.

Register A Domain Name
Icann (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is an international organization, which assigns the domain names and numbers. Any organization that sells the domain names are the member of icann. Only icann registered company can provide the domain name services. The registration of domain name is quiet simple. Always register your domain name at your own name, do not use fake or some one else. Some hosting companies issue the domain name at their own registration but latter on it will create problems. Some companies are also selling public domain names, if you take domain name services from those companies. Ensure that this domain name is transferred to your name. Every year, renew your domain name; other wise the visitors can not see your site. Ensure that your register company sends you a reminder before expiry date of your domain name.

DNS System
DNS stands for Domain Name system, it is computer action which can change your domain name into the IP (internet protocol), and through this IP users can view your site and can send e-mails.

Transferring Domain Name
Domains can also be transferred and the procedure required to transfer a domain name is

• If you have changed the hosting of your site due to any reason then you have to change setting in domain name server also to locate your website. This process is called domain name transfer.
  
• When you transfer your domain name, make sure that you download all the data from your hosting company servers.
  
• After transferring the domain name, change the domain name server information with the new servers.
  
• Your new domain hosting will take 2 to 3 days to broadcast through over the internet.

Some hosting companies offer free domain names and hosting for customers to experience their hosting services. These Free domain names are not as a sole domain names but are sub domains of their main domain.