A domain name is a unique address that you are able to acquire from a registrar company. All devices that are connected to the World-Wide Web, such as web servers, have numeric addresses, or IP addresses, which are very difficult to remember, for this reason the domain platform was created as an easy means to distinguish a particular website on the World Wide Web. By result of this, your site is available at www.domain.com as an alternative to 123.123.123.123, for instance. A domain name possesses 2 different parts - the Second-Level Domain, that is the actual site name that you are able to choose, plus the Top-Level Domain, that is the extension - .com, .net, .org and so on. You're able to register a new domain via any kind of registrar or transfer an active domain between registrars in a few simple steps. In the event that you choose to do the latter, your domain name will be renewed automatically by the gaining registrar the moment the transfer process has been carried out. Along with the generic Top-Level Domains, there are country-code ones as well. Some of them can be registered by anyone, while others require regional presence or a business license.