A domain name is a distinctive address that you are able to buy from a registrar company. All of the devices which are connected to the World-Wide Web, such as web servers, have numeric addresses, or IP addresses, which are quite difficult to remember, for this reason the domain name system was introduced as an easy means to distinguish some website on the Internet. Using this method, your site can be reached at www.domain.com in place of 123.123.123.123, for instance. Your domain name possesses 2 separate parts - the Second-Level Domain, which is the actual web site name that you'll be able to select, as well as the Top-Level Domain, that's the extension - .com, .net, .org and so on. You can register your new domain name from any kind of registrar or migrate an active domain name between registrars in just a few easy steps. Whenever you decide to do the latter, your domain shall be renewed automatically by the gaining registrar once the transfer process is carried out. Along with the generic Top-Level Domains, there are country-code ones as well. A number of them can be registered by anybody, while others need local presence or even a business license.