A domain name is a distinctive address that you are able to acquire through a registrar company. All the devices which are connected to the Web, such as web servers, possess numeric addresses, or IP addresses, which are very difficult to remember, that's why the domain platform was created as an easy way to identify some website on the Web. As a result, your site is available at www.domain.com in place of 123.123.123.123, for instance. A domain name possesses 2 separate parts - the Second-Level Domain, which is the actual website name that you can choose, plus the Top-Level Domain, that's the extension - .com, .net, .org and so on. You are able to register your new domain through any kind of registrar or move an existing domain name between registrars in a couple of simple steps. When you decide to do the latter, your domain will be renewed immediately by the gaining registrar when the transfer process is finalized. In addition to the generic Top-Level Domains, there are country-code ones too. Some of them can be registered by anyone, while some others require local presence or a business license.