How do I get a Domain Name? - www.mydomain......

If you want a unique name for your web site describing your company you must first find out if it is available.

You can do this by going to a domain name/hosting company. You can get these from a Web mag.

Have a look at these sites.

Domain Name Resellers

What you get for your money varies enormously. look for features such as amount of webspace, support for advanced features (PHP4, Cgi-bin, MySQL, email forwarding, transfer fees etc).

For a fully managed advanced account you will pay £200 per year. For a simple account you will pay about £10- 20 for one year.

Hosting/Domain Name Examples

Have a look at these UK ISP's that offer a reasonable amount of web space for your own site. You can often buy your domain name here too

If you select this option you can sometimes have free hosting. However your site will have the ISP in its address.

eg http://www.computerstarters.i12.com

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