A domain is a distinctive address that you can buy through a registrar company. All the units that are linked to the World-Wide Web, such as web servers, have numeric addresses, or IP addresses, which are very difficult to remember, because of this the domain platform was created as an easy way to recognize a website on the World Wide Web. Thus, your site is available at www.domain.com as an alternative to 123.123.123.123, for example. Your domain name possesses two parts - the Second-Level Domain, which is the actual site name that you're able to choose, plus the Top-Level Domain, that's the extension - .com, .net, .org and so on. You are able to register your new domain name via any kind of registrar or move an existing domain name between registrars in a few easy steps. Whenever you decide to do the latter, your domain name will be renewed instantly by the gaining registrar as soon as the transfer process is carried out. Along with the universal Top-Level Domains, there're country-code ones too. Some of them can be registered by anybody, while others will need local presence or even a business license.