What is a Domain Name?
When you type in a website address in your web browser's address bar to go to that website, this website address is known as a domain name. It is just like typing in http://www.hostingandwebsolutions.com, which is our domain name. A domain name provides you with an online identity and a contact point for your business, organization etc.
How to find out if a domain name is available?
To see if a domain name is available, you can use our domain finder link and type the name you want into the search box, you can also look to see if a certain extension name is available e.g .ie, .co.uk, .com, .eu and so on. The program will immediately tell you if the domain name you want is available. It will allow to buy the domain name by using the "Order Now" button beside the domain that is available.
What are Domain Names Extensions (or Top Level Domains)?
Top Level Domains also known as TLD's are the letter combinations to the right of the domain name, after the "dot" e.g our domain name www.hostingandwebsolutions.com has what we call a "dot com extension". There are lots of domain extensions to choose from the like of .net, and .org extensions, along with some popular extensions like .com, .org, .biz, .name, .tv, etc., as well as country level domains (.ie for Ireland, .co.uk for UK, .us for the America, .com.au for Australia, and so on.)