Domain

Domain is the unique name given to a particular website or url. All devices sharing a common part of the IP address are said to be in the same domain. Domains are the foundations on which a website can be built. The highest "quality" domain tend to carry significant values to their online brand-building potential, use in advertising, search engine optimization, and many other criteria. Every domain name has a suffix that indicates which top level domain (TLD) it belongs to. There are only a limited number of such domains.

For example:

  • gov - Government agencies
  • edu - Educational institutions
  • org - Organizations (nonprofit)
  • mil - Military
  • com - commercial business
  • net - Network organizations
  • in - india
  • us - United states
  • ca - canada etc

Your domain name is imperative to the success of your website. You need a domain name if you're serious about being an online entity, it's where you'll direct all your potential customers to. For them to become customers you've to make a good first impression and having your own domain name rather than having sub domain from others.

A domain name is your own unique identity and always will be as long has you continue to use that name. If you had your own domain name you could change hosts as often as you like and people would still be able to find you simply by typing in your domain name. You can promote your website instead of someone else's when you're sending emails as your domain name will be in the email address. Another advantage of having your own domain name is that you can use custom error pages to prevent people from leaving your site because of broken links and other errors. Domain names are so cheap nowadays that there's no excuse for not having one.

When it comes to registering domain names you'll generally be given quite a few options in regards to the domain name extensions. This refers to whether you register a .COM, .NET,.IN, etc.

.COM (Commercial) - Generally intended for commercial use. By far the most recognized domain name extension. .NET (Network) - This was originally intended for network oriented sites such as internet service providers. This definitely isn't the case any longer. People will register .NET domains for commercial use, generally if the .COM extension isn't available or if they'd like to protect their main .COM domain by registering all available extensions. .ORG (Organization) - This domain extension was originally intended for non-profit or trade organizations. Again, this is no longer the case and is generally registered by anyone looking to protect their main domain by registering all available domain extensions or simply because a better extension isn't available for registration. .IN (India) - This generally refers to Indian based companies. .INFO (Informational) - This is generally used as an extension for informational websites. Other than .COM, .NET & .ORG, it's the most popular domain extension used. If you are developing an informational website it's definitely a domain extension that you would register.

Main reasons for using a domain name in business:

  • Your domain name is part of your branding and your marketing- If you publish an e-mail address which belongs to your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or to a free e-mail service, you will miss out on potential customers.
  • You may wish to change your ISP- If your e-mail address belongs to your ISP and you decide you want a change, you will need to change your e-mail address and notify all your customers and suppliers. What a waste of time and effort; and you're bound to lose a few contacts along the way. If you use a domain name for your e-mail you can change ISP as often as you like without any hassle or disruption to your normal business communications. Here in Bizmax we provide unique and independent domains of your choice that would really reflect your business over the internet. Also we provide you the complete freedom to change your ISP as you like which will not effect your domain which inturn avoids any chios in your business operation. The main advantages of getting a domain in Bizmax is that you will be provided with 10 email id's of your own domain and a control panel absouletly free.