Domain names provide a clean, user-friendly and convenient option to access your website. A simple descriptive website is easy to remember and looks great on a business card. Your website and email communication will have your domain name in them, making you look professional online. Think of marketing@yourcompany.com or sales@yourcompany.com.

At SparkHost, you can get a com domain at the lowest price. Other popular domain extensions including .IN, .CO, .BIZ and more are available too. Wondering how to buy a website domain name? Read ahead.

Best domain name explanation - it’s your address on the Internet. This address in actuality is a series of numbers used to find and identify computers on the web called Internet Protocol (IP). While it is not practical to remember a series of numbers for a website, domain names were created to convert those numbers to ease-to-remember names and phrases. Therefore, when a user types in www.sparkhost.in, the Domain Name System (DNS) translates the domain name into IP numbers. The Internet then uses these numbers to connect to SparkHost’s website.

Once you get a domain name, any failure to keep it registered could cost you your whole online identity. Domain names can only be registered for a year so you will need to keep a tab on your expiry date and renew it at least 2 weeks before expiration. If you lose your domain name, your Registrar will then own it and sell it to the highest bidder.

It’s a good practice to keep all your information registered properly - billing and administrative contacts are updated and email addresses are active. Notifications of renewals and price hikes will be sent to the registered email addresses. Missing out on such emails could put you at risk of losing your domain name which in turn means losing your brand online, your online presence, and the awareness you built.

If you want to buy a domain name, keep the following information handy:

• Domain name owner, Administrative, Billing, and Technical contacts:
  - Name
  - Postal Address
  - Email address
  - Username & Password
• Your DNS information, obtained from your website hosting company
• Credit card and billing information

Lastly, read and accept our Terms & Conditions.

Once you have registered and made the payment for your Domain Name, it is reserved immediately. It will not be available for purchase to anyone else. The Domain Name then has to be technically available. This will happen within 24 - 72 hours.

Do check your inbox. You would have received a confirmation email, confirming your registration details and customer ID, Login information, etc.