A domain name is just that — a name. Every website has a website name. This is the portion of the website name appearing just before and including the extension. “Google.com” is a domain name. So is “TimsWeddingPhotos.com”.
As stated above, the domain name just includes the first portion of the website address and not necessarily the entire website address. If you are at “www.TimsWeddingPhotos.com/February/Smith-Wedding/pic23_2″…the domain name is still just TimsWeddingPhotos.com.
A domain name is just the name given to your website and not the same as a website host, which is your actual space on the internet. You need to register a domain name to have an internet site, and you can do this for just several dollars a month.
GoDaddy is the most common place to register a domain name. You can buy a name for less than $10 a year. Before buying the domain name, you might need to do a domain name search to find an available name because many of your top choices are already registered.
You can buy a variety of domain name extensions, but stick with only .coms and not the other domain extensions. Your domain name is your online business name, so choose wisely.
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