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Domains are registered according to the standard procedure.
First , you need to purchase a domain name from a domain
registration company. Second,
you
must register this domain name with
your web-hosting provider, from which you obtain your new IP address.
Third, you
must
communicate this IP address to your domain
registration company, where it is set as the IP address for your
domain name.
Your site
then
becomes available to
the
entire Internet
community. This is true of
both standard and non-standard domains.
However, in
the
case of standard domain names,
the registration
procedure is automated.
To add a new domain name to your account, select Register
Domain in the user menu:
You will be taken to the Domain Name Registration page.
It has several domain name registration forms for different types
of domains.
Standard domains
To create a new standard domain, enter your desired domain name
into the field in the first form, omitting the www part:
O n
the right, select the domain category: .com, org, or .net, then
provide your contact and billing information. Based on this data,
a domain registration request will be generated and submitted to
OpenSRS, a domain registration company. For more information,
refer to
http://www.opensrs.org/faq.shtml.
Existing domains
To transfer an existing domain or register a non-standard
domain with your account, use the second form:
If you are creating a regional domain or if you would like to
go for a different domain registration company, no automation is
provided. This is why you first need to make sure you have a valid
domain name. Enter it into the lower box, omitting the www part.
After the registration, you will be given the information to
communicate to your domain name registration company.
Third level domains
Third level domains are registered on your provider's DNS
server. You don't need to register a third level domain with a
domain registration company. If you choose to create a third level
domain, it will contain your provider's domain name. E.g. if your
provider's domain name is besthosting.com, and the third
level domain you are registering is mythirdlevel, the fully
qualified domain name would be mythirdlevel.besthosting.com.
Third level domain registration is available only if it is
allowed under the selected plan. Functionally, third level
domains, have the same features as second level domains.
To register a third level domain name, enter the desired domain
name in the Domain name field. From the box on the right, select
provider's domain name to which you would like to create the third
level domain:
Stopgap domains
Stopgap domains are not real domains and do not have any domain
names. When you create a stopgap domain, you get no DNS zone, and
you cannot use e-mail service. Still, you will be able to access
your site using the instant domain alias.
Stopgap domains support web site management and FTP services.
Also, you can have IP-only access. For this, you have to purchase
a dedicated IP.
To create a stopgap domain, just click the Submit button
in the Stop-gap domain registration form:
Service Domains
Service Domain feature is only available for the administrator
from the admin panel. Service domains are created for web sites
that belong to the hosting company.
Here you can register a second level domain. For example, the
company offers third level domains at besthosting.com, such
as thirdlevel.besthosting.com or
userdomain.besthosting.com. Naturally, the site of the hosting
company should have the second level domain name, i.e.
besthosting.com. To manage the corporate website, create a
service domain. In the Service Domain Name Registration
form select the domain name for the corporate web site:
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