Why register your domain name?
Whether you are contemplating having a Web
presence in the near future, it is important that you register your domain name
or company domain name on the Internet. You need to register your domain name
before someone else registers it.
Domain Forwarding / Pointing
Domain forwarding enables you to use your
domain name to point to your current personal or business web site, without incurring
the costs normally associated with web hosting or losing your current exposure.
Domain Email
Get a professional email address at your
business name. This will include all email sent to your own email @ your own domain.
| Domain Extension |
Price |
| .co.za (Free regestration you only pay for the Annual Renewal) | R 74-10 |
| .com / .net / .biz / .info / .us / .org / .org.uk / .co.uk / .co.rw |
R 150-00 |
| .ca | R 190-00 |
| .de / .eu |
R 240-00 |
| .in | R 250-00 |
| .org.za | R 335-00 |
| .com.cd / .ws / .net.cn / .cc / .bz / .org.cn / .nu / .cn |
R 342-00 |
| .tv / .mobi |
R 550-00 |
| .za.net / .za.org |
Free |
Like a telephone number, a Domain name is a unique Identifier that points to a certain site on the World Wide Web. Each computer on the Internet has a unique numeric Internet Protocol address such as 131.215.3.29.These numbers are not user-friendly and give no indication as to what this address contains.
A domain name is a mnemonic that is not only a
lot easier to remember but that could also indicate what the Web Site contains.
It is easier to remember old-books.co.za than 121.202.7.23 and, if you are a
collector of old books, you have a fair idea that this site will contain
information that you would find interesting.
Typically, Domain Names operate like telephone
dialing codes in reverse. The first portion of the name points to a specific
site, the second points to the broad category the site falls in and the third
portion is the country code where the site is registered. For example,
absa.co.za refers to Absa Bank's Web site. This site is registered in the
commercial (co) domain in
In all countries there are Domain Name
Servers, computers that will take the Domain Name and look up the relevant
Internet Protocol Address and feed this address back to your computer so that
it can connect with the site you wish to visit.
