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What is the cost to register a domain site?

Apr 2nd, 2008 19:31
dman, Philip Olson, Rahul Mehta, Rahul Mehta, lee goddard, unknown unknown, http://sturly.com

It depends on the domain you wish to register, and with whom you wish 
to register it with.
Public top-level domains (*.com, *.net, *.org, *.de ...) are generally 
more expensive than second-level (*.ltd.uk, *.co.uk ...).
In 1999 it became possible to register domains through a variety of 
organisations which means cheaper domains for all.  Shop around!  You 
will find .com/.net/.org domains costing anywhere from $10 to $40 a 
year depending on the company you purchase them from, $10 a year is 
reasonable.  Do not be fooled into paying more unless you really love 
the company.  Sure some offer additional features but the seller of a 
domain really can't offer much to you so again, don't be fooled.
Here's a list of official domain registrars:
 http://www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html
And related information:
 http://google.com/Top/Computers/Internet/Domain_Names/
Because so many people sell domains it'd be difficult to list them here 
but the one company you do NOT want to register with is Network 
Solutions as they are seriously evil while a popular (cheap) company is 
godaddy.com
After you own a domain if you want to have this domain online, and/or 
use it for email, you'll need to find a web host.  Good luck with 
that :)