It's easy to find out if the name you
want is available by simply filling out our On-Line
Reservation Form. This service is FREE.
1. What is a Web Address (domain
name)?
Your Web Address (company domain
name registration) is the core of your Internet identity, your
online brand. Your customers will remember this name and use
it to find out about your company and it's products and services.
Since no two parties can ever hold the same Web Address simultaneously,
your Internet identity is totally unique.
Technically, a Web Address is
an addressing construct used for identifying and locating computers
on the Internet. While computers use Internet Protocol (IP) numbers
to locate each other on the Internet, people find them hard to
remember. Therefore, Web Addresses were developed to permit the
use of easily remembered words and phrases to identify Internet
addresses.
For example, the Web Address
webpagecreators.com represents my company Web Page Creators.
When you type webpagecreators.com in a web browser or send e-mail
to me at webpagecreators.com, the Domain Name System (DNS) translates
webpagecreators.com into the IP numbers used by the Internet
and connects you to Web Page Creators.
2. How much does it cost?
Web Page Creators can reserve your
unique company Domain Name for $25.00 for one year. We will first
find out if the name you chose is available or not, register it
for you or offer very close alternatives, all in the same day.
3. What's the difference between
a registration and a reservation?
Both registrations and reservations
are entries in a database in which a Web Address is identified for
your use as long as the registration or reservation is in effect.
When you are ready to establish your online identity with a Web
site, you will need the name and number of at least two computers,
known as hosts or name servers, so your customers can find you on
the Internet. Web Page Creators will provide this information and
reservation service for $25.00 per Domain Name. When you are ready
to have your Web site created, we can provide your with a very competitive
estimate of what it would cost or we can transfer the information
to the company that you choose to create your Web site.
Web Page Creators can reserve
your Web Address today, protecting your Internet identity and
online brand until you are ready to use it. It is important not
to procrastinate in getting your company name. When I started
thinking about starting a Web Page business, I originally wanted
it to be called Web Page Creations. Even though the name Web
Page Creations was available, by the time I was ready to register
it, I found that someone else beat me to it and took the name
forever. I then came up with Web Page Creators which I like just
as well.
4. Why should I reserve my
company's Internet Web Address?
A Web Address is more than your
Internet address, it's your Internet identity, your online brand.
It puts you on the map of today's business world, opening your
business to literally millions of users worldwide. When you register
a Web Address, you'll join over 3.5 million others who are reaping
the rewards of being online.
A Web site name containing up
to 22 characters will make 31,700,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
possible .com names, yet there's a shortage of desirable addresses!
More than 125,000 Web site names are registered per month. Two
years ago the rate was only 200 per month. Over 1.6 million domains
have been registered.
Even if you are not ready to
do business on the Internet, you want to make sure that your
online brand and identity are available for your use when you
are ready. Reserving a Web Address with Web Page Creators today
also enables you to take advantage of other services that we
offer, including e-mail service.
5. How can I determine if
the Web Address I want is available?
It's easy to find out if the
name you want is available by simply filling out our On-Line
Reservation Form. This service is FREE. Simply
give us some information about your company and enter your desired
Web Address in the box on our form. We'll get back to you and
tell you if the name you want is available, and we'll even give
you some computer-generated alternatives based on your first
choice.
6. What do .COM, .NET and
.ORG signify in a Web Address?
.COM, .NET, and .ORG are top-level
domains in the hierarchical Domain Name System. These top-level
domains are just underneath the "root", which is the
start of the hierarchy.
Anyone may register Web Addresses in .COM, .NET, and .ORG. In
fact, the best way to protect the uniqueness of your online identity
and brands is to register or reserve Web Addresses in all of
the top-level domains. .COM is the Web Address associated with
businesses from Fortune 500 companies and large corporations
to home-based and small operations. Over 3 million users worldwide
are currently enjoying the benefits of a .COM address.
7. What are the valid characters
for a Web Address and how long can my Web Address be?
Letters and numbers are always
valid characters in a Web Address. Hyphens may also be used,
but may not begin nor end your Web Address. Spaces and special
characters, such as exclamation points (!) and underscores (_),
are never permitted in Web Addresses.
A Web Address can be can be long including
the four characters used to identify the top-level domain .COM,
.NET, .ORG or .EDU. Just recently, your Web Address can now contain
up to 67 characters long, including the .COM, .NET, .ORG or .EDU.
8. Is the "http://www"
part of the Web Address?
No, "www." and "http://www"
are not considered to be part of your Web Address. It is part
of another type of Internet address used on the World Wide Web
called a Universal Resource Locator (URL). A URL is used to describe
the exact location of a specific resource on the Internet such
as a specific Web page, computer, or database. Therefore, "example.com"
is a valid Web Address containing 11 characters.
9. What does "hosting"
my Web Address mean?
Every Web Address must reside
on a host computer. At Web Page Creators, we refer to this computer
as a Domain Name Host. Domain Name Hosts are connected to the
Internet and use special software to translate Web Addresses
into the numerical addresses (Internet Protocol numbers) used
by the Internet. When Internet users enter your Web Address into
their browser bar, the Domain Name Host directs them to your
Web site. Without it, your Web Address is invisible on the Internet.
Web Page Creators will host your specific company Domain Name
until you are ready to have a Web site developed.
10. What other services are
provided by Web Page Creators?
When your company needs it's
own identity, we can create a customized logo for company awareness
and identity.