If you typed the IP address into the location box, it would take you to our homepage. Once the server has the IP address, it then sends you to the correct address location of this website. Domain names are registered by InterNIC through a variety of domain name registration services . There is a fee required to register a domain name. Some domain name registration services may also charge you an additional fee for submitting your domain name, but the process is so simple it can easily be done for free.
Domain names can be almost anything.
Initially you were limited in the number of characters in a domain name, but recent changes allow for domain names that are much longer. Since domain names have become so popular, more domain types have been added to accommodate the demand. And now other countries are beginning to offer domain types as well, such as .cc. This provides and almost endless variety of options to get the domain name you want. Inc. Copyright 2000, 2001.