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Domain
Names
What
is a domain name?
What does the .com mean?
How many domains are there?
How can I tell if my domain is taken?
How can I find out who owns a domain name?
Once I purchase a domain name
is it mine forever?
Where does Snow's purchase their
domains?
How much does it cost to register a
domain name?
How long do I own my domain?
How can I renew my domain name?
I heard that new domain names
were going to be available soon. What are they? Will
you be registering them?
How many domain names can I have in a
single account?
Can one domain name forward
automatically to another domain name?
How do I change the name of my
domain if my account has already been set up?
What is a subdomain and does Snow's
offer them?
What happens to my domain name if
I close my Snow's account?
What
is a domain name?
A domain name is an alphanumeric name that people can type into their
browsers to reach a specific web site. There are three parts to
most domain names - the www part stands for World Wide Web, which is the
giant network of users who agree to use HMTL based documents to
communicate with each other. The middle part is what we normally
think of as the domain name. Ours is Snow's. The last part -
from .af to .zw is called the top level domain.
What does the .com mean?
The original domain extensions were .com for commercial, .net for
network, .edu for education, .gov for government and .org for
organization. The .com, .org and .net extensions have come into
popular use for any web site regardless of content.
How many domains are there?
That number increases daily. However, as of 1/25/2001 there were 35,158,339
with 21,243,588 being .com alone. (According to NetNames.)
How
can I tell if my
domain is taken?
You can check here, or you
can go to Networksolutions.com, and see if a domain is
available.
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How
can I find out who
owns a domain name?
Go to NetworkSolutions.com and click on WhoIs.
When you type the domain into the box you will get a listing of who owns
the domain, for how long and when it is scheduled to expire. This
an excellent way of making sure your domain information is correct.
Once
I purchase a domain name is it mine forever?
No, the domain names are purchased by the year. Snow's signs
new accounts up with networksolutions.com for one year.
Where
does Snow's purchase their domains?
networksolutions.com
How
much does it cost to register a domain name?
networksolutions.com charges $35 for one year. Snow's doesn't charge
any fees to purchase the domain names for its clients.
For
how many years do I own my domain?
Snow's signs up all domains for one year initially.
How
can I renew my domain name?
Once networksolutions.com sends you the confirmation of your domain name
order, you can go to their website, log in with your username and
password. You will then be given a list of options for how many
more years you want to renew the name.
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I
heard that new
domain name extensions were going to be available soon. What
are they? Will you be registering them?
They will be available in the spring of 2001. When they are
available, we will offer the new domain extensions.
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.biz
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for
businesses and corporations
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.info
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for
information-based services such as newspapers, libraries, etc.
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.name
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for
individuals' and personal websites
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.pro
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for
professions such as law, medicine, accounting, etc.
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.aero
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for
services and companies dealing with air travel
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.coop
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for
co-operative organizations
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.museum
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for
museums, archival institutions, and exhibitions
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How many domain names can I
have in a single account?
You can have one domain per account.
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Can
one domain name forward automatically to another domain name?
When one domain name automatically jumps to another domain that is
called an alias. Snow's offers aliases for $10/month.
How
do I change the name of my domain once my account has been set up?
You will need to close the old account and open a new one. If you
need to keep the same website, download a copy from the server before
closing the old site as you will need to upload the files to the new
site.
What
is a subdomain and does Snow's offer them?
A subdomain is shown as my.domain.com, where domain.com is the primary
domain. The subdomain may or may not be located on the same
computer as the primary domain. Snow's does not offer
subdomains.
Does
Snow's park domains?
No, we don't park domains.
What
happens to my domain name if I close my Snow's account?
When you close your account with Snow's, we remove your records from
our DNS server. Unless you go to the registrar that sold you your
account, the domain name will continue to point to our servers but
visitors will just get a 404 error saying the page could not be found.
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