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+---
+title: "Get a Domain Name"
+tags: ['basic']
+date: 2021-06-01
+---
+## Terms
+
+Domain name
+:   The name of a website that you type in an address bar. This site\'s
+    domain name is `LandChad.net`.
+
+Top-level domain (TLD)
+:   The extension of a domain name, like `.com`, `.net`, `.xyz`, etc.
+
+Registrar
+:   A service authorized to reserve a domain name for you.
+
+When domain names first sell, they usually sell for very cheap, but once
+someone buys one, they have the rights to it until they decide to sell
+it, often for much, much more money. Therefore, it\'s a good idea to
+reserve a domain name ASAP, even if you didn\'t intend on doing anything
+big with it.
+
+So let\'s register your domain name!
+
+## How
+
+Domains can be registered at any accredited <dfn>registrar</dfn>. In this
+guide, I will use the registrar
+[Epik](https://www.epik.com/?affid=we2ro7sa6) because it is one of the
+more high quality and easy to use. The guides on this site will use
+Epik, but if you choose to register your domain with one of the [many,
+many other registrars](https://www.icann.org/en/accredited-registrars),
+you can still do most of what Epik does, albeit options and settings
+might appear in different menus.
+
+### Basic info about domain names
+
+-   Domain names usually require a *very* small year fee to keep
+    registered, usually around \$12 for most generic TLDs. There are
+    some \"specialty\" TLDs that are more expensive, but `.com`, `.xyz`
+    and other basic TLDs are that cheap.
+-   Once you own a domain, it is yours as long as you pay the yearly
+    fee, but you can also sell it to someone for however much you want.
+-   Domain names do not hold your data or your website, instead, you add
+    \"DNS settings\" that direct people connecting to your domain to
+    your IP address. The purpose of a domain name is so that people
+    don\'t have to remember your IP address to find your website!
+
+### Looking for domain names
+
+Let\'s go to [Epik\'s site](https://www.epik.com/?affid=we2ro7sa6) and
+you can search for domain names.
+
+You can look for whatever domain name you want. Domains that are already
+bought and owned by someone else might have the option to \"Backorder,\"
+but it\'s always best to get one that is unowned, like these:
+
+{{< img alt="Searching for a domain name" src="/pix/domain-search.png" link="/pix/domain-search.png" >}}
+
+Note the differences in prices. Some \"specialty\" TLDs like `.game` and
+`.io` charge a much larger fee, although you might want one. Some
+domains above, like `.xyz` and `.org` have reduced prices for the first
+year.
+
+Choose the domain you want and buy it. These `.xyz` domains are a steal
+now on sale.
+
+{{< img alt="Buying a domain name" src="/pix/domain-cart.png" link="/pix/domain-cart.png" >}}
+
+That\'s all you have to do to own a domain name! As you register a
+domain, you can also setup an automatic payment to pay your fee yearly
+to keep your domain. Easy as pie.
+
+Now we will get a server to host your website on.