What are domain names?

Domain names are how people find your business website on the internet. Here are a few examples of domain names that you may already be familiar with. They belong to well-known companies or organizations:

ibm.com
apple.com
microsoft.com
whitehouse.gov

Type these names into a browser window (such as internet explorer) and you will taken to the server that hosts those business webpages.

The most popular ending for a domain name is "dot com" and that is probably the one you will choose when getting your business website. There are other endings available but they are not considered as valuable because they are not in common use.