Register Domain Name

The internet works on IP Addresses e.g. 154.125.165.12 This would be difficult to remember so a domain name is a user friendly address that is used to locate your website. Each domain name points to an IP address.

The domain extension is the last part of the domain name e.g. .co.uk or .com

There are different levels of domain extensions. .com is a gTLD or Generic Top Level Domain while .co.uk domain extensions are Second Level Domains

A URL, which is short for Uniform Resource Locator, is the address of a website or specific webpage.

Yes it is possible to hide your personal details from the WHOIS database. This will help prevent receiving spam emails and calls regarding web design services amongst others.

UK Domain Names: If you are an individual buying a UK domain name then this is an option during checkout. WHOIS opt-out is not allowed for other registrant types for UK domain names i.e. sole trader, business.

.com and .net Domain Names: You can also purchase WHOIS opt-out for .com and .net domain extensions.

We provide you with 5 email forwarders with your domain name, 4 standard forwarders and 1 group forwarder (with 3 recipients).

Our standard forwarders allow you to create an email addresses like hello@ and forward all the emails automatically to, for example, your-name@gmail.com

Our group forwarder allows you to create an email addresses like hello@ and forward all the emails automatically to multiple email address, for example, your-name@gmail.com, your-business-partner@gmail.com and your-accountant@their-domain-name.co.uk

You can not send emails using your domain name with email forwarders. You will need to either purchase a dedicated email package or a web hosting package which comes with email hosting too.

You can also use these forwarders to be RFC compliant with postmaster@, abuse@ & webmaster@

If you want to send email using your domain name then you will need email hosting.

This costs just 99p per month per email address and you get large 2GB mailboxes, spam and virus protection and our great support. Read more about our email hosting or web hosting package which comes with email hosting too.

Yes, when you have transferred in your domain name you can set up web forwarding by following this article on How to set up Web Forwarding.