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Why should I register a
domain name?
A domain name will give you a
unique identity on the Internet. In some ways, a
domain name is similar to a customized license plate.
Many organization find it useful to have an e-mail or
Web address that is similar to their company name or
to their company product(s).
If your organization's name is
Example, Inc., you could register the domain name
EXAMPLE.COM and your e-mail address could be
user_name@example.com. Your customers would also be
able to access your organization's Web site by
visiting "www.example.com" with their Web
browser.
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Who can register a .COM, .NET and
.ORG domain name?
Guidelines for which types of
entities should register in each of the three TLDs
were provided in RFC 1591. It was suggested that .COM
be used primarily for commercial businesses, .NET for
network related organizations and .ORG for nonprofit
groups.
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What services are you providing for
$20.00
Your domain name and other
information will be formatted as required by the
InterNIC and electronically submitted. After we
receive confirmation that your domain name has been
registered, we will notify you. The domain name will
be kept on our server in until you are ready to set up
your web page. When you are ready to set up your own
web page choose a hosting company of your choice.
You may take your name anywhere you want. It's
yours.
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What will be my total cost
to register a domain
name?
We charge a $20.00 fee 1 years
of ownership. Total cost now for two years is
$44.00.
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I am in another country, can I
register a name?
Yes, we register many .com .net
and .org for clients worldwide.
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I registered a name with you and
it still shows available even after you notified me with
the approval?
Do not panic, everything is fine,
it just takes the InterNic about one or two days
(depending on the time of day the name was registered)
to update all the rootservers. After that you
will be able to see your name. Once we have send
you the approval, then the name is yours! Nobody can
register that name anymore, even when it still shows
available.
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If I sign up for a web site hosting
account, do I need to keep my current dial up internet
provider, and how will I upload my web pages to your
servers?
You will need to keep your
current dial up internet provider so that you will
have access to the internet. You can then upload your
web pages through your internet connection to our
server using whatever web page design program you
would like. (You can also use an FTP program.) You
will be given a user name and password so that
you may access your hosting account.
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I am not ready to set up a
hosting account, but I would like to receive email at my
new domain. Do you offer this
service?
Yes. For only
$10 quarterly we
can set up an email account for your new domain name.
We will create a account and we forward all your
email to your current email address. You can sign up
for this service when you fill out the domain
registration form.
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What should I do if I am
planning to start an organization in the future but I
want to reserve a domain name
now?
If you are planning on starting
an organization or company but do not have an official
name established yet, simply enter your name in the
Organization field. Once you have established your
organization you can change your organization name and
information through an online form. to access the
online form. With online form you can:
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Correct a misspelling in the
Registrant's name (e.g., typographical errors or
transpositions) |
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Correct an organizational identifier
(e.g., Inc., Co., Corp., L.L.C., L.L.P., SA,
AG), |
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Change the Registrant's legal name in
our database, or |
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Transfer the domain name to another
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What is the InterNic
All domain names are registered
through the InterNIC, which is a collaboration between
the National Science Foundation, AT&T, and
Network Solutions, Inc. The National Science
Foundation provides funding for AT&T to handle the
Directory and Database Services and Network Solutions
to assign, record, and track internet addresses for
domain names. Your domain name application will be
submitted to Network Solutions for
approval.
The InterNIC database of domain names
is like a master telephone directory for the internet.
Whenever a domain name is typed into a web browser, it
is looked up in the InterNIC database which then tells
the browser where that web page is on the
internet.
In order to offset the costs of
maintaining this immense database, the InterNIC
charges each person who owns a domain name. When you initially register a domain name you
can pay for 1 years up front, or $20. These
fees must be paid by everyone who owns a domain
name.
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How do I use my new
domain?
Once you have completed the
registration process, the next step is choosing a
hosting service.
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What are the valid characters for a domain
name and how long can it
be?
The only valid characters for a
domain name are letters, numbers and a hyphen. Special
characters like the underscore (_) or an exclamation
mark (!) are NOT permitted. Domain names cannot
contain spaces or begin or end with a hyphen.
A domain name can be up to 26
characters long including the 4 characters used to
identify the Top Level Domain (.NET, .COM, .ORG, or
.EDU).
Examples:
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example.com is a valid
domain name (11 characters) |
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http://www.example.com is
not a domain name, it is a uniform resource
locator (URL) used by Web browsers to find
documents and resources |
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www.example.com is not
a domain name, www is the name of one
computer in the example.com domain
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How can I determine whether the
name I want is
available?
You should use WHOIS
to research the domain name you'd like to register. If
the second-level domain name (example.com NOT
www.example.com) you want is already in Network
Solutions' database, your WHOIS query will return a
listing including information about the organization
who holds the name, the name servers, and the contacts
responsible for administering it.
The
possibility exists that a name is already registered,
even when a name shows available. This is
because of the time lag between registrations and
updates to the rootservers. Do not wait when you
have a good name.
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I need help getting a website
setup?
Send a message to: info@indiaaccess.com
with a good description of your plans so we can
advise you in the best possible way to make your
website a success.
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I have already a web site url can
you forward all traffic to my existing
URL?
YES. We can forward all traffic
from your new domain to your existing web site.
We will set your name up and when
somebody lands on it they will be automatically
transported to your current web site. This includes
email forwarding for the new domain. The charge for
that is $10.00 per month (paid
quarterly)
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How long will it take to process my
registration?
The process of registering a
domain name is coordinated through an automated
process called an "auto-parser." Once we have
have submitted a complete and correctly formatted
Agreement, your registration request will be processed
immediately and you will be notified via e-mail when
processing is complete. This generally takes less than
24 hours - with some requests processed in as little
as 10 minutes. The time of the last update to the
WHOIS database will be noted on the search results
page.
Following the registration,
updates to the Internet's root name servers are
propagated seven days a week at which time the DNS
information for the newly registered name becomes
visible to the DNS system. Domain names processed
prior to 7 p.m. Eastern Time should be accessible on
the Internet the next day assuming that the
nameservers listed in the WHOIS database for that
domain have the appropriate DNS records.
InterNIC only controls the domain
registration and root zone server updates.
Unfortunately, it may take some time for domain name
updates to propagate throughout the millions of
machines on the Internet.
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How do I determine the status of
my domain name
registration?
Go to the WHOIS
database and type in the domain name you
registered. If processing is complete, your query will
return your domain name record. If you receive the
message: No match for ... , you should
check the next day.
The registration of a new
domain name is typically processed within 24
hours. Upon completion of the domain name
registration, the requestor and technical contact for
the primary name server will receive notification from
Network Solutions, Inc. Generally new domain name
records appear in the WHOIS database within 24 hours
after the Domain Name Registration Agreement has been
processed.
It is possible that your domain
name will be visible in the WHOIS database before your
name is visible on the Internet. For your name to be
visible on the Internet, information about your domain
name has to be added to the Internet's zone files, a
global database of information about domain names that
is updated 7 days a week. All registrations completed
before 7:00 p.m. ET will be included in the root
server update. The root zone files are updated 7 days
a week. These new domain name records will be visible
in the WHOIS database the following day.
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I have registered a domain name with
InterNIC. How do I upload my pages? How do I access my
e-mail?
Domaintotal.com
Registrations Services registers your domain name and if you
would like to setup up hosting which is
optional please click here
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