How to Buy Domain Name

There are some other pre-steps need to be taken before you can purchase domain name. First rule is that you have to always check the domain names availability, first. Aside from informed you whether the domain name you desired is still available or not, this step will also give you insight on what alternative name you can choose from the original one you have. Many big domain names registrars provide this feature for free. All you have to do is fill the search box with the domain name you have in mind, select the extension (either .com, .net, .org etc) and hit the button. If your domain name is still available, you can buy it right then, but (most often) it has been bought by another party. (No wonder. I attached the table of numbers of purchased domain names below). If that's the case, check also whether your desired domain names can be re-acquired in relatively cheaper price (this is usually informed simultaneously with the result of your domain name search).

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Domain Names by Country of Purchase

Rank	Country	Domains
1	United States	68,497,732
2	Germany	5,940,954
3	United Kingdom	3,751,792
4	Canada	3,533,474
5	China	3,190,268
6	France	2,569,820
7	Australia	1,928,995
8	Japan	1,476,971
9	Spain	1,230,270
10	Italy	1,137,047
11	HongKong S.A.R.	1,084,931
12	Netherlands,The	969,136
13	Turkey	796,272
14	Korea	782,328
15	India	532,371

*taken from webhosting.info

After you finished your domain names search--to find what the available domain names are--the next thing to do before you buy a domain is to select the domain name registrar. According to wikipedia domain name registrar is

a company, accredited by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) or by a national ccTLD authority, to register Internet domain names. These "retail" companies are often distinct from the "wholesale" domain name registry operator.

There are a lot that you can choose from. Sedo.com and GoDaddy.com are just two of other domain name registrars available out there. You can buy it via these companies or go to the domain names reseller, which usually available in every regional in every country. Don't forget to do some thorough price comparisons because different domain name registrars usually applied different prices. No need to say that what you need to do is to find which one is the cheapest. Once you buy a domain name. and have that domain name registered, it is valid for one year ahead and need to be renewed each year on. Cheap domain names are important especially in the long terms because they take less in the contract renewal.