DomainsBuying guide
Choosing a domain registrar
Compare registration, renewal and DNS requirements. A cheap first year is only one part of the decision.
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Learn how to choose, register and manage a domain. Explore renewal costs, DNS, transfers and ownership checks to keep control of your website address.
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Domain vs hosting
A domain supplies a name; hosting supplies the website service. Learn when you need a custom domain, what DNS connects, and what a platform may already include.
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Can you buy a domain and hosting separately?
Yes. Keep registration, DNS, website hosting and email responsibilities clear, then choose the correct connection method without disrupting mail.
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Connect, move and keep control
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Connect a domain. Keep email working.
Identify the authoritative DNS provider, preserve mail records and change only the website records you need. Include a verification and recovery plan.
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How to transfer a domain without disrupting your website or email
Separate registrar transfer from DNS and hosting changes, preserve the complete configuration and check eligibility before moving the registration.
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CNAME conflicts at the domain apex
An ordinary CNAME aliases a specific DNS name. Identify that owner name, its existing records and any provider flattening before replacing records at your root domain.
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Can an internationalized domain and email address work across your website?
Separate internationalized domain names from internationalized email local parts, then review registration, forms, delivery and account recovery end to end.
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Subdomain or subdirectory? Choose an address you can operate
Choose a blog, help centre or application address by platform ownership, publishing work, login boundaries and maintenance. A URL shape alone supplies none of those arrangements.
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Read an RDAP domain lookup without mistaking it for an ownership or billing record
Find the sponsoring registrar, interpret status and date fields, and understand redacted data. Confirm account control and renewal requests through the provider you actually use.
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Will your website QR code stop working? Build a destination you can maintain
Separate the address inside a QR code from the service behind it. Keep printed links useful through website moves, provider changes and ordinary maintenance.
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Verify a domain with a TXT record without breaking existing DNS or ownership
Confirm the receiving account and scope, locate authoritative DNS, add exact verification data safely, diagnose public responses and maintain or remove access deliberately.
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Understand DNS CAA and fix certificate issuance errors without breaking renewal
Identify the effective issuer policy, ordinary and wildcard permissions, managed-certificate dependencies and DNS lookup failures while preserving existing HTTPS.
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Changing nameservers with DNSSEC
Plan DS records, signing keys, cache intervals and rollback before moving DNS providers. Understand the tradeoff of a temporary unsigned delegation.
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DNS propagation taking too long? Check authority, caches and the actual website
Separate an old cached answer from a wrong DNS record, broken delegation or DNSSEC failure. Compare the right hostname and record before waiting again.
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