What is a Domain Name?

A domain name uniquely identifies a website. Typing a domain name (also called a URL) into your browser allows you to visit that site.

One unique domain name can be used as a company's web address and for its email addresses.

Domains are much more than just names typed into a web browser. Your domain name is how the world will think of you and your business. It's part of your brand and your marketing plan. You can have multiple domains that each relate to some aspect of your business. A domain can be easy to remember and help establish you on the web.

If you are reading this page on the internet, then you are already using domain names, even if you don't understand the principles involved. A technical term for the "address" of a particular website on the internet, the domain name tells your browser where to look to access the pages you want to see.

The domain name for this website, for example, is "onewebhostingplace.com" and you arrived at this page from clicking through one webpage to another, moving from one domain name to another, or by typing the exact address into the address bar of your browser.