Domain Names

Your website address is your identity in cyberspace. A domain name is much more than an easy to remember 0800 number. It's your company's signpost and address on the Internet.

You may have already registered your domain name. If not, we strongly recommend that you register a name as soon as possible. If you don't, there's a good chance that somebody else will, thus making it unavailable to you.

Domain names are eaten up at an astonishing rate. Around 10,000 are registered each week in the UK alone. For those of you who are new to the Internet, here is a brief guide to domain names.

The most common domain name endings are .co.uk or .com. Of these, .co.uk is most widely used by companies in the UK, as it is stating that you are a company located in the UK domain. The .com ending was initially exclusive to American companies. However; it is now commonly used in many countries by companies who have products to sell around the World. If you are using your website to sell to companies in the UK, we recommend you use a .co.uk address. Other endings that are available are: .net .org. .ltd.uk .gov and .biz.

Domain names must start with a letter or number, and contain between 3 and 63 characters for .uk names and 26 for others. However; the shorter the name the better. Please note that all three letter domain names have been registered. Domain names can only contain the following characters: a to z, 0 to 9 and the hyphen character (-). Capitals and punctuation are not permitted.

Contact us now to find out if your domain name is available.