A domain name is your unique identity on the Internet, for example, mydomain.co.uk It is a company's or individuals presence on the Internet. A domain name is used with your web address and email. If your domain name is mydomain.co.uk your web site address would be www.mydomain.co.uk and your email could be anything@mydomain.co.uk

A domain name gives you a unique identity and presence on the Internet. This will enable you to compete with your competitors and gives a more professional appearance to your customers rather than promoting the name of your ISP.

Even if you are not immediately going to use your domain name it is vital that you secure it. Otherwise someone else may register it before you and possibly build an Internet presence built around your company's identity!

If you don't take precaution to secure your name today, you are at risk of losing it! That's the brutal fact. To effectively communicate with other Internet users a domain name gives you a unique identity on the Internet.

Protection
As there is no restriction on who can register a domain name some companies and individuals are in the business of registering 100's of domains (cyber squatters) with the provision of selling them on at a higher price to their respective buyers and Domain auction sites.

Business relationships
What ever you do: Sell, Buy, Consult, in fact any form of on-line communication will require you to have a domain name.

Investment
Names have been known to go for millions of pounds! A distinctive name may become an investment.

With a domain name registered every second can you afford to be waiting?

Domain name registration starts at only £5.99 excl. VAT with Freezone Internet. Click here for domain registration.

Securing your family name is fast becoming the natural progression for many internet users wishing to retain their own personal identity on the Net. With very little if no restrictions on who can register and own a domain name, many customers are quickly snapping up their name in a bid to protect them. Thesmithfamily.co.uk or the-evansfamily.com are becoming increasingly popular choices of the type of domain registered around the world. Registering your domain name is also very quick and easy. Click here for domain registration.

This is a serious consideration for all businesses attempting to establish their company's presence on the Net. With so many people starting up internet related businesses, protecting their own personal identity is of paramount importance. There is little if no restriction in place to stop anybody from registering YOUR business name. This has also led to an increase in "Cyber Squatters", internet users who purposely buy up other peoples names and either attempt to sell them on or poach their business by receiving lost emails or customers typing in your name but with the wrong ending. Your name is your identity, use it and protect it.

Our domain search is the best in the business, searching domains directly on the registrar to ensure that you receive the most up-to-date information possible. Additionally, we suggest other domains to make sure you can protect your brand name. Click here to search through domains.

Securing your first choice of name is becoming increasingly difficult due to the speed at which domain names are being registered. In the event of your name already being taken you may want to try following these helpful tips:

Is your name available in another suffix i.e. if your first choice is domainname.co.uk, is your name available in.com or .net or .org or .org.uk?

If they are all taken, can you change your domain slightly by inserting a hyphen "-". A hyphen is the only allowed non-alphanumeric character within a domain name e.g. domain-name.co.uk?

Can you add to your name, i.e. domainname4sale.co.uk or domainnamedirect.co.uk?

If you are still unsure a member of our sales department will be able to assist you. Please call us on 0845 117 0366.

Registering your name with the naming authorities is extremely quick and easy. Freezone Internet have made the sign up process both as thorough and yet as simple as possible. You simply search for the name(s) you wish to register and then simply follow the sign up form. You will be asked for your name, address, who you wish to be the legal owner of your name, email address and then finally the method of payment you wish to secure your name with. Click here to register your domain.

When you complete the registration form we will ALWAYS register that name under the details you provide. You can register a name under your business name, for a friend or family member. You remain the legal owner of the domain at all times.

Your domain name is the focal point to your web site and your business. A good name will separate you from the millions of other companies each trying to make a name for themselves on the Net. How you use it is as important as actually getting it. You should use your new web or email address in all forms of advertising, point of sales, telephone conversations and especially when contacting new or existing customers via letter. Remember that the world is rapidly changing. Many people nowadays prefer to communicate via the Net for convenience and to cut costs. If customers generally request promotional material from your company, pointing them towards your new web site will demonstrate your company as being modern thinking and focused in moving your business image forward. It will also help cut down on printing and postage costs as all your information is there plus that extra depth of information you may have needed to omit from your old brochure.

Your web address will be www.yourdomain.com and your email address sales@yourdomain.com

To search for your own name please click here.

The suffixes .ltd.uk and .plc.uk are reserved for companies who are registered as a Limited or Public Limited Company. When applying for these names, the naming authority will contact Companies House and do a manual search to establish if you are the company who own the rights to that business title. Nominet (The UK Registrar) are extremely strict as to how your name must appear. For example If Freezone Internet Ltd wanted to register this name; we would need to submit the application for Freezoneinternet.ltd.uk. Freezone could not shorten the name in any way i.e. Freezone.ltd.uk only the full registered name is acceptable.

International names i.e. .com .net .org are the most sought after domains. These are top level domains. They are the most sought after due to their availability for use and purchase from most countries around the world as opposed to the local ones .co.uk (UK) .co.fr (France) .co.nz (New Zealand). Many UK businesses own .com or .net names because they are more popular not just globally but in the UK as well. Many UK citizens recognise the .com or .net brand as an internet name but are still a little unsure of the significance of a .co.uk. Securing a name with a top level suffix will also help your site with many of the worlds top Search Engines as some give priority to top level domains.

With so many companies racing to get their corporate identities secured on the Net, the need to register the most popular endings is becoming a high priority. There are internet users who are purposely registering hundreds of good domain names as well as the names of other companies in a bid to sell them on at a higher price. At present this buying and selling of names is not illegal. This has created a market where customers who own another company's name can set up web and mail forwarding on these company names to catch all people typing in the wrong ending and forwarding them on to their own site. The poaching of customers in this manner is increasingly common.

To register a UK domain name on its own, for example .co.uk .org.uk .ltd.uk plc.uk the cost of registration alone is £11.98 (excl. VAT) for 2 years.

To register an International Domain name, for example .com .net .org the cost of registration alone is £29.99 (excl. VAT) for 2 years.

If you have a hosting package with Freezone you get one domain name absolutely free.

If you want your name to stick out or your internet venture to flourish, there are a few things to consider:

Keep it catchy
Millions have already been registered. Make yours stick out and easy to remember.

The shorter the better
The longer the name, the greater the risk of typos.

Keep it all one word
Try not to add hyphens "-" in your domain name if you can help it as telling people your email address may become confusing for them when you try to explain what a hyphen or dash is. However, if your web address/email address will predominately be on advertising material a hyphen often helps as it visually splits and highlights your name better.

Make it look good! First impressions last, make your name look as good as it sounds.

There are customers who purely need to register multiple domain names without the hosting package. This is usually for people who wish to sell on these names to prospective clients, to bank for the future when it becomes harder to find a good domain name or to protect an area of their particular market/product.

Anyone can register a domain name. You do not need internet access or even a computer. Customers can call our Sales Advisers on 0845 117 0366 and we will search for and register your name there and then. It is that easy.

When customers want to effectively use their domain name they will need to apply for Web Hosting. This gives a platform from which their web site can operate. If a customer was to type in their newly registered name into their browser e.g. http://www.newdomain.co.uk nothing would show except an error message stating that the name entered is not assigned to an ISP's server. The server is the platform on which a web site resides. This continually maintains and displays each person's web site visibly to the world 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Hosting also caters with the forwarding and holding of their emails. Web hosting with Freezone Internet also provides an array of other services all included with the hosting packages i.e. Daily Web Site Statistics, Unlimited emails, Internet access, Web Space, popular cgi scripts and personal control panel. Click here to see our range of hosting packages.

We are your comprehensive Internet Provider. That means that you don't have to register the Domain with one provider and host it with another. With Freezone there's no Domain Forwarding involved (unless you require our FREE forwarding service) we provide the total solution, that is Free Access, Web space and Email, and your domain name rests on our DNS servers.

We are presently hosting thousands of UK businesses on our web servers and are continually adding to that figure. The increasing number of web designers registering their clients with Freezone Internet is testament to our dedication in providing a service we can be proud of. Our excellent customer service and technical support centre will help guarantee your confidence with Freezone Internet.

There are no hidden fees. What you see is what you get. The only additional charges you will get are if you choose to upgrade to a better service or add extra services. Note charges apply if you transfer your domain name, please refer to our Terms and Conditions.

A domain name is your unique identity on the Internet, for example, mydomain.co.uk It is a company's or individuals presence on the Internet. A domain name is used with your web address and email. If your domain name is mydomain.co.uk your web site address would be www.mydomain.co.uk and your email could be anything@mydomain.co.uk

If you already have a domain name hosted with another company but wish to become a member of Freezone's growing number of hosted sites, you can still have your name transferred to us. Simply use our order process to search for your current domain name and then click that you want to transfer the domain to us. You'll receive full details of how to complete the transfer by email once your order is complete.