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What is a domain name registrar or what is a registrar of a domain name? which so ever way you put it… I am going to cover everything you need to know about a domain name registrar in this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a registrar for a domain name<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A domain name registrar is a company or business who handles domain registrations on the internet. You must have heard that before creating a website<\/a> you must first get a domain name registered to be able to create a website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The domain name registrar manages the process of updating the registry when a customer<\/a> purchases a new domain name. As part of that, they keep track of which domain names are available and typically provide customers with an intuitive search tool to find out what options they have<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a domain name and how does it works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Domain name<\/a> is the name of your website that people will type into their browse<\/a>r (chrome, Operamini, Firefox, Safari e.t.c) to locate your website. Your domain name is the address to your website<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example: If your website should be your house, then your domain name will be the address to your house<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your Domain name is the name users will use to visit your website on the internet. without a domain name, no-one will be able to visit your website<\/a>. Learn more about a domain name. but in this article, I am only going to talk about a domain registrar. Also, how to choose the best domain registrar company to work with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The difference between a registrar and a registry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Registries are Companies that handle top-level domain names \u2014 most specifically by organizing the records of which particular domain names belong to an organization, or business<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These registries are managed by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) \u2014 a department of the Internet Corporation<\/a> for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN<\/a>), a global organization that coordinates several processes and databases<\/a> that support the Internet\u2019s basic functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registries delegate the commercial sales of domain name registrations to registrars. For example, when a registrar sells a \u2018.com\u2019 domain registration to an end-user (or \u2018registrant\u2019), the registrar must notify VeriSign<\/a> \u2014 the registry for \u2018.com\u2019 domains. The registrar must also pay VeriSign a fee, which is factored into the price that the registrar charges the end-user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Exactly does a registrars do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As organizations that sell domain registrations and have access to registration information, registrars must keep their data and access secure from malicious actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past, some registrars have played a role in domain hijacking attacks<\/a>, which can either change the registration of a domain name without the original registrants\u2019s permission or abuse the privileges of domain hosting and registrar software systems. One example of domain hijacking is an attacker making a particular domain direct to a different website, in order to impersonate the original site or disrupt its business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do a domain registrar solve this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ICANN recommends that registrars take a number of steps to prevent domain hijacking, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n