The Best Domain Name Registrars & Hosting Companies

Information to help you choose and register the perfect domain name for your site. Information on the history of the domain name system and how it works.

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the non-profit corporation that was formed to assume responsibility for the IP address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system management functions previously performed under U.S. Government contract by IANA and other entities.

InterNIC stands for Internet Network Information Center and is the organization in the United States that manages internet domain names and the DNS.

The Public DNS Service is a public service provided by Granite Canyon Group, LLC. The Service offers both primary and secondary DNS free of charge to anyone who asks. The Service maintains UPS protected FreeBSD servers that satisfy DNS queries. The servers are geographically separated and all are connected to the Internet via 7x24 dedicated lines with disjoint routes to the Internet's North American backbones..

Use this InterNIC/Network Solutions form to find technical details about registered domain names (previously know as Network Solutions).

Allows wild card search of currently registered and expired domains. Whois information and color-coded key for results.

Discount Startup works together with the world's largest ICANN accredited domain name registrar. They can offer cheap domain names with excellent customer service because they take one of the lowest commissions in the industry.
Each domain name comes with a Free Email account, 100 Free Email Forwards, Free domain Forwarding / Masking, Free Change of Registration, Free Starter Web Page, Free "For Sale"/ Parked Page, Free Domain Name Locking, Free Status Alerts, and Total DNS Control.
Discount Startup also offers cheap Private domain registrations, extra cheap bulk domain registration & domain transfers, web hosting, internet marketing tools, and more.

Dotster Inc. is an Top 10 ranked ICANN accredited domain name registrar (having registered over 1,000,000 domains) providing top quality services, multiple domain checking and registering capabilities (up to 100 domains at a time), Namespin, free Whois SPAM-Shield and domain parking features. Services include email forwarding, URL forwarding, DNS management, domain locking, web hosting, email boxes, search-engine listing etc.

Go Daddy is an ICANN-accredited domain registrar that offers products at prices up to 70% less than the competitors and supports them with world-class 24/7 live customer service. Because of that, Go Daddy ranked No. 1 in new domain registrations for the past two years and are the second largest domain registrar in the world in terms of total names under management.

Official List of accredited domain name Registrars for Top Level Domains (TLDs).

Register.com is a leading provider of global domain name registration and Internet services. The Company directly registers domain names across the generic Top Level Domains (TLDs) .com, .net, and .org and also offers registration in over 240 country code domains (ccTLDs), such as: .co.uk (Great Britain), .de (Germany) and .jp (Japan).

As the original domain name registrar, VeriSign has the experience and services necessary to help you take full advantage of your domain name.

Sedo is one of the leading marketplaces for trading domain names and developed web sites on the Internet. At Sedo, you have access to more than 1.6 million domain names for sale. Sedo is the only domain marketplace that will actually let you earn money while you advertise your domain names for sale (see the Paid Domain Parking Program).
Buyers find topics as Buy Domains, Buy Web Sites, Register Domains, Domain Acquisition and Domain Watch.
Sellers find topics as Sell Domains, Sell Web Sites, Active Domain Marketing, Showcase Entry and Domain Parking.
Other Services include a Domain Discussion Board, Domain Escrow Service, Domain Appraisal and Trademark Research.

HostGator is one of the fastest growing shared and reseller web hosting companies in the United States. They don't require customers to sign up for anything longer then a month to month contract and they don't have any setup fees on the reseller and shared hosting plans.

HostRocket is dedicated towards providing a cost effective, full managed hosting solution websites of any size. Services include Shared Hosting, Dedicated Hosting and Application Hosting.

Jumpline.com is one of the few privately owned, Tier 1 hosting providers. They offer an OC-192 connection with Qwest, reliable servers from IBM, and the most robust hosting platform by Sphera's Virtual Dedicated Server technology (VDS). Actual web hosting programs include vds500 (host 6 websites for the price of one) and vds1000 (host 12 websites for the price of one).

iPowerWeb, Inc offers the Web's first all-in-one Web tools package, geared towards increasing your Web site's performance and profits. They consolidated 3 different packages (web hosting, content & tools, marketing solution) into one powerful solution - Business Pro. You still get your own free top-level domain name ("your-name.com") with each new account, or transfer your existing domain.

Yahoo! Web Hosting offers three different hosting plans (Business Starter, Business Standard & Business Professional) with increasing levels of functionality, all economically priced. All plans include the Free Yahoo! SiteBuilder software (incl. 200+ business templates).

HostGator is one of the fastest growing web hosting companies in the United States. A HostGator server is more than just a server, it is a fully managed solution designed to take your business to the next level. A dedicated server from Hostgator gives you management valued at over $100 but they also include cPanel for free with every dedicated hosting. Your server will be provisioned, secured, and delivered within 24 hours of purchase.

HostRocket is dedicated towards providing a cost effective, full managed hosting solution websites of any size. Services include Shared Hosting, Dedicated Hosting and Application Hosting.

easyDNS provides DNS and domain name management tools to domain holders in over 30 countries. With web forwarding, email forwarding, DNS management and dynamic DNS as standard options, all supported by good customer service,