[Nottingham] registering web domain

[Martin Waryniak]

Thanks Simon,

this helped a lot but I am still wondering, what if you contact a web 
server to host a website and they sort everything out for you, like the 
domain name registration, and you just pay them monthly or yearly. Is 
the domain name registered on you or the web server? And does the domain 
name stay registered as long as you pay the bills or dont' breach anm 
agreement or can the webserver kick you out whenever he wishes?

Thanks,
Martin

Simon Huggins wrote:

>'ello Nottingham
>
>On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 12:55:29PM +0200, Martin Waryniak wrote:
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>>When you pay a company to host your website on a certain domain name,
>>do you "own" the domain name as well or does it belong to the company
>>that hosts your site?
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>You should own it yourself.  In reality no one really owns domains.
>They're owned by the registry e.g. Nominet for .uk domains.
>
>But yes you should definitely ensure that your name appears as the admin
>contact for the domain for gTLD domains or as the Registrant for Nominet
>domains.
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>>And what's the situation if you register a domain name and pay for it,
>>will any provider host your site under your registered domain name? If
>>someone does host your website, is it still your domain name for a
>>couple of years or so?
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>Some providers get a bit arsey if they don't hold the domain as well.
>There can be good reasons for this if the DNS you supply or buy
>elsewhere is dodgy then their hosting service won't be working properly
>due to DNS issues which are outside their control.
>
>But technically there's no reason why you couldn't buy your domain from
>one place and then get hosting elsewhere.
>
>If people host your website, then they have no claim to your domain.
>Only the people that registered your domain in the first place would
>potentially have a claim to it (i.e. if they don't put you as the Admin
>Contact or for .uk domains the Registrant).
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>Oh and gTLD domains are generally bought in minimum of one year periods
>whilst .uk domains are bought in minimum 2 year periods.
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>Hope this helps,
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>Simon.
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Martin Waryniak
School of Computer Science
University of Nottingham