Domain is the same address that you enter in your browser to enter the website; For example, www.google.com. Let’s explain domain in simpler terms. Imagine you want to start a business. In order for your business to make a decent income, you need to set it up in a suitable area and a straightforward address that your customers will remember.
The main feature of the area and the address you are looking for should be that the user can find it easily and prefer to come to you instead of going to your competitor’s place of business; Because you have a convenient address that your customer remembers and does not need to trouble himself. As you know, this address is unique to your business; For example, Bazar, St. 1, No. 1.
- What is a domain name?
- What is IP?
- How to register a domain
- Domain purchase and registration training
- Frequently asked questions
Business address in the Internet world
In the world of the Internet, the same example we gave also applies. When you decide to launch a website, first and foremost you need to have a straightforward, memorable, and of course unique URL that will show up when a customer or user types it into their browser.
What is a domain name?
Domain in Persian dictionary means “extensive”; But in the web world, the situation is different and cloud hosting companies like Parsepak use it to maintain websites. A domain name is actually an IP that the DNS protocol, whose main task is to convert IP to name, converts it into an address.
The following article is a complete review of two net domain extensions. and com. Is. Don’t miss it.
net difference and com.
What is IP?
As we talked about the business address at the beginning of the article and said that your address should be unique, when you set up a website, you have a unique postal code, which in the Internet world is called an IP and the DNS protocol converts it into a name. For example, if you enter this IP 172.217.18.142 in the browser, the Google website will be displayed.
Checking domain components
In general, the domain consists of two parts “domain name” or in other words the second level domain of the SLD and “domain extension” or the top level domain of the TLD, the output of which is the address of your website. For example, in the google.com address, the domain name or SLD is “google” and “.com” is called the domain extension or TLD.
What are the components of the domain?
Domain name
The domain name is the unique and unique name of the website with the ability to remember and be branded and many other features.
Domain extension
There are many extensions, each of which has its own characteristics; For example, the ir domain and the com domain .
Types of domain extensions
Extensions are divided into different sections; But all of them must get permission from ICANN. Officially licensed extensions are called Top Level Domain (abbreviated TLD). Next, we will introduce the types of domain extensions.
Don’t miss the following article to learn more about different types of domain extensions.
What is a domain extension? Introduction of domain extension types
Common suffixes
Common extensions include: com. meaning Commercials and suitable for commercial activities, the net domain . It means Network and suitable for network and org domain . It means Organization and is suitable for organizations. The important thing is that there is no limit for registering the mentioned domains and anyone can register them.
Introducing different types of domain extensions
Dedicated extensions
These extensions, as their name suggests, are completely specific for organizations or even people with specific activities within specific rules and frameworks. Among these domains can be biz. He pointed out that it stands for Business and is for e-commerce businesses with a specific activity, as well as the popular pro domain. which means Professional and especially for people who work professionally in a specific field. It should be noted that to register the pro domain. You need to get permission.
Read the following article to understand the difference between subdomain, parkdomain and addon domain.
The difference between subdomain, park domain and addon domain
National domain extensions
Maybe you also know the two-letter suffixes of some countries. Domains like ir. that to the country of Iran and tr. which belongs to Turkey. However, you may be wondering why some two-letter domains are relevant to businesses; like tv. which is related to television or co. which is related to companies! So what is the task of these?
The important thing is that you think wrong; Because actually the tv domain. To the country of Tuvalu (Tuvalu) and domain co. It belongs to the country of Colombia that the similarity of their extensions to businesses has made these countries take advantage of the opportunity to sell their national domain. It should be said that such domains are not limited to these countries and can be called it, .cc. And… also mentioned.
Needless to say, some countries like Iran have also created different and exclusive divisions; such as id. or ac. In the following, we will explain them completely.
As we said, this domain belongs to our country; But the point we want to point out is that the person responsible for registering domains with this extension is the Research Institute of Fundamental Sciences (Theoretical Physics and Mathematics Research Center) located in Tehran and the head of this mechanism is Alireza Saleh.
According to IRNIC , more than one million Persian domains have been registered by 2019. Next, we have given the full sale table of the Persian domain:
|
Number of active domains |
Suffix |
|
۱,۴۹۲,۹۶۰ |
and |
|
۴,۱۳۶ |
co.ir. |
|
۱,۵۹۰ |
Iran. |
|
۱,۲۳۳ |
ac.ir. |
|
۶۴۳ |
id.ir. |
|
۲۷۴ |
org.ir. |
|
۲۴۹ |
sch.ir. |
|
۲۱۰ |
gov.ir. |
|
۲۷ |
net.ir. |
|
۱,۵۰۱,۳۲۲ |
Total |
The following article is a guide on how to transfer a domain along with its technical and legal points
Domain transfer
Introduction of Iran’s national domains
co.ir.:
This domain is for companies that have authentication documents and official company registration and operate in the form of private, general, limited liability and joint stock.
Iran.:
This domain is for fully Persian domains like Parsepak. It is Iran; Of course, they cannot be accessed with any browser.
ac.ir.:
This domain is intended for higher education institutions such as universities that have official authorization and authentication documents.
id.ir.:
It is a personal domain that is only for Iranian nationals and the prerequisite for its registration is to provide a ten-digit postal code and a national card.
org.ir.:
This domain is provided for those companies and private institutions that have authentication documents.
sch.ir.:
It is a dedicated domain for schools with an official license from the Department of Education.
gov.ir.:
This domain is only for government centers and organizations, and their authentication documents can be in the name of the board member or company representative.
net.ir.:
This domain is only for official internet provider companies in Iran.
How to register a domain
To buy and register a domain, it is enough to first choose a name for your website and then check it on the domain purchase page. If the domain name exists and no one has already bought it, you can buy it. Before choosing a domain name, it is better to review a few points together.