What is domain Name (aka TLD-Top level domain)?
It’s a name to your online presence in the vast online world in simple words. As you have your name for identification, similarly domain is the identity of your blog or website. I won’t go into much detail on definition of domain, but if you are curious, read on Wikipedia
It is not mandatory to have a personal domain to start your blog or website. You can start on a free subdomain like 'yoursitename.blogspot.com' or ‘yoursitename.wordpress.com’ but there are certain benefits of having a personalized domain name. Few of them are…
Domains are available in various extensions called as generic (gTLD) like .com, .net, .org etc and country code (specific) TLDs (ccTLD) like .in, .us, .uk etc.
Domains can be purchased at a nominal charge of Rs. 500 - Rs. 1500 per year depending on the extension. Domains are registered at Registrars.
All domains are controlled by a organization called ICANN and we recommend you to register domain with some ICANN verified registrar.
Post your comments and tell us what you think of these two registrars. Share your experience. Also let us know if we have missed any point so that we will add here.
1. It gives a more professional name to your website/blog.
2. It increases trust among the readers.
3. If you want to move your blog from free service to your own hosting, it is possible without loosing the traffic and readers.
4. It’s good for SEO (search engine optimization).
Domains are available in various extensions called as generic (gTLD) like .com, .net, .org etc and country code (specific) TLDs (ccTLD) like .in, .us, .uk etc.
Domains can be purchased at a nominal charge of Rs. 500 - Rs. 1500 per year depending on the extension. Domains are registered at Registrars.
All domains are controlled by a organization called ICANN and we recommend you to register domain with some ICANN verified registrar.
Now let’s compare two best domain registrars. Specially for Indian webmasters.
(Green highlighted column refers to better among the two)
ICANN Accredited
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Yes
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Yes
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Cost
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Starting from <Rs. 500
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Starting from <Rs. 500
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Private Registrtion
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Extra charge for Privacy
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Free Private registration
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DNS Manager
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Free upto 100 zone records
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Free upto 500 zone records
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Domain Forwarding
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Yes
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Yes
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Subdomain Forwarding
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Advanced
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Basic
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Free webpage
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Free one page website
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No
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Free email accounts
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1 email account (1GB) + 100 free email forward accounts
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2 email accounts (100mb each) + 10 forward accounts.
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Free Email Features
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Inbox size
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1 GB - 1 account
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2 accounts of 100 mb each
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IMAP Support
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No
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Yes
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Push enabled
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Not applicable
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Yes
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Daily email quota
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No fixed quota via webmail
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100 emails per account
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Free SMTP relays
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250 per day
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Not available
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Webmail client
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Good
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Good
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Customer Service
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Good
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Awesome
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Customer service Features
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India based
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Yes
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Yes
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Methods
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Email and phone
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Email, phone, twitter & facebook.
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Toll free number
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Yes
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Yes
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24*7 support
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Yes
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Yes
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Email response delay
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Long
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Prompt reply.
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Solution to problem
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Fast
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Faster
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Payment modes
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Credit/debit cards, Netbanking, Good as Gold service of Godaddy, Paypal and Alipay
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Credit/debit Card, Net banking, Bigrock fund, direct NEFT transfer, Cash on Delivery (unique feature), Paypal, Check and draft.
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Offers
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A lot of offers every day
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Limited offers.
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Now its your turn to decide with which registrar you wanna go.
good one
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