It all starts with your domain name

No, once you register a domain, you cannot change it. However, you can purchase another domain name and move your website there.

As said above, a domain name is like your website's street address, whereas web hosting is like your website's actual home — where all the files, images, and other info actually lives. Your site needs both an address and home to be up and running, but they are definitely two different things.

The minimum registration period for domain names is one year. With WeBrandl, you can also register .com, .net, .org, and other domains for up to three years.

If you want to make sure that your domains are always registered to you and keep your website available online all the time, we recommend setting up automatic renewal.

Yes. When you buy a domain, it belongs to you – and not the domain registrar. It is easy to use our domain transfer service to switch to Webrandl. We will walk you through every step of the process.

TLD stands for top-level domain. It is the final component of a domain, like .com.

ccTLD stands for country-code top-level domain. It is a subcategory of TLDs used to identify a particular country – for example, .co.uk, .de, .mx, and .fr are all ccTLDs.

gTLD stands for generic top-level domain. gTLDs are the most common type of domain name, in part because this category includes .com domains, which have more registrations than all ccTLDs combined.

Historically, the main gTLDs were .com, .org, .net, .edu, .gov, and .mil, but the number of available domain extensions has been expanded with the addition of TLDs like .online, .xyz, and .name.

Webrandl offers instant activation, so you can be sure that your desired domain name will be ready to use straight away.

We’ve made the process as quick as possible – it only takes a couple of minutes to go from checking domain name availability to successfully registering it.

Each gTLD carries a slightly different meaning, so it’s usually best to pick one that’s most relevant to your website.

Domain names ending in .com are commonly used for commercial purposes, although they’re becoming the default option as they imply a certain amount of trust. .net domains were originally used by networking companies, such as internet service providers, but are now multipurpose.

Domains ending in .org are still largely used as originally intended – as the gTLD for charities, communities, and local organizations. Meanwhile, .info is aimed at information-based websites such as wikis and tutorial sites.

With all of these gTLDs, there's a certain amount of wiggle room. There’s no rule saying you have to use one type of TLD or another. Think of the above information as guidelines when purchasing a domain name that is most relevant to your website.