Answer by Nilabh for Why do we have to pay for a domain name?
Question: Why do we have to pay for a domain name if the web is free.Answer: Yes. The services; most of them; provided by the world wide web is free.Domain names are the building blocks of the world...
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If I go to "http://webmasters.stackexchange.com," how does my browser know how to find the server for "webmasters.stackexchange.com?" It knows through using DNS lookups, which means it needs to ask a...
View ArticleAnswer by Joshak for Why do we have to pay for a domain name?
You get a domain name (from a non-technical standpoint) for marketing and usability reasons. You could if you like forgo the domain name and just use the IP address of your server, but no one would...
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The web isn't free. It costs money to make it work, although this cost is spread over various companies etc that run the web servers that serve web pages to the masses.We buy a domain name so that we...
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Simplified answer:You don't actually buy the domain name, you rent it from your registrar. The price you pay them is for the service of routing the domain name to an actual server. Without that service...
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The question may sound stupid but I find it very difficult to understand that why do we have to pay for a domain name if the web is free? And who do I pay? Why do I have to pay for a domain name?
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