International Domain Name Help FAQ

• What are the steps to registering a domain name?
  - Search for domain name availability
  - Fill out registration form
  - Fill in your Credit card Information
  - Or make a payment
  - Submit your Order
• Can I register domain names with country suffixes
  Yes currently, we support over 100 different domain extension national and international.
• What is a Top Level Domain (TLD) that I can register?
  There are currently four TLDs available for registration, they are .com, .net, .org, .info. .biz .tv .cc .ws There are more TLDs in the process of being approved by ICANN, click for more information.
• What is "DNS" (Domain Name System)?
  The Internet was built on the notion that any computer on a global network can be identified by its numeric Internet Protocol (IP) address. But since people, and not machines, are the primary users of the Internet, a more people-friendly naming system called the Domain Name System (DNS) was invented. DNS maps a host name like www.rwgusa.com to the IP address of the machine that hosts the RWGUSA web site. For example, DNS actually maps the host name www.rwgusa.com to the IP address 12.105.227.18
  DNS is built upon the notion that some server's are 'authoritative' (meaning, knows all there is to know) for certain domains. A distributed name server hierarchy, beginning with the A Root Server and ending at the thousands of nameservers active on the Internet, ensures that the naming and directing system works the same from anywhere.
• What is "Domain Name" ?
  A domain name is essentially a signpost on the Internet. Almost every website you've ever been to, and every email you've ever composed, has used a domain name in its address.People register domain names in order to 'stake a claim' to a particular name -- whether for business or personal reasons. Once a domain name is registered to a person or company, it is that person's to use exclusively as long as they continue to pay the yearly renewal fee and abide by the terms of use.
• What is "Top Level Domain (TLD)" ?
  The portion of a traditional domain name that comes after the dot. So, in rwgusa.com, the top level domain is .com. The generic top level domains (gTLDs) are .com, .net and .org; there are also country code top level domains (ccTLDs) such as .ca, or .uk.
• What is “Second Level Domain (SLD)"?
  The portion of a traditional domain name that comes before the dot. So, in rwgusa.com, the second level domain is yourname.rwgusa.com.
• Who is "ICANN " ?
  The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the non-profit corporation that was formed to assume responsibility for the IP address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system management functions previously performed under U.S. Government contract by IANA and other entities.For more information about ICANN, please visit: http://www.icann.org
• Who is "InterNIC" ?
  The InterNIC maintains the root domain registry, containing nameserver and registrar information for all .com, .net and .org domains. When an end user registers a domain name through registrar, the registrar updates it's own database with the full WHOIS information, and passes select domain information up to the root registry.