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Question

Domain name ownership

Dec 26, 2011 6:57AM PST

Hello!

Is it possible to "own" a domain name? If so, what is required, and what is the process, to become an owner? Is the domain name registrant the owner?

Thank you all for your time and assistance.

Happy

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The domain name registrant is the owner
Dec 28, 2011 11:25PM PST

If you go and buy a domain name for 3 years, you are the owner of that domain for 3 years. There isn't anything you have to do besides the registration. You can own a domain in about 15 minutes.

~Sovereign

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Register a domain and you own it
Dec 29, 2011 5:18PM PST

All you have to do it go to one of many secure and trustworthy domain registrars and sign up (paying the annual fee/register fee). As long as you keep paying to renew it and keep it registered, you are the owner of that domain.

I would suggest any of these registrars: Godaddy.com, Directnic.com, namescheap.com, eNom.com, Eurodns.com

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Yes you can
Jan 6, 2012 5:44PM PST

You can own a domain by purchasing the desired domain from a registrar. First you have to check whether the desired domain name you need is available. If available you can buy it from the domain registrar website either through credit/debit card. .com domains will cost around $11 per year.
Owning a domain doesn't mean that you own a site, for that you need a hosting account and you need to add the name servers with the registrar.