There are some thousands of vendors to register a domain name

**Snodigator** · 10-19-2007, 08:38 PM

Are there major differences between these vendors?

Do any of them allow you to buy your domain name outright or is it all just licensing under their books?

**ara** · 10-20-2007, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Snodigator

Are there major differences between these vendors?

Do any of them allow you to buy your domain name outright or is it all just licensing under their books?

NO

YES

**chrishirst** · 10-21-2007, 05:28 AM

Actually you can't buy a domain name (hostname)

You can only lease it for varying periods of time, and if you stop paying for it, somebody else can lease it.