A domain is the address of your website that people type in the browser to visit it.
For example:
www.google.com
www.facebook.com
www.yoursite.com
These are all domains.
Think of a domain like the street address of your house. Just like people need your address to find your home, they need your domain name to find your website.
Behind the scenes, every website lives on a server with an IP address (like 192.168.1.1), which is a set of numbers. But numbers are hard to remember, so we use domain names instead.
Let’s take the domain www.example.com as an example:
www → Subdomain (optional)
example → Second-level domain (your brand or name)
.com → Top-level domain (TLD, like .com, .net, .org)
So, the full domain is: www.example.com
www.amazon.com
www.bbc.co.uk
www.bdnews24.com
www.un.org
| Domain | Hosting |
|---|---|
| The website address (like yoursite.com) | The place where your website files are stored |
| Like your house address | Like the actual house (with furniture) |
| You buy from domain registrars | You buy from hosting providers |
| Example: GoDaddy, Namecheap | Example: Hostinger, Bluehost |
💡 Note: You need both a domain and hosting to run a website.
You can buy domains from:
Namecheap – www.namecheap.com
GoDaddy – www.godaddy.com
Google Domains (in some regions)
Hostinger, Bluehost (also offer domain+hosting combo)
.com domain – usually $10–15/year
.bd domain – from BTCL or authorized resellers (Bangladesh-based)
A domain is your website's name or address on the internet — like yourbusiness.com — that people use to visit your site.
