Domain Names & E-mail addresses
In order to have a web site you must first register a domain name. A domain name, ( also called an address) is the unique name (or address) of an Internet site. Subject to availability you can register any name you like. There are various domains available. All addresses must end with their domain e.g .co.ug, com, .net. This tells you if it is an international domain or in what country the name is registered and to some extent, what type of site it is. All addresses include the domain name of the owner of the site. The domain name of Microsoft in the UK is msn.co.uk. The address will start www. e.g www.msn.co.uk. www stands for World Wide Web. Note that the www.is not part of the domain name although it must be typed in before the domain name when accessing it on the Internet.

The ideal domain name will be short and easy to remember. You do not have to use your company name. If your company name is long it is best to try and choose a shorter alternative. For example a company called ‘The Uganda Industrial Fixings Centre (U) Ltd’ has a long name. A better domain name would be ‘boltsuganda.com’

You can also use your domain name as your e-mail address. This looks much more professional than being, for example: boltsuganda@hotmail.com. Assuming that you have registered ‘boltsuganda.com’ you would be able to send and receive e-mail using your domain name. For example: sales@ boltsuganda.com’ or enquiries@bboltsuganda.com’- and indeed anythingyoulike@ boltsuganda.com’.E-mail addresses using your domain name are FREE if we are hosting the website for you and we can also host e-mail using your domain name at very low cost even if you do not have a website. Our e-mail can be used with any popular e-mail programme such as Microsoft Outlook or as web mail (works like Yahoo & Hotmail) by going to: http://webmail.webtapestry.net and logging in.

Please click here to visit our free guide to setting up the most popularly used e-mail programmes on your computer.

To register your international domain name (.com; .org; .net) please e-mail me in order that we may check availability and advise on cost ( currently 170,000shs for 2 years). Sometimes the name that you have chosen, will already have been registered by somebody else. In this event, we can normally come up with an acceptable alternative.

To register a .ug name please go to www.registry.co.ug where you can register online and pay them locally. Please contact me to arrange hosting & e-mail once your .ug has been registered.