A domain name is a website address on the internet.
Just as you home has an address, where you live, you also have an address for your website on the internet. How else would you direct people to your home or your website? You will NEED to have a domain name in order to have a website on the internet.
Your website address may also be referred to as your URL. You will have to have a domain name in order to have a website on the internet. Your domain name is your website address.
For example: Our domain name is BummerHosting.com. If you go
www.BummerHosting.com, you will see the internet home of Bummer Hosting Solutions.
To register a domain name of your own, you must find a company that does domain registration, better known as a "Domain Registrar". There are many domain registrars out there.
We recommend
Bummer Domains, where you can register your domain name for as little as $10.95 per year. With BummerDomains.com, you can register your domain for one year or ten years. You are not locked into a certain amount of time, unlike a lot of domain registrars.
Visit BummerDomains.com to set up your free account, then lookup the domain name you would like to register, order the domain name and then webhosting.