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Question about how web domains work (lemmy.one)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello fellow Lemmings! I hope this is the right place to ask this. I don't understand how web domains work. Let's say I want to buy the domain "abcdefghi.net". I can go to a domain provider like haruba or godaddy and just buy it. but how can they, a private, sell me these domains? I'm not talking about the hosting, but just the domain. where do they register this domain I'm buying? isn't it possible to register it myself instead of paying these services to do it for me?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's the other way round. You are buying the right to edit which IP the domain points to.

[–] notexecutive 1 points 2 years ago

Okay, yeah. you're right I think?