Choosing the right domain name and domain name provider is the first and one of the most important steps to creating your new website. Yahoo! Domains is one of the leading domain registrars in the world and has the backing of Yahoo!, a leading internet company. Yahoo hosts its domains and websites on the exact same servers as Yahoo.com so you get amazing reliability and security for your dollars spent at Yahoo.

Yahoo! Domains is one of the few companies that provides 24/7 toll free phone and email support. Yahoo.com provides domain names for as little as $1.99 per year for new customers, and $12.95 for existing customers, with no set up fees. Other, domain providers charge as much as $35 per year and do not provide as many features as Yahoo!

GoDaddy is a leader in domain name registration and web hosting; Godaddy registers more domain names and hosts more websites than anyone in the world. GoDaddy is one of the few domain and hosting companies that still provide 24/7/365 customer and phone support for all of its products.

GoDaddy registration comes with a wide variety of free extras – a starter web page, a personalized email account, an online photo filer, DNS control, email forwarding, and domain forwarding and masking - with each domain purchase. Prices for GoDaddy domain registrations range from $1.99 to $39.99 per year, depending on the extension (.com, .org, .tv, etc) but most domains names can be registered for as little as $6.95 per year. GoDaddy is known for running specials so check the links on this site for up-to-date coupons.

Yahoo and GoDaddy are the top two domain registration options among a huge list of providers.  You have firms like Netfirms, Ipower,1and1, Dotster, Network Solutions, Register.com, Domain.com , MyDomain Domains and Veri.  You can compare them all - but Yahoo and then GoDaddy will be your top two choices.