Buying a Domain Name for a website

I wanted some advice please on how to register & buy a website mainly:
Where to purchase a domain name (that right isn’t the: www.example.com) and from whom?
It’s for my father business, and I don’t want to buy the domain name of a rogue domain name/website hosting website and in 5 years time when I go to renew the registration I find out they have registered it in their company’s name & we get extorted to but it back off them! If you follow. I’ve heard of hosts having what seem to be great offers that seem to be great value only to find out when it’s too late that it is indeed to good to be true.
At this time I really just want to buy & register the website for my father company to make sure nobody else can do so.
Thanks in advance
Answer #1
If you can deal with Enom, use Namecheap.
Answer #2
Where to purchase a domain name (that right isn't the: www.example.com) and from whom?
www.name.com
Answer #3
I use GoDaddy.com… In general, you can only register a domain name with a company. From my experience you can never truly “own” a domain name. You basically have it for the amount of time it is registered for (i.e. 1 year, 5 year, 10 year, etc.). If you don’t renew it when the time comes, you have a grace period before they offer it for sale to others.
When you buy a domain name, that is all you get. There is no website included. You have to then get hosting. Some sites offer free hosting with domain name registration. That will probably be fine for most small businesses. No sense in paying $4-10/month for a bunch of emails and space you’ll never use. You then have to set up your site, most hosting providers offer website builders that can do basic things without you having to know html, css, java. If you want highly customized you either have to a.) learn the basics of coding or b.) pay someone a bunch of money.
Answer #4
J-WeB replied: I use GoDaddy.com... In general, you can only register a domain name with a company. From my experience you can never truly "own" a domain name. You basically have it for the amount of time it is registered for (i.e. 1 year, 5 year, 10 year, etc.). If you don't renew it when the time comes, you have a grace period before they offer it for sale to others.
When you buy a domain name, that is all you get. There is no website included. You have to then get hosting. Some sites offer free hosting with domain name registration. That will probably be fine for most small businesses. No sense in paying $4-10/month for a bunch of emails and space you'll never use. You then have to set up your site, most hosting providers offer website builders that can do basic things without you having to know html, css, java. If you want highly customized you either have to a.) learn the basics of coding or b.) pay someone a bunch of money.
What he said, ^.
Godaddy does come with free hosting, however free hoisting does force an advertisement in your webpages (it can be masked however… )
Answer #5
Thanks for all the advice guys, really appreciate it
Does anyone know one for “.ie” domains aswell?