Where can I register a free dot-com or net Domain Name?

[Eidolon]

Debit cards are an alternative which have a lower age limit.

[Ben]

If you are really wanting a domain name I recommend asking your parents to buy it for you. Domains on many registration services are about $8.00 which is very affordable.

[rocklee0891]

Originally Posted by DPS Computing

To use Paypal I don't think there is a age limit, just as long as you have a bank account - which again doesn't have an age limit so If your really serious about it..... Also you could always ask your parents .

Hope that helps

I thought you had to be 18+ to get a paypal... I don't have an account at the moment. Again, I ask. lol

Yeah, that did help though, thanks.

[DPS Computing]

Originally Posted by rocklee0891

I thought you had to be 18+ to get a paypal... I don't have an account at the moment. Again, I ask. lol

Yeah, that did help though, thanks.

I am 99% sure that as long as you are 13+ it is fine on Paypal - I'm not even sure whether they restrict age at all.

Paypal arn't really interested in how old you are, as long as your using their service .

With regards to not having an account, you can go and set one up at your local bank .

Hope that helps.

[fgames1]

is it possbile to get your own domain in your home using your pc???

[DPS Computing]

Originally Posted by fgames1

is it possbile to get your own domain in your home using your pc???

You need to register a domain with a proper registrar which can be done through the Internet. You can't just make it up yourself or create your own domain name.

I hope I understood your question properly .

[avatari]

actually, the answer is yes, fsgames, although DPS is also correct.

What DPS is saying is that if you want a genuine www. domain, recognised by ICAAN and accessible to anyone with a World Wide Web-standard browser, then you have to use a ICAAN-registered registrar who will purchase and administer the domain in your name.

However, with some fairly cheap software and a little programming, you could choose to have any domain you wished, including the best (most expensive) in the world, like business.com, ***.com or even -gulp- google.com! The only thing here is that you would need a server at home to run the portal and you and anyone who wished to access your version of, say, google.com would need to have a copy of your specially-created browser.

This is pretty much exactly what the much-advertsied dotworlds.com is doing currently, but you could make the basics fairly easily with the software and a server. It wouldn't work with Firefox or IE, of course, and it wouldn't be a recognised domain, nor could you send emails from "@google.com" but you would still have a domain that other people with the software could access (if you designed a website).

Hope this makes sense.

[DPS Computing]

Thanks for adding that extra information avatari. Yes I was talking only about domains in the "real sense" - you have a valid point with the modified software so you can in effect create your own domain name although this isn't the best way to start a website as just to see it you already have to get people to install custom software - which in this day of adware, spyware and viruses is hard to convince someone to do. And the more you try to make them get the software the more cautious and suspicious people get.

Hope that helps .