The First Farm Web Hosting & Designs

A domain name is the address used by your audience to find your website.

To better understand what a domain is, think of the internet as a large map of building addresses. If you want anyone to visit or find where you live, you need an address. Just as if you want someone to visit your website, you need a website address. This is your domain name.

You’ve likely heard a number of terms related to domains including domain name, uniform resource locator (URL), web address. You can use these all of these terms interchangeably because they all mean the same thing.

Your website also has an IP address made up of a string of numbers (similar to 104.218.15.162). Instead of requring your visitors to remember that confusing string of numbers to visit you, your visitors can instead just type in your domain name. This is thanks to what is know as the domain name system (DNS).

DNS is simply a group of computers that translates your domain name into your numerical IP address. After all, computers communicate via numbers and not words. How does DNS work? If you want to visit First Far Web Hosting & Designs, all you need to do is remember the domain name “first.farm”. You do not need to know the related IP address made up of the string of numbers. When you type in first.farm into your browser, your request is sent to DNS. DNS looks up the IP address for first.farm and directs you to our website.

Yes, you need web hosting to have a website.

You can have a domain name. You can have domain hosting (AKA web hosting). But without the two together, you’re not going to be able to have a website. Domain names and domain hosting are attached at the hip.

When you register a domain name, you are acquiring exclusive access for your visitors to use that web address to find you online. But if you want to actually put up a website at that address, you need domain hosting. Domain hosting is the service used to store all of the files that make up your website.

Think of domain names and domain hosting as a physical storefront. A domain name is like renting an address for a plot of land. It’s your plot of land for as long as you keep paying your rent. At the end of the day though, it’s still just a plot of land. You still need walls, windows, doors and a roof for your store. These are the files, databases, images and videos that your website consists of. This is your domain hosting. Without domain hosting, you can’t have a website.

At First Far Web Hosting & Designs, we offer both domain name registration and domain hosting! Simplify the administration of your website by having both all in a single location!

When you register domain names from First Farm Web Hosting & Design, you get access to our user-friendly My First Farm Web Hosting & Design control panel. You can manage your domains and all of the features included with your First Farm Web Hosting & Design domain registration in this control panel. Just some of the domain features you’ll be able to manage include customizing your nameservers, transfer in a new domain, DNS and much more!

You may not think there are many features and benefits included when you register a domain name. Maybe you just have never registered a domain with First Farm Web Hosting & Designs. Let’s change that! Here is a list of just some of the benefits included with your First Farm Web Hosting & Designs domain name!

• Setup Domain Auto-Renewal – Protects your domain from going back to the general domain pool if you ever miss a domain renewal email or invoice.
• Manage Nameservers – Set your nameservers or use custom nameservers for branding purposes. Custom nameservers are especially popular if you are reselling our services.
• Add Domain Theft Protection – Locks your domain to prevent it from being transferred away without your express permission. 
• Update Contact Information – Edit the contact information associated with your domain name for the WHOIS records. It’s important to keep this updated so you can retain control of your domain. You can specify separate registrant and admin contact information
• Setup Email Forwarding – Forward your emails to a different email address, allowing you to monitor your emails all within a single account.
• Manage DNS Records –  Use this section add and edit the A, MX, CNAME, SPF records and more for your domain.
• Manage All Domains – Easily renew your current domain, register a new domain or transfer a new domain to First Farm Web Hosting & Designs.

Yes you can! At First Farm Web Hosting & Designs, we make domain transfers extremely easy! It also makes your life easier when you have your web hosting and domains all at First Farm Web Hosting & Designs. To ensure a smooth domain transfer, make sure you have the following information:

• Extensible Provisioning Protocol (EPP) code. This code validates the fact that you have the authority to transfer the domain name. You can obtain this code from your existing domain registrar by request if you do not know it.
• Your domain must be unlocked – A locked domain indicates that it cannot be changed or transferred. Make sure that you contact your current domain registrar if you need assistance unlocking the domain.
• Current domain contact information – Your domain names have both a technical contact and an administrative contact. This information can be the same person. Regardless, these contacts are emailed once the domain request begins. You will want to make sure once of those contacts is you.

Follow these steps to complete your domain transfer to First Farm Web Hosting & Designs:

1. Visit our Domain Transfer page.
2. Type the domain you want to transfer into the search box and click the Search button.
3. Add your EPP code within the Authorization Code text field. Click Add to Cart.
4. Confirm the information on the Domain Configuration page and click continue.
5. Review your domain transfer information and click the “Checkout” button.
6. Complete the Personal Information and Payment fields. Click the Complete Order button.

If you have done all of your research and settled on the domain name that you would like to use, then you’re ready to get started! Follow our instructions below to search for your domain name.

1. Scroll up to the top of this page to our domain name search box.
2. Type the domain name that you’re interested in registering into the text field located below “Register A Domain”. When typing your domain into the search box, make sure to include the entire domain name. For example, if you wanted to register “first.farm”, you’ll want to include the dot (.) and the TLD (com) at the end. Click the search button.
3. You will be directed to a page that will show you if your domain is available. If it is available, you can add the domain name to the shopping cart to complete your purchase.  
4. If your domain is unavailable, don’t worry! We’ll show you a number of alternative domain name options. Add these domain options to the shopping to register them.

Whether you’re registering a new domain name or already have one, you’re going to need Web Hosting if you want a website. With First Farm Web Hosting & Designs, you can both register a domain and host your website. We aim to make your life easier and simplify your services by offering both!

Speaking of easy solutions, that’s exactly the type of web hosting service you’ll get at First Farm Web Hosting & Designs! That’s because your account features the award-winning cPanel control panel. Manage your websites, files, databases, email and more all within its user-friendly graphical interface. Whether you’ve never run a website before or are an expert, you’ll love cPanel!

At First Farm Web Hosting & Designs, we want you to succeed, evident by the motto “Our Speed, Your Success”. Your website speed has a direct impact on your success. A mere 1-second delay has a negative impact on your bounce rate, conversion rate, visitor satisfaction and even your SEO rankings. Your choice of web host plays a large part in how fast your site loads. That’s why we focus on offering high speed hosting solutions. Your sites each come hosted on our SwiftServer platform, tuned for performance! You can even host on our Turbo Servers featuring up to 20X FASTER page loads compared to competing domain registrars and web hosts!