Domains & DNS

Registering and transferring domains, nameservers, DNS records and WHOIS privacy.

9 guides in this section.

How to Point Your Domain to Noiz HostingThis guide is for anyone who has bought Noiz hosting and now needs their domain name, the address people type into a...

What Is the WHOIS Lookup Service?When learning how to bring your website online, you will inevitably come across the WHOIS lookup service. It is a...

DNS Records

How to Find the IP Address of a Website or DomainThis guide shows you how to find the IP address that a website or domain resolves to: the numeric address, such as...

What Are PTR (Reverse DNS) Records and When You Need OneThis guide explains what a PTR record is, why reverse DNS matters far more for email than for websites, and who is...

Registration & Transfers

How to Check If a Domain Name Is AvailableThis guide shows you how to find out whether the domain name you want is free to register, how to make sense of the...

How to Choose the Right Domain Name for Your WebsiteYour domain name is the one part of your website you are most likely to keep for years, print on business cards, read...

What Is a TLD (Top-Level Domain)?A top-level domain, or TLD, is the part of a web address that comes after the final dot: the .com in...

What Is the Domain Guardian (Registrant Contact) and How to Update ItThis guide explains the domain 'guardian', which is really the registrant contact on your domain, and shows you how...

Your Free .co.za Domain with Noiz Shared HostingThis guide is for anyone about to buy, or who has just bought, a Noiz shared or reseller hosting plan and has seen...