Find your domain

A domain name is your website’s unique online address — for example, yourbrand.com. Instead of using complex IP numbers, visitors simply type your domain into their browser to find your site.

Owning a domain makes your business or personal brand more credible, memorable, and easy to access. Registering a domain with Hostking ensures your online identity is secure and easy for customers to find.

Most domains are registered for at least 1 year, with options to register for multiple years. At Hostking, you can enable auto-renewal, which helps prevent accidental expiry.

Yes. If you already own a domain elsewhere, you can easily transfer it to Hostking. Just unlock your domain, request the transfer code (EPP), and start the transfer from our client area.

A domain is your online address, while hosting is the server space where your website files live. Both are required to run a website.

If your desired domain isn’t available, you can try other extensions (like .net, .org, or .co.za) or use our domain search tool to find smart alternatives.

- TLD: Top-Level domain, like .com or .net. - gTLD: Generic TLDs such as .online or .xyz. - ccTLD: Country-code TLDs like .za or .co.uk.

Yes. Domains are digital assets. You can list your domain for sale and transfer it to a buyer using the standard EPP transfer process.

WHOIS privacy hides your personal contact details (name, email, address) from public records, replacing them with proxy information to protect your identity.

Premium domains are short, brandable, and keyword-rich names that are already registered but available for resale at a higher cost due to their value.

Domain registration is usually instant once payment is processed, so you can start using your new domain right away.

The first-year price is a promotional rate for paying annually up front. The renewal is our standard catalogue price, and we print it on every plan card rather than hiding it in the terms, so there are no surprises in year two.