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Question about how web domains work
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this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2023
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If I remember correctly, whoever sells domains is essentially giving you an IP they have access to. You're essentially buying 123.456.1.10 and pointing it to abcdefghi.net (domain name). When you buy it, and set it to the domain name you chose, then the seller (go daddy) will update ISP DNS providers and such so that people who type in abcdefghi.net will go to 123.456.1.10, AKA your site.
I hope that's right XD
It's the other way round. You are buying the right to edit which IP the domain points to.