How to purchase a domain name

As a master web-hosting, designer and developer one of the most common questions is, where do I buy a domain ? where do I go to buy a domain ? how much does a domain name cost ? how many years should I lease the domain  for ?

I think must people understand what a domain name is so I'm not going to go into too much detail about what a domain name is about  here are the basics, it's an address that points to your website example: mywebsite.com, mycompany.net, or findajob.org

When purchasing a domain you will find 100s and 1000s of companies that sell them one of the most popular ones and the one that I normally use to purchase my domains is Godaddy.com

The reason why is the have the best deals and also I'm very familiar with their control panel which is very helpful if you need to make any DNS changes to your domain, (pointing MX records, setting up email, website, secure locations, forwarding)

Here is the process I normally take: 

1. I go to Godaddy.com and enter the domain or variations of what a person is looking for, this is normally valued about 12-19 dollars if the domain is not in an action or taken. 

- Go threw the check out process until you see the option on the left hand side to enter a  promo code

2. I perform a search in Google for Godaddy Promo codes here are some websites that provide good valid promo codes. 

http://www.fatwallet.com/GoDaddy-coupons/

livecodes.blogspot.com/

domainpromocodes.com

Normally they all have the same deal you end up getting the domain  for about $7.95 a year. but if you are shopping for more than just that they also have promotions that will give you 30% off or more.

This is a short post because there is not much too it and I just wanted to share some of my knowledge as always, as sharing is carrying.