What it is
Your domain is your web address — the name people type to find you and the one on every business card, truck, and ad. We register new domains, manage renewals and DNS settings, and install the SSL certificate that puts the padlock in the browser and turns the address into "https." If you already own a domain, we connect it without you losing control of it — the name stays in your account, registered to you.
Why it matters
A domain is one of the few assets a small business owns that is genuinely irreplaceable, and it is the one people lose. The classic story: the domain was registered years ago by a web guy who has since vanished, the renewal card on file expired, the auto-renew failed silently, and one morning the site is gone and a domain squatter is holding the name for ransom. The other quiet failure is the SSL certificate — when it lapses, every visitor's browser throws a full-screen "this site is not secure" warning, and Chrome flags the site, which scares customers off and tanks trust instantly. Managing both correctly is unglamorous, easy to forget, and catastrophic to get wrong. Handing it to us means it simply never becomes your problem.
How we install it
Domains and SSL are the address-and-trust layer of the Foundation surface. During the Architect phase of the 5A protocol we either register your domain or take over management of your existing one, point its DNS at the edge host, and provision the SSL certificate with auto-renewal so it can never silently lapse. Ownership stays with you; the upkeep stays with us.
What it costs
Domain management and SSL are included in every tier — there is no per-certificate charge and no surprise renewal bill. See the ladder for what each tier includes.