HI,

Im sure I'm going to ask the same question many have asked before, unless I'm the only dumb person on the planet, but here goes!!

Why are there so many suppliers of domain names and how do I know which one to choose? How long do these suppliers stay in business, I mean if I choose a name, whats to say that the next day that supplier folds up and doesn't supply any more? and can't support my name? I'm not really sure how things work so I might be worrying needlessly, but its so confusing. I want a domain name for an ebay shop, so how do I go about it? I just want to pay for the name for a couple of years to see how things go. If it takes off then eventually I'd like a website of my own. So I don't want anything expensive to start off with in-case its the wrong thing for me.
I would appreciate any advice you can give thanks