Can I purchase a domain name without purchasing a hosting account?

[Alvinarichard]

i am little bit confused that can I purchase a domain name without purchasing a hosting account?

Yes you can purchase a domain name first then buy hosting and change the nameservers if the hosting is from another provider

[shivani]

Hello,
yes, you can purchase Domain name without purchasing web hosting.

[Bobbie1232]

Maybe but not in every case

[alfread]

hay friend,
Yes, you can buy a domain name without hosting. You don't need a hosting provider to register your domain . It doesn't matter whether you have a hosting account or not.

[peterbrown]

You can directly go to domain registrar and can register a domain which you are looking. Mainly that domain should be available

[emmydavid]

Interesting question.

[H4Y-Tim]

Of course, there are many hosting companies that provides domain registration service and they also have email forwarding service too.